Man Sentenced for Trying to Bribe Juror in $250M Welfare Fraud Trial

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Abdulkarim Farah, 25, will spend almost five years behind bars and one year of supervised release for trying to bribe a juror participating in the first Feeding Our Future trial with a gift bag full of $120,000 in cash, the New York Post reported.

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“Farah’s brothers were among dozens of predominantly Somali co-conspirators accused of stealing pandemic relief funds from a federal program meant to feed hungry children in need,” according to the report.

Farah first “conducted surveillance” of the juror and then had his co-defendant Ladan Ali deliver the bag of cash, according to the report.

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The bag contained the copious amount of cash, as well as a note to the juror promising more money for a not-guilty verdict, according to the report. The bribe was brought to her home just a few hours before closing arguments in the case were set to begin.

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