Federal charges filed against 15 people in Minnesota for defrauding social service programs totaling over $90 million

The Department of Justice announced charges Thursday against 15 people accused of defrauding multiple Minnesota social service programs, including child nutrition, child care subsidies, Medicaid, and autism therapy services, totaling over $90 million in stolen federal and state funds. The announcement came hours after Aimee Bock, founder of Feeding Our Future, was sentenced to 41 years in prison for her role in a $250 million pandemic-era child nutrition fraud scheme involving 78 total defendants. Authorities said only about $50 million of the $250 million stolen in the Feeding Our Future scheme has been recovered.