$120K Bribe Disrupts Feeding Our Future Fraud Trial
TL;DR
Authorities in Minnesota are investigating an attempted bribery of a juror with $120,000 in cash to acquit defendants accused of stealing over $40 million from a pandemic food aid program. The juror reported the bribe, leading to her dismissal and the sequestering of the jury. The seven defendants, part of a larger group facing trial for the $250 million fraud, have been detained, and their phones confiscated as the investigation continues.
- Feds seek person who left bag of $120000 with promise of more at home of food fraud juror The Associated Press
- A second juror in Feeding Our Future trial excused after hearing about attempted bribe Star Tribune
- US charity fraud trial disrupted by $120,000 jury bribe BBC.com
- Feds seek person who left bag of $120,000 with promise of more at home of food fraud juror Yahoo! Voices
- Another juror dismissed as Feeding Our Future deliberations get underway KSTP
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