Feeding Our Future
June 27, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It would seem that Minnesota leads the nation in the production of international fugitives from justice. From the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, Our Burnsville Man was apprehended in Mogadishu, Somalia, after more than four years on the run from federal fraud charges. There is probably a Netflix miniseries embedded in that last sentence. Eidleh is Defendant No. 2 (out of 80) in the sprawling Feeding Our Future scandal, and is
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June 10, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Said Abdullahi Ereg, an international fugitive wanted in the Feeding Our Future fraud scandal, has returned from Kenya to America to face justice. U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen announced Ereg’s arrest this afternoon at a press conference in downtown Minneapolis. Your correspondent was there. The press release can be found here. You will recall that just last week the FBI placed Ereg on their newly-created most-wanted fraudster list. Apparently, that was enough to prompt
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June 6, 2026 — Bill Glahn
Beginning later this month (Monday, June 22), American Experiment will be kicking off its annual summer tour of Minnesota. The theme this year is fighting fraud in social welfare programs, a timely topic getting national attention. We have sixteen (16) events on the calendar, covering the state, which can be seen here. One or two more may be added. My personal goal is to appear at every event. John will
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June 5, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The feds are offering a $150,000 reward for one of the international fugitives in the Feeding Our Future scandal. A post from the FBI’s Minneapolis field office, Mr. Ereg is defendant No. 61 (out of 80 or so) in the sprawling $500 million Feeding Our Future fraud scandal. He was indicted, along with his wife (Najmo Ahmed, No. 62), back in January 2024 on charges of stealing more than $4
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May 22, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Sometimes the Twin Cities feel to me like the highly improbable center of the universe. Once upon a time Prince created his own musical world here. It’s been downhill from there. Prince’s tragically premature death in 2016 may have been an early warning signal. By 2016 Minnesota had became a fertile source of recruitment for foreign terrorists. Serving as counsel for TCF National Bank’s Minnesota operations, I was repeatedly told
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May 21, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Feeding Our Future fraud ringleader Aimee Bock will be sentenced at a hearing before Judge Nancy Brasel at 9:00 this morning. The government has asked for a sentence of 50 years. Bock has asked for a sentence of time served or a maximum of 37 months. Judge Brasel has the discretion to depart from the recommended sentence under the federal sentencing guidelines, but she will take them into account in
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May 20, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The government has filed its sentencing memorandum in the case against Aimee Bock, the convicted ringleader in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud. The government seeks a sentence of 50 years. Although the memorandum has been widely reported, I haven’t seen any story that actually links to it. It is accessible online here. Dated May 18, the memorandum is filed under the signature of Assistant United States Attorney Rebecca Kline.
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May 19, 2026 — Scott Johnson
As I have noted a time or two before, Aimee Bock will be sentenced by Judge Nancy Brasel this Thursday. Bock is the convicted ringleader of the massive Feeding Our Future fraud. Awaiting sentencing, Bock is cooling her heels at present in the Sherburne County Jail. The Star Tribune’s Jeffrey Meitrodt caught up with Bock for this past Sunday’s disgraceful “new documents” story. The New York Post has joined in
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May 18, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The Minneapolis Star Tribune has been publishing a series of “exclusive” reports based on documents stolen (my word) from secret FBI files. One article goes under the headline, Here’s what to know about newly released records in the Feeding Our Future fraud case. The records were not “newly released.” They were stolen. The Star Tribune reports, The records, obtained by the Minnesota Star Tribune, include FBI interviews with current and
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May 18, 2026 — Scott Johnson
For all its allged revelations, Jeffrey Meitrodt’s big Star Tribune story — “‘An open secret’: New records reveal officials failed to act on fraud warnings” — omitted the keys to understanding. Think the proverbial dog that didn’t bark in the Sherlock Holmes story “Silver Blaze.” Here are omissions from Meitrodt’s story that I liken to the silence of of the dog in the story: • Meitrodt did not mention the
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May 17, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Star Tribune investigative reporter Jeffrey Meitrodt emailed me the URL for his long and long-awaited Star Tribune story on the Feeding Our Future case at 7:42 a.m. this morning. He must be proud of it. I have thanked him for the alert. Meitrodt’s 2,000-word story runs under the headline: “‘An open secret’: New records reveal officials failed to act on fraud warnings.” The subhead reads: “Newly obtained FBI interviews show
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May 17, 2026 — Bill Glahn
From the New York Post, Minnesota ‘Squad’ Rep. Ilhan Omar knew about $250M COVID meal fraud, scheme ‘mastermind’ claims in jailhouse interview. The Post reports, The Minnesota “mastermind” of the state’s massive COVID meal fraud claims “Squad” Rep. Ilhan Omar was in on the $250 million scam. Aimee Bock, founder of nonprofit Feeding Our Future, was convicted in March 2025 of conspiracy, bribery and wire fraud for allegedly helping restaurant
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May 4, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Minnesota Star Tribune is abundant in many things, including self-regard. It has a large staff and the resources of a billionaire owner on which to draw. As for self-regard, publisher Steve Grove — a former Commissioner in the administration of Governor Tim Walz — thinks taxpayers should be forced to support the Star Tribune. Speaking of “support,” I should reiterate the Star Tribune’s incessant support of illegal immigration in
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April 30, 2026 — Scott Johnson
The Star Tribune — I think it must be reporter Jeffrey Meitrodt — has come into possession of confidential FBI witness interviews in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud case. By motion dated April 28, the prosecutors state: [O]n April 21, 2026, the government learned that a reporter for the Minnesota Star Tribune had contacted a lawyer representing a cooperating witness in the Feeding Our Future case. The reporter stated
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April 28, 2026 — Bill Glahn
The U.S. Dept. of Justice has accused Aimee Bock and her adult sons of sending confidential court material to the Minnesota Star Tribune and other media outlets. Bock, defendant No. 1 in the sprawling free-food scandal, is scheduled to be sentenced on May 21, following her courtroom conviction on seven (7) felony counts last year. Bock was the founder and CEO of the nonprofit at the center of the case, Feeding Our
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April 28, 2026 — Scott Johnson
Today the FBI executed twenty-two search warrants around the metropolitan Twin Cities in its continued investigation of the massiive public-programs fraud committed by an almost exclusively Somali cast of perpetrators. The United States Attorney will present the evidence to a federal grand jury and secure indictments in due course. In the Feeding Our Future case, the time between the searches and the first indictments ran some nine months. The FBI
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April 28, 2026 — Bill Glahn
It’s like Christmas in April. Another two dozen fraud-linked locations in Minnesota were raided by the FBI this morning. Reportedly, Quality Learing Center was among them. Local reporter Lou Raguse (KARE-11 TV, NBC) reports that of the 22 addresses raided today, 10 were childcares (including Quality Learing), five were autism centers, and seven were other businesses. In the meantime, so much winning. JOHN adds: In December of last year, then-Assistant
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