received the longest sentence so far — 28 years. The sentence for Abdiaziz, who also played a key role in a failed attempt to bribe a juror from his trial, is one of the longest prison sentences for any white collar criminal in Minnesota history.
Three defendants have avoided prison time altogether, instead serving probation. Two of them were low-level players and one was a mid-level player who pleaded guilty, cooperated with the government’s investigation and testified at trial against Bock.
Legal experts expect Bock will get the highest sentence of any of the 78 defendants in the case.
“If the highest sentence in this series to date is 28 years, I would expect Bock will get more than that by a significant amount,” former Minnesota U.S. Attorney Tom Heffelfinger told Sahan Journal.
$1.9 million — is small in comparison to what other defendants stole.
“Where’s the money?” Udoibok…
Review your monthly bank statements and credit card bills line-by-line to spot small “tester” transactions of R5 or R10, which fraudsters use to verify if a stolen card is still active.