Fraudster’s Lawyer Says Emails, Audio Show MN Officials Ignored Warnings

“The governor’s office is responsible ultimately for what his agencies do. He’s the governor, after all, and Feeding Our Future through Ms. Bock reported to MDE, one of his agencies, fraudulent organizations,” Udoibok said.

Through Udiobok, Bock said she alerted Minnesota officials to problems within the child nutrition reimbursement system during the pandemic but that the concerns were not addressed. The program was later exploited in what federal prosecutors have described as one of the largest pandemic-era fraud cases in the country.

“That’s a fact, and his agencies did nothing about that. The Attorney General’s office was invited by Feeding Our Future to come to Feeding Our Future and review documents, boxes, close to 100 boxes of the operation of Feeding Our Future. They declined,” the attorney noted further, per NewsNation.

Bock was convicted in March 2025 of wire fraud and other charges related to a $250 million scheme, the largest known COVID-19 fraud case in the country.

In a 2021 audio recording obtained by NewsNation, Ellison expressed support for members of the Somali community, some of whom later faced convictions in the Feeding Our Future fraud case, while they discussed campaign donations to him and his family. Continue reading…