ListenMPR News correspondent Matt Sepic talks to All Things Considered host Tom Crann about updates from the trial
A woman who admitted stealing millions of dollars from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs during the pandemic gave tearful testimony this week against the scam’s alleged ringleader. Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock is on trial along with former restaurant owner Salim Said. Federal prosecutors say the two played key roles in a $250 million dollar fraud scheme centered around Bock’s former nonprofit.
Qamar Hassan, 56, pleaded guilty in 2023 to wire fraud and money laundering and admitted that she and her business partner Sahra Nur, 63, submitted fraudulent food reimbursement requests worth more than $16 million through their company S&S Catering…