Aimee Bock, the convicted ringleader of the country’s most extensive pandemic-era case of fraud, has appealed the decadeslong prison sentence and large restitution bill she received for using her nonprofit, Feeding Our Future, to steal millions from a federal program meant to nourish needy children.
In a spare two-page filing late Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, Bock’s attorney is challenging his client’s conviction and alleging that the sentencing guidelines used to determine his client’s punishment on May 21 were unconstitutional and misapplied.
The challenge goes before the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals and awaits the scheduling of its first hearing. In the meantime, Bock remains under federal custody in the Sherburne County jail, where she has been since her conviction by a jury on May 19, 2025.
Bock’s sentencing for the $242 million plot was the culmination of a yearslong investigation that began in 2022. FBI raids of her St. Anthony organization first brought the scheme to public attention, and a federal jury last year convicted Bock, 45, of seven federal charges, including wire fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud and bribery.
District Judge Nancy Brasel’s sentence of 41⅔ years will be followed by three years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal prison system.
Brasel also ordered Bock to pay more than $240 million in restitution.
At the time of sentencing, Bock acknowledged in court, “I understand the situation I’m in. I understand the jury’s verdict. I understand that I failed. I failed the public, I failed my family, I failed everyone. It was not something I ever set out to do.”
Prosecutors had asked for a 50-year prison term, while Bock’s defense sought a three-year sentence.
