# Nancy E. Brasel *Judge in federal criminal proceedings in Minnesota, including the sentencing of Aimee Bock in the Feeding Our Future case* Nancy E. Brasel is a judge before whom defendants in federal prosecutions in [[Minnesota]] were convicted and sentenced.[^1][^2] A June 7, 2024 release from the U.S. Attorney's Office in Minnesota reports that five defendants, among them [[Abdiaziz Shafii Farah]] and [[Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff]], were convicted before her. The release's web address identifies the case as a $250 million fraud.[^1] A May 22, 2026 Department of Justice release, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months*, reports that she sentenced [[Aimee Bock]] to 500 months in the [[Feeding Our Future]] case. The release quotes her remarks at sentencing.[^2] The United States was the initiating party in that prosecution.[^3] The two Department of Justice releases are the record's only sources on Brasel. They do not establish her appointment, her court's full designation, her tenure, or her other rulings, and this entry states none of these.[^1][^2] ## In the Minnesota record ### Who - According to a Department of Justice release dated June 7, 2024, Abdiaziz Shafii Farah and Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff were among five defendants convicted before Judge Nancy E. Brasel.[^1] - According to a Department of Justice release dated May 22, 2026, Brasel sentenced Aimee Bock.[^2] ### What - At Bock's sentencing, Brasel said: "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it."[^2] ### When - June 7, 2024: the Department of Justice reported the five convictions before Brasel.[^1] - May 22, 2026: the Department of Justice reported Bock's 500-month sentence.[^2] ### How much - The address of the June 2024 release identifies the case as a $250 million fraud.[^1] ### How many - Five defendants were reported convicted before Brasel in the June 2024 release.[^1] - Bock's sentence was 500 months.[^2] - In the at-issue record, more than 250 [[Federal Child Nutrition Program]] sites opened across Minnesota in the matter.[^3] ## In the at-issue record The project's at-issue record pairs two outputs. The first is the federal output. In the Bock prosecution, the United States was the initiating party, Brasel imposed a 500-month sentence, and more than 250 Federal Child Nutrition Program sites had opened across Minnesota.[^2][^3] The second is the county ledger. The project's review finds that no prosecution in these matters brought by any Minnesota [[county attorney]] appears in the public record.[^3] The record establishes the sentence and the federal initiation. It does not establish why county prosecutors did or did not bring charges.[^2][^3] ## Notes [^1]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, news release (June 7, 2024), web address titled "five-defendants-found-guilty-their-roles-250-million-fraud-scheme." The release establishes that five defendants, including Abdiaziz Shafii Farah and Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff, were convicted before Judge Nancy E. Brasel. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/five-defendants-found-guilty-their-roles-250-million-fraud-scheme [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* (May 22, 2026). The release establishes Judge Brasel's 500-month sentence of Aimee Bock and quotes her remark: "This was a fraud vortex and you were at the epicenter of it." https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^3]: The White House, release (May 2026), web address titled "trump-administrations-full-scale-war-on-fraud." This release is the anchor of the project's at-issue entry on the federal initiation of the Bock prosecution and the count of more than 250 Federal Child Nutrition Program sites. https://www.whitehouse.gov/releases/2026/05/trump-administrations-full-scale-war-on-fraud/