# Feeding Our Future juror bribery case *Federal prosecutions arising from the Feeding Our Future child-nutrition fraud case in Minnesota, as documented in U.S. Department of Justice releases.* The **Feeding Our Future juror bribery case** is a federal prosecution in Minnesota connected to the [[Feeding Our Future]] fraud prosecutions. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota published a release whose web address describes five people indicted in a Feeding Our Future jury-bribery matter.[^1] The record assembled for this entry carries that address but not the release's text. It does not give the defendants' names, the charges, the court, a docket number, a filing date or the present status of the case, and this entry states none of them.[^1] What the record does document is the underlying prosecution. On May 22, 2026, the [[United States Department of Justice]] announced that [[Aimee Bock]], founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future, had been sentenced to 500 months in prison. The Department described her lead role in a $250 million fraud that exploited a "federally funded child nutrition program" during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].[^2] Bock was tried jointly with Salim Said, a former co-owner of [[Safari Restaurant]].[^2] A separate release from the same U.S. Attorney's Office has a web address that refers to a 78th defendant charged in the Feeding Our Future case. The pack carries no text of that release.[^3] The Department's own account places the program's stated purpose beside its documented outputs. The FBI's Special Agent in Charge in Minneapolis said the program dollars "were meant to help children and families in need."[^4] According to the release, Feeding Our Future submitted its claims to the [[Minnesota Department of Education]] (MDE).[^5] Over the same period it opened more than 250 sites under the [[Federal Child Nutrition Program]]. The federal funds it received and disbursed rose from approximately $3.4 million in 2019 to nearly $200 million in 2021.[^6] ## Who - Aimee Bock, 44, was the founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future, which the release describes as a nonprofit sponsor participating in the Federal Child Nutrition Program.[^2] - Salim Said, 36, was a former co-owner of Safari Restaurant and was tried jointly with Bock. The release states that the two together oversaw the fraud carried out by sites under Feeding Our Future's sponsorship.[^2] - U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen announced the sentence.[^2] - [[Judge Nancy Brasel]] pronounced the sentence.[^7] - Assistant U.S. Attorneys Rebecca E. Kline, Matthew C. Murphy and Matthew D. Evans prosecuted the cases. Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Baune handled the seizure and forfeiture of assets. The investigation was conducted by the FBI, IRS – Criminal Investigations, the U.S. Postal Inspection Service and Homeland Security Investigations.[^8] - The five people indicted in the jury-bribery matter are not named anywhere in the record carried for this entry.[^1] ## What - The release describes the following as proven at trial. Feeding Our Future employees recruited individuals and entities to open program sites across [[Minnesota]]. Within days or weeks of being formed, those sites claimed to be serving meals to thousands of children a day.[^5] - The release states that Bock and Said created and submitted false documentation, including fake attendance rosters listing the names and ages of children said to receive meals each day. It states that Feeding Our Future submitted these claims to MDE and passed the funds it obtained to others involved, whom the release calls co-conspirators.[^5] - The jury-bribery matter is recorded only as an indictment of five people, as the address of the U.S. Attorney's release indicates. The allegations themselves are not in the record.[^1] ## When - 2019: about $3.4 million in federal funds passed through Feeding Our Future. 2021: nearly $200 million.[^6] - May 22, 2026: the Office of Public Affairs issued the sentencing release, Press Release Number 26-549.[^2] - The sentencing release states that the Department announced the creation of the [[National Fraud Enforcement Division]] "On April 7"; it gives no year. The release describes the division as "laser-focused on investigating and prosecuting those who commit fraud against the American people." It ties the division's work to President Trump's Task Force to Eliminate Fraud, which is chaired by Vice President J.D. Vance.[^9] - The date of the jury-bribery indictment release is not in the record.[^1] ## Where - The sites were opened throughout the state of Minnesota, and their claims were submitted to the Minnesota Department of Education.[^5] - Both the 78th-defendant release and the jury-bribery release were issued by the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Minnesota.[^3][^1] ## Why - Officials stated the program's purpose: the money was meant for children and families in need.[^4] The release states that the defendants used the proceeds to buy luxury vehicles and residential and commercial real estate in Minnesota, and to fund international travel.[^6] The record documents these uses and does not establish anything further about the defendants' reasons. ## How - According to the release, Bock and others created dozens of shell companies. These companies enrolled in the program as food sites and received and laundered the proceeds.[^5] - The release states that Feeding Our Future received more than $18 million in administrative fees, "to which it was not entitled," in exchange for sponsoring the sites.[^6] - The release also states that Feeding Our Future employees solicited and received bribes and kickbacks from the individuals and companies it sponsored. Many of these payments were made in cash or disguised as "consulting fees" paid to shell companies created by Feeding Our Future employees.[^10] ## How much - The sentence was 500 months.[^2] Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald described it as more than 41 years in prison.[^4] In imposing it, Judge Brasel told Bock, "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it." She also stated: "A sentence of less than 500 months would not do justice to the people of Minnesota, who were in a very real sense the victims of this fraud."[^7] - The release gives several figures. It describes the overall fraud as $250 million and states that more than $240 million in Federal Child Nutrition Program funds was obtained and disbursed. It puts the administrative fees at more than $18 million.[^6] - The FBI's Special Agent in Charge called the case "one of the largest frauds against a social service program ever in Minnesota."[^4] ## How many - More than 250 program sites were opened in Minnesota.[^6] - Dozens of shell companies were created to enroll in the program as sites.[^5] - The U.S. Attorney's Office has a release whose web address refers to a 78th defendant charged in the Feeding Our Future case. That count is as of that release, whose date is not in the record.[^3] - Five people were indicted in the jury-bribery matter, according to the address of the U.S. Attorney's release.[^1] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Five Indicted in Feeding Our Future Jury Bribery Scheme* (date not in pack) — release on the indictment of five people in a Feeding Our Future jury-bribery matter; the pack carries its address only, not its text. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/five-indicted-feeding-our-future-jury-bribery-scheme [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026; No. 26-549) — Bock's 500-month sentence, ages and roles of Bock and Said, joint trial, announcement by U.S. Attorney Daniel N. Rosen. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^3]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *78th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* (date not in pack) — a 78th defendant charged in the Feeding Our Future case; the pack carries its address only. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/78th-defendant-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — statements of Assistant Attorney General Colin M. McDonald and FBI Special Agent in Charge Christopher D. Dotson. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^5]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — conduct as proven at trial: site recruitment, meal claims, attendance rosters, submission of claims to MDE, shell companies. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^6]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — more than 250 sites; $3.4 million (2019) to nearly $200 million (2021); more than $240 million obtained and disbursed; more than $18 million in administrative fees; documented uses of proceeds. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^7]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — Judge Nancy Brasel's statements in pronouncing sentence. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^8]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — investigating agencies, prosecuting Assistant U.S. Attorneys, forfeiture counsel. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^9]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — creation of the National Fraud Enforcement Division on April 7 and the Department's description of it; Task Force to Eliminate Fraud. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^10]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026) — bribes and kickbacks solicited by Feeding Our Future employees; "consulting fees" paid to shell companies. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months