Overview

• Ali and her co-defendants tracked and surveilled the juror, targeting her as the youngest and only person of color on the panel.
• The attempted bribery was part of a trial against seven defendants accused of stealing over $40 million from a federal child nutrition program.
• Ali admitted to pocketing $80,000 of the bribe money and could face nearly six years in prison.
• She agreed to cooperate with authorities, potentially reducing her sentence.
• The case is one of the largest pandemic-era fraud schemes, involving 70 people and over $250 million in stolen funds.