Prosecutors charge 47 'pandemic fraudsters' who 'fleeced anti-hunger children's charities to buy commercial real estate, luxury cars, fancy homes and even a coastal property in Kenya'

Prosecutors have charged 47 people in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to steal money from anti-hunger programs during the pandemic – using their ill-gotten gains on luxury items.

The case lodged in Minnesota, claims that the group stole $240 million by billing the government for meals for children that did not exist.

It is thought to be the largest fraud claim uncovered in any pandemic-relief program to date.

Court documents claim that the co-conspirators were ‘bold’ in their claims to the government.

One of the defendants said that he fed 5,000 children a day in a second story apartment in Minnesota.

The indictment names Aimee Bock, executive director of non-profit Feeding Our Future, as part of the federal investigation into the fraud.

The scheme reportedly pulled in millions of dollars a week because government officials trusted Bock to act as a ‘watchdog’ to stop the fraud.

Feeding Our Future received $3.4 million in federal food-aid money in 2019, $43 million in 2020, and $198 million in 2021.

Well-known restaurateurs and former political appointees for Minneapolis are also embroiled in the fraudulent plot.


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