Feeding Our Future ringleader gets 10 more years for juror bribe
Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to bribe a juror, to run consecutive to his 28-year Feeding Our Future fraud term for a total of 38 years behind bars.[1]
Prosecutors said the juror, identified as "Juror 52," reported finding a bag that contained $120,000 and a note offering more money if she voted to acquit seven defendants.[1] She was dismissed from the jury.[1]
Prosecutors say Farah and associates researched the juror online, targeted her as the youngest and only apparent person of color on the panel, and bought a GPS device to track her vehicle.[1] Co-defendant Abdulkarim Shafii Farah has been sentenced to 57 months.[1] Ladan Mohamed Ali, Said Shafii Farah and Abdimajid Mohamed Nur have pleaded guilty in the bribery scheme and await sentencing, and Nur is also serving 10 years for related fraud.[1] Prosecutors also recovered a "blueprint" text from Nur's phone that instructed the juror to vote not guilty on all counts and to argue investigators mishandled the case and disrespected immigrant defendants.[1]
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- Abdiaziz Shafii Farah was sentenced to 10 years in prison for attempting to bribe a juror, to run consecutive to his 28‑year Feeding Our Future fraud sentence for a total of 38 years plus three years supervised release.
- Juror 52 reported receiving a bag with $120,000 cash and a note offering more money if she voted to acquit seven Feeding Our Future defendants; she was subsequently dismissed from the jury.
- Prosecutors say Farah and associates researched the juror online, targeted her as the youngest and only apparent person of color on the panel, and even purchased a GPS device to track her vehicle.
- Co‑defendant Abdulkarim Shafii Farah has already been sentenced to 57 months; Ladan Mohamed Ali, Said Shafii Farah, and Abdimajid Mohamed Nur have pleaded guilty in the bribery scheme and await sentencing, with Nur also serving 10 years for related fraud.
- A “blueprint” text recovered from Nur’s phone instructed the juror to vote not guilty on all counts and argue that the immigrant defendants were being disrespected by the government and that investigators mishandled the case.
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