A Minnesota juror was dismissed Monday after reporting $120,000 was left at her home with a promise of further payment if she voted to acquit seven suspects in a massive fraud case.
A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. 'This is completely beyond the pale,' Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said in court on Monday. 'This is outrageous behavior. This is stuff that happens in mob movies.
The 23-year-old juror said she immediately turned over the bag of cash to police. She said a woman left it with her father-in-law Sunday with the message that she’d get another bag of cash if she voted to acquit, according to a report in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Defense attorney Andrew Birrell told the judge that the bag of cash is 'a troubling and upsetting accusation.' Before allowing the trial to continue with more closing arguments on Monday, U.S.
Two of the groups involved, Feeding Our Future and Partners in Nutrition, were small nonprofits before the pandemic, but in 2021 they disbursed around $200 million each. Prosecutors allege they produced invoices for meals that were never served, ran shell companies, laundered money, indulged in passport fraud and accepted kickbacks.
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