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Aimee Bock
Founder/executive director of Feeding Our Future. Convicted March 2025; sentenced May 2026 to 500 months with large restitution. Trial exhibit list includes 2021 emails with Omar’s congressional office (titles public; b…
Aimee Bock — Feeding Our Future founder — convicted, 500-month sentence. Founder/executive director of Feeding Our Future. Convicted March 2025; sentenced May 2026 to 500 months with large restitution. Trial exhibit list includes 2021 emails with Omar’s congressional office (titles public; bodies unpublished). Jail/post-conviction interviews allege others above her (Walz / Ellison; Omar-adjacent in commentary) knew — her claim, not a DOJ finding. Not an Omar employee.
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Founder/executive director of Feeding Our Future. Convicted March 2025; sentenced May 2026 to 500 months with large restitution. Trial exhibit list includes 2021 emails with Omar’s congressional office (titles public; bodies unpublished). Jail/post-conviction interviews allege others above her (Walz / Ellison; Omar-adjacent in commentary) knew — her claim, not a DOJ finding. Not an Omar employee.
Documented
Role and public-record touches listed on this page and on Omar associations. Court outcomes are labeled when they exist.
Not documented here
No invented Omar “knew” edge. Donor / staff / family / shared-stage adjacency stays labeled as such.
Rival paths
Readers can weigh prosecution findings, political-oversight critique, and ordinary-representation defenses without collapsing them into one verdict.
DATED SPINE
Dates on the record.
Pulled from the Omar associations / Minnesota Fraud claim spine. Full illustrated deep guide may expand this list.
- Feb–Mar 2021 — Bock–Omar office emails (exhibit titles): Later trial exhibit list includes ‘Help with USDA Food Program’; bodies not public.
- May 2026 — MN House Omar subpoena fails: Fraud committee cannot force her records; Bock emails publicly noted.
- May 2026 — MN House Fraud Committee final report: Stacks MEALS Act, Safari, Guhaad, eight donors, Bock emails into Omar conditions narrative.
- May 20, 2026 — Omar: fraud-connection claims ‘flat-out false’: Breaks silence on alleged fraud connections after Bock sentencing cycle.
- Late Oct 2026 — Still uncharged in FOF / Veritas scheme: Edition check: no public FOF or PV-ballot charge against Omar; she denies knowledge.
- Aug 2018 — Primary-night party at Safari: Omar celebrates at Safari Restaurant — later a FOF fraud venue.
- Mar 2020 — Omar introduces MEALS Act: H.R. 6187 pandemic meal-flexibility bill; critics later tie waivers to FOF conditions.
- May 2020 — Omar appears in Safari meal video: Promotional video later shown muted at Salim Said’s trial.
- Feb–Mar 2021 / Feb 2022 — FOF-linked donors give; later redirected: $5,400 from Ghedi and Abdihakim Ahmed alone in early 2021; $7,400 total from three later charged; charity redirect after warrants.
- Feb 2022 — Omar letter on USDA meals misuse: Publicly demands answers after FOF searches become public.
- Sep 20, 2022 — DOJ charges 47 in $250M FOF scheme: Bock, Eidleh, Safari owners, Guhaad, Mohamud, Artan, Mahad Ibrahim and others named.
- Jan 2025 — Abdi Salah & Abdulkadir Salah pleas: Frey aide and Safari co-owner plead guilty in FOF case.
- Mar 2025 — Jury convicts Bock and Salim Said: FOF founder and Safari co-owner guilty on multiple counts.
- Aug 11, 2025 — Guhaad Hashi Said guilty plea: Plea on wire-fraud and money-laundering conspiracies; media revive campaign-worker description.
PRIMARY & NEAR-PRIMARY SOURCES
Read these first.
- CourtListener RECAP — U.S. v. Bock exhibit list Doc. 451 (Jan 14, 2025)
Primary exhibit index: A-53 Help with USDA Food Program (cc Natasha Rice of Omar office); A-56 Ilhan’s Office; bodies sealed/unpublished.
- FOX 9 — Omar subpoena fails; Bock emails & Guhaad campaign work noted (May 2026)
Local TV: exhibit email subjects; Guhaad ‘worked with Omar’s campaign’; committee info requests.
- MN House Fraud Prevention Committee — final report PDF (May 2026)
Partisan House GOP majority oversight report: MEALS Act conditions claim; lists eight Omar-linked FOF donors; calls Guhaad former staffer. Treat as legislative-oversight claim set, not DOJ findings.
- DOJ — U.S. Attorney announces charges against 47 in $250M FOF scheme (Sep 20, 2022)
Primary charging overview: Bock, Eidleh, Safari owners, Guhaad, Mohamud, Artan, Abdirahman Ahmed, Mahad Ibrahim, Alishire, etc. Establishes indictment roles/amounts; not Omar charges.
- DOJ — Abdikerm Eidleh transferred from Somalia to Minnesota (Jul 16, 2026)
Eidleh described by USA as second only to Bock; 31 charges; fled after 2022 indictment; returned July 2026.
- USAO-MN — Jury finds Feeding Our Future founder and co-defendant guilty (Mar 2025)
Bock + Salim Said convictions.
- DOJ — Feeding Our Future ringleader sentenced to 500 months (May 22, 2026)
Bock sentence; scheme mechanics; Salim Said tried jointly.
- MPR — Aimee Bock sentenced to 500 months (May 2026)
Local sentencing detail; ~$243M restitution figure in coverage.
VIDEO / YOUTUBE (LABELED)
On the spine as sources.
- Fox News Clips YouTube — Minnesota woman convicted of fraud speaks out from jail
Bock jail interview (claim-layer): she alleges others above her — including Walz / Ellison office — knew. Ellison’s office has called her a liar/deflecting. Not a DOJ finding that Omar/Walz/Ellison were co-conspirators.
- KSTP YouTube — 5 INVESTIGATES extended interview with Aimee Bock
Extended post-conviction/jail interview with Bock (claim-layer). Use for her “others above knew” statements; label as Bock’s claim, not court/DOJ findings about Omar.
- YouTube commentary — JUST IN: Minnesota fraudster names Ilhan Omar in SHOCKING claim
Commentary packaging of Bock’s Omar-adjacent statements from jail interviews. Secondary to Fox/KSTP primaries; still Bock’s claim — not DOJ co-conspirator finding.
- YouTube commentary — Ilhan Omar knew about MN fraud? Convict claims Congresswoman knew about $250M scam
Commentary packaging Bock’s Omar-knowledge claim. Keep epistemology: convict interview claim ≠ DOJ charge.