A flurry of new developments in the sprawling Feeding Our Future case came down on Friday, with one defendant learning her prison sentence and four others pleading guilty to their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme.

Sharon Ross of Big Lake pleaded guilty in early 2024 to stealing $2.4 million from taxpayer-funded child nutrition programs as part of what federal prosecutors in Minnesota say was a $250 million scam involving 70 people and “the single largest COVID-19 fraud scheme in the country.

Sharon Ross, 54, was also ordered to pay nearly $2.5 million in restitution and will be on three years of supervised release following the prison sentence.