Over the objections of her attorney, Aimee Book took the witness stand in her defense Friday but she did not get a chance to address her role as the alleged ringleader of an extraordinary $250 million fraud scheme before the judge ended testimony for the day in the federal trial.

Aimee Bock made $1.9 million in the Feeding Our Future fraud and pre-paid food sites before they had served any meals.

In text messages that Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock wrote to others charged in a $250 million conspiracy to defraud taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs, she discussed scorched-earth tactics for dealing with critics of her nonprofit.

The accused mastermind behind the sprawling Feeding Our Future fraud scheme took to the witness stand to testify in her own defense on Friday.

Hanna Marekegn testified that Bock gave Minneapolis' East African community "the American Dream life" by enabling $250 million fraud in the child meal program.

Feeding Our Future founder Aimee Bock took the witness stand and testified in her own defense on Friday. Against the advice of her attorney, Bock, of Apple Valley, waived her

Prosecutors on Monday revealed a series of expletive-filled text messages between Aimee Bock and associates at Feeding Our Future, revealing how the nonprofit’s former executive director reacted to early concerns about potential fraud.