It looks like justice has finally decided to visit some of the Minnesota fraudsters who've enjoyed spectacularly luxurious lifestyles during Democrat Gov. Tim Walz's time in office. One of those fraudsters, Aimee Bock, 44, was a ringleader in the Feeding Our Future scam and, boy, did she enjoy flaunting the fabulous life she acquired off the backs of hard-working taxpayers.
All that is coming to a screeching halt after a judge ordered Bock to surrender a treasure trove of luxury items that someone on a typical non-profit salary would never be able to afford (see also: the aforementioned hard-working taxpayers). A judge signed off last week on a preliminary forfeiture order requiring Bock to cough up, among other things, her Porsche Panamera, a diamond necklace, her Louis Vuitton purse, and around $3.7 million in cash and money squirreled away in various bank accounts.
The forfeiture of her luxury lifestyle comes after Bock was found guilty last March on federal charges of wire fraud, bribery, and conspiracy in connection with what has been called "the nation’s largest COVID-19 fraud scheme." She's currently awaiting sentencing, but can keep herself busy for the time being handing over all those fancy toys she loved to flaunt.
Ringleader of $250M Minnesota welfare fraud scandal ordered by judge to forfeit Porsche, luxury goods https://t.co/gZw5wTvolD pic.twitter.com/jZQ5cFyp9C
— New York Post (@nypost) January 7, 2026
The Feeding Our Future scandal was one of the first welfare-related scams to rock Minnesota, and helped to shine a national spotlight on the massive fraud being perpetrated in the state under Walz's watch. Aimee Bock founded the non-profit in 2016 to feed children in need, and the group had a rather modest annual budget of $3 million to $4 million gleaned from federal child nutrition reimbursements.
Crime Does Pay - Here's How Minnesota Fraudsters Were Living the Good Life While Kids Went Hungry
When COVID-19 hit, Feeding Our Future experienced some serious mission creep after rules were loosened and oversight diminished, leading Bock to allow sponsors in her network to submit claims without normal verification. Here's what happened:
As executive director of Feeding Our Future, Bock approved meal sites, some of which were fake, and then certified the claims, signing off on the reimbursements from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE).
She would soon preside over a network that claimed to have served 91 million meals, for which prosecutors say the scammers fraudulently received nearly $250 million in federal funds, a scale of growth that far outpaced the nonprofit’s pre-pandemic size and internal capacity.
Later filings and sentencing releases described the total impact as closer to $300 million. Attorney General Pam Bondi has suggested it may reach $400 million.
And it looks like Bock may have also had a role in the rampant child care fraud that was recently blown wide open by independent journalist Nick Shirley, whose video of Somali-run daycare centers with no children has garnered nearly 140 million views on X.
BREAKING: Convicted fraudster, Aimee Bock, listed as the person of contact for at least 47 taxpayer-funded "child cares" in Minnesota, per official state records. pic.twitter.com/v9WVxBJenG
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) January 2, 2026
Bock didn't perpetrate this fraud on her own – 57 people have already been convicted, with a total 78 defendants being charged by the Justice Department in relation to the Feeding Our Future scandal. According to Attorney General Pam Bondi, 72 of those defendants are of Somalian descent and five are fugitives who bailed to Africa.
One of those defendants, Empress Watson, is Aimee Bock's former boyfriend. Watson has been charged with tax crimes in relation to his work with Feeding Our Future; during the time period 2020-2022, Watson was paid over $1 million by the now-shuttered non-profit, an amount he “significantly underreported” on his tax returns.
Here is Aimee Bock’s live in boyfriend, Empress Malcolm Watson, while the fraud was happening.
— Liberty4All (@LibertyUSA37) December 30, 2025
Empress took out over a million himself, plus some nice cars and a few luxury vacations. 💰💸👑
You can’t make it up…..😂 pic.twitter.com/e6ARyMSb7f
To date, prosecutors have only recovered about $75 million of the funds stolen by the Feeding Our Future fraudsters.
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