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5 of 7 Defendants Convicted of Misusing Covid Relief Money
A Minnesota jury on Friday found five of seven defendants guilty of most of the crimes they faced related to a scheme in which they misused millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic.
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... The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million Covid relief scheme that prosecutors say is the largest of its kind. The verdict comes days after one juror said she had been offered nearly $120,000 in cash in exchange for voting to acquit. The juror was dismissed after reporting the alleged bribe attempt to the court and police. A second juror was released Tuesday after a family member brought up the alleged bribe in a conversation. After deliberating for more than three days, the sequestered jury found five of the defendants -- Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Mohamed Jama Ismail, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff and Hayat Nur -- guilty of most of the crimes they were accused of, according to NBC affiliate KARE reporter Lou Raguse. Two other defendants -- Said Shafii Farah and Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin -- were acquitted of all the crimes they faced, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. ...
The verdict comes days after one juror said she had been offered nearly $120,000 in cash in exchange for voting to acquit. The juror was dismissed after reporting the alleged bribe attempt to the court and police.
A second juror was released Tuesday after a family member brought up the alleged bribe in a conversation.
After deliberating for more than three days, the sequestered jury found five of the defendants -- Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Mohamed Jama Ismail, Abdimajid Mohamed Nur, Mukhtar Mohamed Shariff and Hayat Nur -- guilty of most of the crimes they were accused of, according to NBC affiliate KARE reporter Lou Raguse.
Two other defendants -- Said Shafii Farah and Abdiwahab Maalim Aftin -- were acquitted of all the crimes they faced, including conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering. ...
#1 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-06-27 01:50 AM | Reply
hopefully a death penalty offense
#2 | Posted by brerrabbit at 2024-06-27 10:28 AM | Reply
Say goodbye Fat Donnie Loser.
#3 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-06-28 01:42 AM | Reply
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