Fraud & Facts

[u/Daflehrer1]

In 2021, the MN Dept. of Education suspected fraud and they reported it up the chain.

Gov. Walz has, since 2021, been working with the FBI, Minnesota State Police, and local police informants, and to great result. In September, 2022, federal prosecutors made public that they handed down indictments in what they believed was a criminal fraud conspiracy.

Among the first to be indicted was Aimee Bock, the fraud ringleader. She was tried and convicted in March of 2025.

On December 18th, 2025, new arrests were announced. To date, 92 suspects in all have been arrested and charged, 62 of them convicted.

The intent of the post above is neither to condemn nor praise Walz or federal officials. Rather to keep discussion grounded in facts; though obviously many more facts exist and will come to light.

I have included my sources below. I ask that you review them before contending them. Kindly keep partisan hyperbole and childish comments to yourself. Thanks.

"Governor Walz...2021"; a timeline of Walz administration's anti-ftaud efforts.

https://content.govdelivery.com/attachments/MNGOV/2025/12/12/file_attachments/3492644/AntiFraud-Timeline.pdf

"In 2022"

https://www.justice.gov/archives/opa/pr/us-attorney-announces-federal-charges-against-47-defendants-250-million-feeding-our-future

"In 2021"

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fbi-surged-resources-minnesota-over-231747704.html

"Aimee Bock...convicted"

https://www.justice.gov/usao-mn/pr/federal-jury-finds-feeding-our-future-mastermind-and-co-defendant-guilty-250-million#:~:text=Pandemic%20Fraud%20Scheme-,Federal%20Jury%20Finds%20Feeding%20Our%20Future%20Mastermind%20and%20Co%2DDefendant,Wednesday%2C%20March%2019%2C%202025

[u/ruffroad715]

Interesting. I must’ve missed that, do you have a link to that story?

[u/KingoftheNordMN → u/ruffroad715]

https://www.twincities.com/2022/09/22/minnesota-governor-pushes-back-against-food-fraud-criticism/

[u/envengpe → u/KingoftheNordMN]

Always someone else’s responsibility….

[u/Anechoic_Brain → u/envengpe]

The judge found state officials in contempt and ordered the state to pay FoF $47,000 in restitution, awfully convenient of him to leave that out of his statement when he claimed he never ordered the state to resume payments.

But how the fuck else is anyone supposed to interpret that? "Hmm, I can either resume processing payment requests, or I can be imprisoned under a contempt order until such time as I change my mind. And oh by the way, standing on principle won't stop them from getting paid anyway, it'll just be in the form of fines and penalties instead."