The federal ju judge has been found guilty of future founder Amy Bok and her co-defendant Salim Ahmed talking about their role in the $250 million Covid Fund fraud scheme.
Nurturing our future as a nonprofit organization has participated in a federally funded child nutrition program that provides meals for school activities. During the Covid era, the USDA relaxed participation rules. This allowed for commercial restaurants to allow food distribution beyond their educational programs.
“They falsely claimed they provided 91 million meals.”
Our future workers were tasked with recruiting individuals and organizations to open a site in Minnesota to support our nutrition program. The nonprofit has opened more than 250 sites across the state.
“These sites created and run by Bock have allegedly illicitly claiming that they are serving meals to thousands of children a day within just days or weeks of formation. They have created and submitted false documentation created with Bock. press release From a law firm in the US in Minnesota.
“To achieve their scheme, Bok said, to create dozens of shell companies, register with the program as a food program site, receive revenue from fraudulent schemes and wash them.”
The ju apprentices have found that they have illegally received our future feeding and paid more than $240 million in federal funds.
Instead of using cash to feed hungry children, the organization “funded luxury vehicles in Minnesota, residential and commercial properties, Ohio and Kentucky properties, Kenya and Turkey properties, and international travel.
Bock, 44, was convicted of four wire fraud, one counting each of the conspiracies that involved wire fraud, bribery, and federal programs bribery.
36 was convicted of 20 counts including conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, bribery of federal programs, bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.
Bock said he is being held without bail while they awaited the sentence.
Bock's lawyer Kenneth Udoibok said he plans to appeal, claiming that the ju judges have not considered all the evidence fairly.
Seventy defendants, including Bock, are indicted in the case.
Prosecutor Joe Thompson said only $60 million has been recovered of the $250 million.
“Amy Bock and Salim used the Covid-19 pandemic to implement a massive fraud scheme that stole money intended to feed their children,” said U.S. lawyer Lisa D. Kirkpatrick.
“The defendant falsely claimed he provided 91 million meals, which fraudulently received nearly $250 million in federal funds. “Instead, it was being used to fund their gorgeous lifestyle. Today's verdict sends a message to the community that fraud against the government is not tolerated.”
Governor Tim Waltz (d) was criticized for not catching a terrible fraud faster; It is listed“We need to have more firewalls, more security and more capabilities to make sure these criminals can't prey on this.”
Like Blaze News? Bypass censorship, sign up for our newsletter and get stories like these directly into your inbox. Sign up here!
