Vice President JD Vance/ Image: @JDVance/X
On Thursday, The Gateway Pundit reported that Aimee Bock, the convicted mastermind behind the $250 million Feeding Our Future scandal, was sentenced to 41.5 years in federal prison for her role in a massive scheme that fraudulently billed taxpayers for tens of millions of meals that were never provided to low-income children during the pandemic.
The fraud was centered in Minnesota’s large Somali community and involved dozens of defendants.
Bock, who founded Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 on multiple counts, including conspiracy, bribery, and wire fraud. She had been the central figure coordinating the operation that exploited relaxed federal rules during the COVID-19 emergency.
Additionally, in a recent jailhouse interview, Bock explicitly stated she “struggles to believe” Rep. Ilhan Omar did not know what was happening.
Following news of Bock’s sentence, Vice President JD Vance stated, “Just like all of you, I was shocked last December when I watched Nick Shirley’s bombshell investigation of migrant fraud in Minnesota, which called attention to the now infamous ‘Quality Learing Center’ instead of learning and other schemes across that state.”
“This morning, the ringleader of the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme in Minnesota was sentenced in federal court to over 40 years in prison, bringing justice to the countless schoolchildren and families she had scammed. And on top of that, today federal law enforcement launched a massive raid in Minneapolis. Across the city, agents have arrested 15 people for suspected fraud that amounted to $90 million. This includes two of the largest Medicaid fraud cases in Minnesota history, as well as the largest autism fraud scheme ever charged by the U.S. federal government.”
“With this action, we’re bringing justice to some of America’s most vulnerable citizens and justice to the American taxpayer. In 2018, Minnesota tried to provide housing services for the homeless. They estimated that the cost of the program would be $2.5 million a year. By 2024, the program had exploded to $104 million annually. And almost all of that, almost all of it was because of fraud.”
“As a result, the state had to shut down the program and can no longer provide those services to Americans in need. So we’ve got homeless veterans sleeping on the streets because fraudsters got rich. But it’s not just the homeless who are the victims of these fraudsters.”
“The victims in the cases announced by DOJ today also include disabled Americans who rely on community support to live full, independent lives, and citizens for whom defrauding such programs is literally a matter of life and death.”
“In one of the most horrifying cases charged today, a recipient who needed 24-hour care was supposed to be receiving exactly that through a Minnesota Medicaid benefit program. But he received nothing. No care, no services, nothing for months on end.
“And then he went quiet. For 2 days, a neighbor tried to check on him, knocking on his apartment door. Nothing.”
“Shortly after, he was found dead.”
“One day before this man died, the fraudster in question had tried to bill for the nonexistent services. The services that if they had been provided, this man might actually be with us today. To get rich off taxpayers, even at the cost of others’ lives, just as that fraudster had for many months before. This kind of behavior is sickening.”
“It’s disgusting. It’s an affront to all of us as Americans. And today we’re saying clearly, no more. Our message is simple. If you are committing fraud, our task force will find you.”
“We’ll come after you, and we will not rest until justice is served. Don’t defraud the American taxpayer. Don’t get rich by trying to steal from them, or we are going to come after you until justice is served. That’s our promise, and we’re going to stick to it.”
Watch:
Today, the task force and the DOJ announced a massive take down of two of the largest Medicaid fraud cases in Minnesota state history, as well as the largest autism fraud scheme ever charged by the federal government. Our message is simple: if you’re committing fraud, we will… pic.twitter.com/MNfkLlOY0R
— JD Vance (@JDVance) May 22, 2026
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