DOJ to announce 'significant' Minnesota fraud action after Feeding Our Future 'ringleader' sentenced
The Justice Department is set to announce a “significant law enforcement action” involving fraud in Minnesota, as Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock faces sentencing in federal court over the $250 million pandemic meal fraud case.
Feeding Our Future's Aimee Bock faces up to 50 years at Thursday's sentencing in $250M fraud scheme
The former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit at the center of a $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a federal immigration crackdown is set to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis.
Aimee Bock was convicted for her role in Feeding our Future, which claimed it helped provide millions of meals to children in need during the pandemic, and she faces 50 years in prison.
“Feeding Our Future operated like a cash pipeline, open to anyone willing to submit fraudulent claims and pay kickbacks,” prosecutors said in the Monday filing. “The ripple effects of her actions are profound, immeasurable, and will have lasting consequences for both Minnesota and the nation.”
Bock was convicted last year of multiple counts involving conspiracy, wire fraud and bribery.
She has long insisted she is innocent.
Her lawyer, Kenneth Udoibok, argued in a separate filing that she shouldn't have to serve for more than 37 months in prison, saying she had provided information to investigators. He argued that Bock had been unfairly painted as the mastermind and insisted that two co-defendants were responsible for running the scams.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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DOJ hosting noon ET news conference for 'significant law enforcement action' on fraud in Minnesota
The Department of Justice is hosting a noon ET news conference Thursday for what it calls a “significant law enforcement action” involving fraud in Minnesota.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz, as well as other federal leaders and law enforcement partners will participate.
Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is no longer expected to attend after original information had him attending the news conference Thursday.
This announcement comes on the same day the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit at the center of a staggering $250 million fraud case that helped ignite a federal immigration crackdown is set to be sentenced Thursday in federal court in Minneapolis.
Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., denied Vice President JD Vance’s claim that the Justice Department is investigating her for immigration and fraud violations, accusing Republicans of pushing allegations for attention and TV interviews.
"That is not something that is happening," Omar said in a walk through Congress on Thursday. "That man is delusional."
Omar claimed they're "absolutely not" going to find anything related to her ties to fraud schemes.
"I don't think they are using any resources," she added. "They're just saying stupid sh--."
Omar said she is not informed she is a subject of an investigation, saying "because there is nothing to investigate."
Omar also rejected any investigation into her immigration status.
"There's nobody looking into anything," she said. "They're just saying those things to get interviews with you guys. There's nothing really happening."
No one has "investigated anything," she continued. "He hasn't done anything. He hasn't referred me to anybody. He's just saying that so he can get TV interviews, because you guys will only talk to them if they say something about me."
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