# United States v. Feeding Our Future defendants (federal child-nutrition fraud) *Federal criminal case, D. Minn., filed September 20, 2022; docket listed as "multiple"* **United States v. Feeding Our Future defendants** is the set of federal criminal prosecutions, brought in the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota, of persons charged with fraud against federal child-nutrition programs. The case record gives a filing date of September 20, 2022, and lists the dockets as multiple.[^1] The programs at issue are the Child and Adult Care Food Program (CACFP) and the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP). The case record lists the governing instrument as P.L. 90-302 §13.[^2] The prosecutions concern [[Feeding Our Future]], an organization in [[Minnesota]]. Its founder, [[Aimee Bock]], was convicted on multiple counts[^3] and was sentenced to 500 months.[^4] A U.S. Attorney's Office release announced the 78th defendant charged. The case record, citing a tracker, gives 80 defendants charged and 68 convicted as of August 2026.[^5] The cases were prosecuted in federal court. A Time Table entry dated September 2024 states that the office of Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison never filed independent state charges. The record does not establish why.[^6] ## Parties and instrument The plaintiff is the United States, which is prosecuting in the District of Minnesota.[^1] Aimee Bock is the defendant named in the record.[^3] The first trial involved seven defendants, but the record does not name them.[^7] The instrument is the CACFP and SFSP, which the case record lists under P.L. 90-302 §13.[^2] ## Procedural history - **September 20, 2022:** This is the filing date given in the case record. The Federal Bureau of Investigation published an announcement of the charges.[^1] - **June 2024:** According to a Time Table entry, the first trial concluded with five of seven defendants convicted on multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and bribery.[^7] - **September 2024:** According to a Time Table entry, Bock was convicted on multiple counts. The U.S. Attorney's Office announced the jury verdict.[^3] - **Date not stated in the record:** Bock was sentenced to 500 months, as announced by the Department of Justice.[^4] - **As of August 2026:** The case record, citing a tracker, gives 80 defendants charged and 68 convicted. An earlier U.S. Attorney's Office release announced the 78th defendant charged.[^5] ## Charges In the first trial, defendants were convicted on counts that included wire fraud, money laundering, and bribery.[^7] ## See also - [[Feeding Our Future]] - [[Aimee Bock]] ## Notes [^1]: Federal Bureau of Investigation, *Dozens Charged in $250 Million COVID Fraud Scheme* (September 2022) — FBI announcement of the charges; filing date of September 20, 2022, as given in case record FA-10. https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/dozens-charged-in-250-million-covid-fraud-scheme-092122 [^2]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* — primary source of case record FA-10, which lists the instrument as CACFP / SFSP (P.L. 90-302 §13). https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^3]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty* — release on the jury verdict convicting Aimee Bock on multiple counts; Time Table entry TL-0930 dates the conviction to September 2024. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million [^4]: U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Public Affairs, *Feeding Our Future Ringleader Sentenced to 500 Months* — sentence of 500 months for Aimee Bock. https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/feeding-our-future-ringleader-sentenced-500-months [^5]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *78th Defendant Charged in Feeding Our Future Fraud Scheme* — announcement of the 78th defendant charged; named in case record FA-10 as the tracker source for 80 charged and 68 convicted as of August 2026. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/78th-defendant-charged-feeding-our-future-fraud-scheme [^6]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty* — source cited by Time Table entry TL-0930 (September 2024), which states that the Attorney General's office never filed independent state charges; the record does not show the release itself saying so. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million [^7]: U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Minnesota, *Federal Jury Finds Feeding Our Future Mastermind and Co-Defendant Guilty* — source cited by Time Table entry TL-0927 (June 2024): first trial concluded, five of seven defendants convicted on multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and bribery. https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million