Overview

• Said Farah, 43, pleaded guilty to bribery of a juror for his role in a plan to buy a not-guilty verdict from the juror known as Juror 52.
• Prosecutors say the group researched the juror online, recruited a courier from Seattle, and attempted surveillance before the cash drop.
• The $200,000—collected in part at Bushra Wholesalers and a nearby hawala and repackaged in a Hallmark gift bag—was left at the juror’s home and reported to police, and the juror was excused.
• All five defendants in the bribery case have now entered guilty pleas and await sentencing before U.S. District Judge David S. Doty.
• Officials describe the scheme as an attack on judicial integrity, and related fraud cases continue, including a recent 28-year sentence for Abdiaziz Farah in separate proceedings.