‘I know how to make money’: The jury sees Bock messages in food program funds

The prosecutors showed the jury a series of Facebook messages sent by Aimee Bock in an attempt to demonstrate that he earned money with the Federal Child Nutrition Program.

Bock and his coacked, said Salim, are accused of orchestrating almost $ 250 million in fraud connected to federal aid that would help provide foods to needy children.

Bock was the only signatory in a bank account for school age consultants LLC.

“The amount of money I am going to earn tomorrow, you should be (expletive) happy,” he wrote in a message to his then boyfriend Malcolm Watson.

Later, a total of $ 103,000 were deposited in the bank account for school age consultants. The FBI Forensic Accountant, Lacramioara Blackwell, who began his testimony on Monday, told the jury that the money came from the participants in the child nutrition program.

Blackwell testified that the money was apparently used for personal expenses, including a furniture store, a luxury hotel stay and VIP tickets for Graceland. But behind the scene, the money was apparently causing a crack in the relationship of Bock and Watson.

“I know how to earn money. You say you do too, but you’ve never shown it. Because? Is there any reason why you do not do what you should do to get ahead? Bock wrote to Watson.

Bock also appeared as the organizer of a gofundme that raised almost $ 74,000 for an entity associated with the feeding of our future. All donors were participating in the child nutrition program, he said and Bock herself.

Blackwell also testified about a site at Southcross Drive in Burnsville. Bock and another person appeared as tenants for space, which was supposed to open like a nursery. Bock requested a child care license, but apparently left his request.

The site passed shortly after it was renamed to feed our future Southcross and operated as a food distribution site. Cosmopolitan Business Solutions, an entity associated with SAID, bought the company for $ 310,000.

In another testimony, the jury listened to the FBI Forensic Accountant Pauline Roase, who detailed his research on the Safari restaurant, co -owned by Said.

Once Safari joined the child nutrition program, he only spent 4.1% of the money entering his food purchases, said Robase. She will continue her testimony on Wednesday.

Prosecutors are also expected to present their case on Wednesday.

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