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

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.

The founder and executive director of Feeding Our Future will go to trial on Monday on federal wire fraud and bribery charges.

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.

Six defendants pleaded guilty in the Feeding Our Future fraud in Minnesota, days before the trial of former executive director Aimee Bock and Salim Said, the former co-owner of Safari Restaurant.

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.

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, who founded and was executive director of the defunct Twin Cities nonprofit, is facing trial along with Salim Said, a former owner of a Lake Street restaurant.

The jury of nine men and seven women will hear opening statements in the trial next Monday. Nine men and seven women will serve as jurors on Aimee Bock’s trial, which will continue next Monday with opening statements about her alleged role in the massive Feeding Our Future fraud case.