Jury selection is set to begin Monday for the trial of the alleged ringleader of the Feeding Our Future pandemic fraud scheme that federal prosecutors say stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children.

Opening statements will take place next Monday for the trial of Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock and co-defendant Salim Said.

Aimee Bock was the founder of the now-defunct nonprofit organization. She’s facing wire fraud and bribery charges and is accused of being the ringleader of what government officials call the largest pandemic relief fraud case in the country. Prosecutors allege Bock and others stole $250 million from a program meant to feed children.

Two women from Rochester and Shakopee have pleaded guilty in connection with the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.

Two women have pleaded guilty to their roles in the $250 million Feeding Our Future fraud scheme just days before a trial for the head of the now-defunct nonprofit was set to get underway.

Aimee Bock and a co-defendant will be the second group to stand trial in what prosecutors call one of the country’s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases anywhere.

A Shakopee woman pleaded guilty Friday to her role in the Feeding Our Future case, which included misappropriating millions of dollars in federal nutrition program money during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The trial of suspected Feeding Our Future ringleader Aimee Bock and co-defendant Salim Said began on Monday. “This look is all about American exceptionalism,” she said of her pro-Trump ensemble on the Grammys red carpet.