New Delhi, May 21 -- Feeding Our Future fraud scheme's convicted ringleader, Aimee Bock, on Thursday (local time) was sentenced to more than 40 years in prison in Minnesota.

CBS News reported that the judge handed Bock a 500-month sentence and ordered her to repay nearly $243 million to the federal government.

Bock's sentence came a year after a jury found her guilty on several criminal counts, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit federal program bribery. Prosecutors in the case claimed she orchestrated the largest pandemic fraud case in the country, which diverted tens of millions of dollars in government money meant to feed hungry children.

Aimee Bock, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit organization Fe...