# Aimee Marie Bock *Founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future; sentenced in federal court to 500 months on May 22, 2026.* Aimee Marie Bock, of [[Apple Valley]] in Dakota County, was the founder and executive director of [[Feeding Our Future]]. The Department of Justice announced that she was sentenced on May 22, 2026, to 500 months, which is roughly 41 and a half years.[^1] At the sentencing, [[Judge Nancy Brasel]] said, as quoted by the Department: "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it."[^1] The prosecution was brought by the United States. On September 20, 2022, federal charges were announced against 47 defendants in the Feeding Our Future matter, alleging about $250 million in fraud. Those were allegations as of that date.[^2] Many of the defendants have since been convicted, beginning with the verdicts at the first Feeding Our Future trial on June 7, 2024.[^3] ## Who - Aimee Marie Bock, of Apple Valley, Dakota County, was founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future. She was sentenced to 500 months on May 22, 2026.[^1] - Fox 9 reported that [[Abdihakim Ali Ahmed]], of Apple Valley, was sentenced to 54 months on August 26, 2026, following a conviction.[^4] - [[Dorothy Jean Moore]], of Apple Valley, was charged on June 6, 2025, as the 72nd defendant in the Feeding Our Future matter. The charge is an allegation and has not been adjudicated in the pack's sources.[^5] - [[Abdikerm Eidleh]], of [[Burnsville]], was transferred from Somalia to Minnesota on July 16, 2026, to face 31 charges over an alleged role in Feeding Our Future. The charges are allegations.[^6] ## How many - 47 defendants were named in the federal charges announced on September 20, 2022.[^2] - About $250 million was the amount of fraud alleged in those charges.[^2] - 500 months, roughly 41 and a half years, was the sentence imposed on Bock.[^1] - Moore was the 72nd defendant charged in the matter as of June 6, 2025.[^5] - Eidleh faces 31 charges as of July 16, 2026.[^6] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue entry for the Dakota County package (AI-Dakota-041) places Bock's Apple Valley residence beside the federal sentence. The entry describes the case as "the largest pandemic-fraud prosecution in the United States". It also records that the charges were brought by the United States and that "The State of Minnesota initiated none of it."[^7] The Department's own releases show federal charges, federal convictions and a federal sentence.[^2][^1] The pack does not document any State filing in the matter, and it does not establish whether any such filing exists. ## In the Minnesota record ### When - September 20, 2022: federal charges against 47 defendants, alleging about $250 million in fraud, are announced.[^2] - June 7, 2024: the first Feeding Our Future trial ends in convictions, including defendants surnamed Farah and Shariff.[^3] - June 6, 2025: Moore is charged as the 72nd defendant.[^5] - May 22, 2026: Bock is sentenced to 500 months.[^1] - July 16, 2026: Eidleh is transferred from Somalia to face 31 charges.[^6] - August 26, 2026: Ahmed is sentenced to 54 months, as reported by Fox 9.[^4] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future ringleader sentenced to 500 months* (May 22, 2026). Establishes that Aimee Marie Bock of Apple Valley was sentenced to 500 months, and records Judge Brasel's remark at sentencing. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, *U.S. Attorney announces federal charges against 47 defendants in $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud* (Sept. 20, 2022). Establishes the charges against 47 defendants and the $250 million alleged; these are allegations at that date. https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-against-47-defendants-250-million-feeding-our-future [^3]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Defendants found guilty for their roles in $250 million fraud* (June 7, 2024). Establishes the first Feeding Our Future trial convictions, including Farah and Shariff. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/five-defendants-found-guilty-their-roles-250-million-fraud-scheme [^4]: Fox 9, *Feeding Our Future defendant heading to prison* (Aug. 26, 2026). A news report establishing that Abdihakim Ali Ahmed of Apple Valley was sentenced to 54 months; dossier row D14. https://www.fox9.com/news/feeding-our-future-fraudster-heading-prison-turning-child-nutrition-funds-personal-business [^5]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Apple Valley woman charged for participating in $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud* (June 6, 2025). Establishes the charge against Dorothy Jean Moore as the 72nd defendant; the charge is a complaint allegation. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/apple-valley-woman-charged-participating-250-million-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^6]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Successful transfer of Abdikerm Eidleh from Somalia to Minnesota to face charges for role in Feeding Our Future* (July 16, 2026). Establishes the transfer and the 31 charges; the charges are allegations. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/successful-transfer-abdikerm-eidleh-somalia-minnesota-face-charges-role-feeding-our-future [^7]: The White House, *Trump administration's full-scale war on fraud* (May 2026). This is the anchor of at-issue entry AI-Dakota-041 in the Dakota County package. https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/05/trump-administrations-full-scale-war-on-fraud/