Abdulkarim Farah Pleads Guilty in Feeding Our Future Juror Bribery Scheme

Farah admitted to orchestrating a $120,000 bribe attempt to influence a juror in a major pandemic fraud trial, marking a rare attack on judicial integrity.

• Abdulkarim Farah pleaded guilty to one count of juror bribery for his role in attempting to sway Juror 52 during the Feeding Our Future fraud trial.
• The bribery scheme involved surveillance of the juror, encrypted communications, and a $120,000 cash offer delivered by co-defendant Ladan Ali.
• Juror 52 immediately reported the bribe to law enforcement, prompting increased security measures, including jury sequestration.
• Farah's actions included removing license plates from Ali’s rental car to avoid detection and deleting the Signal app to destroy evidence after the scheme was exposed.
• This incident, the first juror bribery case in Minnesota in over 60 years, underscores the lengths taken to evade accountability in the broader $250 million fraud case.

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