MINNEAPOLIS – The executive director of Feeding Our Future, Aimee Bock, pleaded not guilty to charges in a $250 million swindle from a federal nutrition program. At the brief hearing the government did not ask that Bock be detained – the usual federal practice in even the largest fraud cases. Bock walked out of the courthouse knowing, however, that there will be mandatory court appearances down the road and that she would almost certainly would be arrested for skipping. The charges against Bock:
> Conspiracy to commit wire fraud.
> Wire fraud.
> Conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery.
> Federal programs bribery.
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Bock. Her organization was contracted to distribute government nutritional program funds to needy elders and children.
