NEST GATEWAY · OPEN WATCH · DRAWER 049
FOF jury bribe
During a Feeding Our Future–linked trial, a woman delivered a floral bag with about $120,000 cash to a juror’s house for an acquittal. Juror reported it. Charges and convictions followed for Abdiaziz Shafii Farah and others in the bribery/obstruction scheme. Soft adjacency to Omar associations only via Empire / Mahad Ibrahim donor threads already labeled there — not “her people” as a bribe crew.
This nest keeps a permanent URL for an open watch under The Minnesota Fraud Files. Rival paths stay labeled. Association is not knowledge; a probe is not a conviction; declared cash is not proven diversion.
COURT-ADJACENT FACTS
A bag of cash.
A reported juror.
In June 2024, during a Feeding Our Future–linked trial, a woman delivered a floral bag containing about $120,000 to a juror’s house with a promise of more for acquittal. The juror reported it; the juror (and another who learned of it) were dismissed. Federal charges followed for a conspiracy that included surveillance of the juror. Abdiaziz Shafii Farah and others were convicted/sentenced in the bribery scheme tied to the Empire Cuisine vendor network.
Hard path
AP / Star Tribune / DOJ-IRS sentencing releases: bribe attempt happened; charges and sentences exist.
Omar associates?
Farah is not a documented Omar campaign associate. Soft adjacency only via Empire / Mahad Ibrahim threads already on Omar associations (small prior donation; vendor web) — not as a bribe plotter on that guide.
Where it belongs
This drawer’s FOF spine — light cross-link from associations only if you want the Empire edge. Not an Omar lead scandal.
PRIMARY & NEAR-PRIMARY SOURCES
Read these first.
- AP — Five charged in $120K juror-bribe attempt
Charging announcement; surveillance / GPS detail in coverage.
- AP — Convictions in $40M food-fraud trial after bag-of-cash disruption
Trial outcome context.
- Star Tribune — Juror dismissed after bag-of-cash offer
Local contemporaneous reporting.
- IRS CI — Minneapolis man sentenced for scheme to bribe FOF juror
Government sentencing release (Abdulkarim Farah / related).
VIDEO / YOUTUBE
Hunt continuing.
Wire a courtroom / press-conference primary upload when a clean clip is verified. Do not invent a Media gallery. Prefer DOJ/AP packages over reaction channels.