Which specific Feeding Our Future defendants have been indicted or convicted and what charges did they face?
Executive summary
A growing roster of named defendants in the Feeding Our Future investigation have been indicted and many have pleaded guilty or been convicted: prosecutors have charged as many as 78 people in the sprawling fraud, with dozens pleading guilty and at least seven convicted by juries [1] [2]. Specific, publicly named defendants who have been indicted or convicted include Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock (forfeiture after conviction), convicted co-defendant Salim Said, and newer indicted defendants such as Abdirashid Bixi Dool; charges across the cases include wire fraud, money laundering, bribery and multiple counts tied to pandemic-relief reimbursement schemes [3] [4] [5] [6].
1. What the court record shows about convictions and forfeitures
Federal court filings and local reporting show Aimee Bock — identified by prosecutors as a central figure in the scheme and described in coverage as the organization’s founder and “ringleader” — has been ordered to forfeit roughly $5.2 million after criminal proceedings tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud [3], and reporting has described multiple defendants as convicted at trial, including Salim Said [4]; court reporting also notes judges ordering huge restitution amounts in at least one case, including a $48 million restitution order tied to the broader prosecutions [7].
2. Named defendants who were indicted and the counts reported
Publicly reported indictments include newer defendants such as Abdirashid Bixi Dool, who was characterized in reporting as the 78th person charged and alleged to face seven counts tied to the Feeding Our Future fraud [5] [8]. Earlier waves of indictments — announced first in 2022 and expanded subsequently to 78 total — encompassed multiple defendants later charged with related schemes, and reporting ties many indictments to the same underlying conduct of submitting false school meal reimbursement claims [9] [10].
3. Common charges across the case and examples from trials
Prosecutors have pursued classic fraud- and corruption-related federal counts across the different indictments: wire fraud and money laundering feature prominently in court filings and local coverage, and at least one upcoming April 2026 trial group has been described in filings as facing wire fraud, bribery and money-laundering charges involving more than $15 million [6] [11]. News outlets and prosecutors also reference tax-related charges in connected prosecutions — for example, reporting of defendants who faced felony tax counts for underreporting and failing to file returns — underscoring that charges have ranged beyond fraud to include tax and forfeiture actions [4].
4. Pleas, convictions and the scale of culpability reported
Sahan Journal’s running list and other reporting track many guilty pleas: by late 2025 reporting indicated roughly 46–47 defendants had pleaded guilty and seven more had been convicted at trial, while total charged defendants grew to about 78 and prosecutors estimated the scheme involved at least $250 million and possibly far more [2] [1] [10]. Coverage cautions that some defendants were acquitted in early trials and that convictions have come alongside numerous guilty pleas rather than trial verdicts alone [1] [2].
5. Notable defendants, flight and pending trials
Reporting highlights a handful of notable individuals beyond Bock and Said: press accounts identify an individual described as a longtime associate (“Eidleh”) who fled the country before being named in early indictments, and defense filings show at least one defendant (Gandi Yusuf Mohamed) asserting the need for a change of venue citing community hostility as trials continue to be scheduled through 2026 [7] [11]. Several clusters of defendants — for example the Ikram Mohamed group and the S&S Catering group — have scheduled trial dates and are separately arraigned or indicted on multi-count schemes tied to the Feeding Our Future operations [8].
6. Limits of available reporting and the path forward
Public sources document named indictments and convictions for several high-profile defendants and list dozens more who pled guilty, but an exhaustive, court-verified roster of every individual charge and verdict across all 78 indictments is not fully consolidated in the cited reporting; contemporaneous court records and U.S. Attorney filings remain the authoritative source for precise counts by defendant as more trials, pleas and forfeiture orders proceed [2] [1] [10].