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A juror in a $250 million COVID aid fraud case had a bag of $120k dropped off at their house with a note promising more if they ruled not guilty.
The fraud was centered around a liberal non profit named "Feeding our Future" which involved a large number of individuals including members of democrat mayor's Jacob Frey's administration.
http://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/juror-in-fraud-case-has-120000-bribe-delivered-to-her-door/
A juror in a Minneapolis trial related to $250 million in stolen pandemic aid reported that she had a sack with $120,000 in cash delivered to her door — and a note promising more if she voted to acquit.
The bribe was delivered to the juror’s home in on Sunday evening — just hours before the jury was due back in court to hear the final closing arguments in the trial.
Juror 52, a 23-year-old woman, was not home when the bag was dropped off but immediately notified police after family at the house showed it to her.
“This is completely beyond the pale,” said Assistant US Attorney Joseph Thompson in court on Monday. “This is outrageous behavior. This is stuff that happens in mob movies.”
All seven defendants in the case were arrested and taken back into custody following the bribe attempt.
The juror has since been dismissed from the trial, which is over whether members of the Minneapolis non-profit Feeding Our Future stole over $40 million intended to feed children during the pandemic.
Juror 52’s father-in-law was home when the money was dropped off, and identified the woman who left it as being Somalian, according to the Sahan Journal.
The seven defendants in the case are East African.
“This is for Juror 52,” the note read, according to the New York Times.
“Tell her there will be another bag for her if she votes to acquit.”
“It is highly likely that someone with access to the juror’s personal information was conspiring with, at minimum, the woman who delivered the $120,000 bribe,” the affidavit read.
The fraud was centered around a liberal non profit named "Feeding our Future" which involved a large number of individuals including members of democrat mayor's Jacob Frey's administration.
http://nypost.com/2024/06/03/us-news/juror-in-fraud-case-has-120000-bribe-delivered-to-her-door/
A juror in a Minneapolis trial related to $250 million in stolen pandemic aid reported that she had a sack with $120,000 in cash delivered to her door — and a note promising more if she voted to acquit.
The bribe was delivered to the juror’s home in on Sunday evening — just hours before the jury was due back in court to hear the final closing arguments in the trial.
Juror 52, a 23-year-old woman, was not home when the bag was dropped off but immediately notified police after family at the house showed it to her.
“This is completely beyond the pale,” said Assistant US Attorney Joseph Thompson in court on Monday. “This is outrageous behavior. This is stuff that happens in mob movies.”
All seven defendants in the case were arrested and taken back into custody following the bribe attempt.
The juror has since been dismissed from the trial, which is over whether members of the Minneapolis non-profit Feeding Our Future stole over $40 million intended to feed children during the pandemic.
Juror 52’s father-in-law was home when the money was dropped off, and identified the woman who left it as being Somalian, according to the Sahan Journal.
The seven defendants in the case are East African.
“This is for Juror 52,” the note read, according to the New York Times.
“Tell her there will be another bag for her if she votes to acquit.”
“It is highly likely that someone with access to the juror’s personal information was conspiring with, at minimum, the woman who delivered the $120,000 bribe,” the affidavit read.
