Aimee Bock in 2022. Photo: Shari L. Gross/Star Tribune via Getty Images
Federal prosecutors say convicted fraudster Aimee Bock has been violating a judge's order by sending sensitive evidence to the media and elected officials ahead of her May 21 sentencing, according to MPR News.
Catch up quick: Bock was a leader in the $250 million Feeding our Future scheme, in which dozens of people have been convicted of falsifying claims for meal reimbursements meant for kids during the pandemic.
She faces a possible life sentence.
What they're saying: Assistant U.S. Attorneys Matthew Murphy and Rebecca Kline said Bock, who has been in jail for a year, directed her adult son to send non-public documents from her case to reporters and officials, including MPR and the Star Tribune.
They're asking a judge to bar Bock from speaking to her two sons. A hearing is scheduled for this afternoon.
"Her purpose for doing so can best be described as a public relations campaign — to seek to minimize her starring role in pilfering the Federal Child Nutrition Program while casting the 'real' blame for the rampant fraud on the Walz administration, state administrators and uncharged individuals," Murphy and Kline wrote.
Bock's defense attorney told MPR that Bock's sons "in an inartful way" are "hoping that the media and the legislative branch see their mom's plight."
