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Key figure in $250 million Minnesota fraud case gets nearly 42 years in prison (Original Post) surfered Yesterday OP
She better hope she had the foresight to donate a bunch of the stolen money to Trump's campaign AZJonnie Yesterday #1
65 others have already pleaded guilty or been convicted MichMan Yesterday #2
it is an unusually long sentence hookaleft Yesterday #4
This is how the system is supposed to work Takket Yesterday #3

AZJonnie

(4,288 posts)
1. She better hope she had the foresight to donate a bunch of the stolen money to Trump's campaign
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 01:30 PM
Yesterday

And has been loudly and proudly professing her support for IQ47 online.

Otherwise she's going to jail for a mighty long time.

Conversely if she DID, she can expect a full pardon and perhaps a Presidential Medal of Freedom.

That's how "the law" now works in the kakistocracy that Clowny McDollhands has created.

MichMan

(17,786 posts)
2. 65 others have already pleaded guilty or been convicted
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:14 PM
Yesterday

I believe there are several dozen more awaiting trial

From the link

Bock is white, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office says the overwhelming majority of defendants in the cases are of Somali descent. Most are U.S. citizens.

At least 65 people have been convicted in a series of overlapping food fraud cases. Investigations began during the Biden administration.

“This case has changed our state forever,” Joe Thompson, formerly the lead prosecutor in the case, said outside the courtroom. “Aimee Bock did everything she could to earn this long sentence.”

hookaleft

(1,511 posts)
4. it is an unusually long sentence
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:29 PM
Yesterday

Not saying that she doesn't deserve it but other fraudsters get like 10 to 15 years.

Takket

(23,894 posts)
3. This is how the system is supposed to work
Sat Jul 11, 2026, 02:26 PM
Yesterday

It’s supposed to punish individuals that do wrong. Not entire communities that one person might happen to be a part of. That fact this person isn’t even Somali just makes the entire made up controversy even worse.

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