MPR News PM Update

March 3, 2022

State officials are joining the legal action against a Twin Cities nonprofit that is the focus of a major federal fraud investigation. Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said today he’ll ask a judge to oversee the wind-down of Feeding our Future.

In search warrants unsealed in January, the FBI alleges that Feeding our Future and a group of people connected to its partner organizations stole tens of millions of dollars meant to pay for children's meals.  

Federal prosecutors have not charged anyone with a crime, and the nonprofit's executive director Aimee Bock denies any wrongdoing.   

In a court filing, Ellison says a judge should supervise the breakup because the attorney general's office "has reasonable grounds to believe" that the group violated state nonprofit laws and "failed to properly administer" charitable assets.

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