Minnesota hunger non-profit leader gets 41 years in prison for $250 million fraud scheme

A judge on Thursday handed down an extraordinary prison sentence – nearly 42 years – to the former leader of a Minnesota nonprofit who was convicted in a staggering $250m fraud case that helped ignite an immigration crackdown by the Trump administration.

Senior officials from the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will provide an update Thursday morning on the Trump administration’s investigation into alleged fraud in Minnesota’s social service programs.

Federal agents killed two protesters in the state earlier this year, prompting Democrats in Congress to withhold funding starting in March for the Homeland Security Department.

Aimee Bock was sentenced to nearly 42 years in prison in one of the largest pandemic fraud.