Amy Bach

Amy Bach, a key figure behind a $250 million fraud scheme in Minnesota, has been sentenced to 41 years in prison.

Bach founded Anne Rand Feeding Our Future, a group that was supposedly providing millions of meals to hungry children.

In reality, though, Bach and her associates were using hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds to enrich themselves and their friends.

More than 60 individuals have been convicted in connection to the scheme, most of whom are Somali immigrants.

Bach's trial also revealed multiple text messages and emails with Minnesota Representative Ilhan Omar.

Bach has said that Omar was instrumental in loosening laws that allowed the scheme to operate.

Amy Bach ran a nonprofit called Feeding Our Future.

She and her dozens of co-defendants exploited pandemic rule changes and lax oversight to steal nearly $250 million from federal child nutrition programs.

While Democratic Governor Tim Walz was not implicated, the scheme happened on his watch and was a major factor in his decision earlier this year not to seek re-election.