DOJ Takes Custody Of Somali Fraudster After Years-Long Manhunt

Federal prosecutors have charged at least 79 individuals in connection with the investigation through multiple indictments. As of early 2026, more than 60 defendants had either pleaded guilty or been convicted.

Advertisement Feeding Our Future founder and former executive director Bock was tried alongside co defendant Salim Said

Feeding Our Future founder and former executive director Bock was tried alongside co-defendant Salim Said.

During sentencing, the presiding judge described the case as a “fraud vortex” with Bock at its center, concluding that a lesser sentence would not adequately serve the interests of justice for the people of Minnesota.