Federal prosecutors in Minneapolis are asking a judge to prohibit convicted fraudster Aimee Bock from speaking with her two adult sons from jail after she allegedly directed the men to send sensitive evidence from her case to elected officials and the news media ahead of her May 21 sentencing.
In March 2025, a jury found Bock and restaurateur Salim Said guilty of charges including wire fraud and bribery for their roles in a scheme to steal around $250 million from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs during the COVID-19 pandemic by submitting false reimbursement claims for meals.
Because of the scale of the theft, Bock could face life in prison under federal sentencing guidelines. Bock is among 79 defendants charged in the wider case since September 2022, which prosecutors say was the nation’s largest pandemic-era fraud scheme…