{"id":2337486,"date":"2024-09-05T18:49:01","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:49:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-pleaded-guilty-to-cash-bribe-for-juror-in-covid-19-related-fraud-case\/"},"modified":"2024-09-05T18:51:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-05T22:51:43","slug":"woman-pleaded-guilty-to-cash-bribe-for-juror-in-covid-19-related-fraud-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/woman-pleaded-guilty-to-cash-bribe-for-juror-in-covid-19-related-fraud-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Woman Pleaded Guilty to Cash Bribe for Juror in COVID-19-related Fraud Case"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwoman-pleaded-guilty-to-cash-bribe-for-juror-in-covid-19-related-fraud-case%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2337486&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u2062 Seattle\u2064 woman, Ladan Mohamed Ali, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/supermodel-gigi-hadid-arrested-in-cayman-islands\/\" title=\"Gigi Hadid, famous supermodel, detained in Cayman Islands.\">pleaded\u200b guilty<\/a> to attempting to bribe a juror in \u200ba significant \u200cCOVID-19-related fraud case. Ali, 31, was charged with offering $120,000 in cash to a juror \u2064in\u2062 exchange for an acquittal for\u200c the defendants accused of stealing over $40 million \u2062from a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-president-trump-gives-pardons-to-73-individuals-and-commutes-another-70-sentences-steve-bannon-is-included\/\" title=\"BREAKING: President Trump Gives Pardons to 73 Individuals and Commutes Another 70 Sentences \u2013 Steve Bannon Is Included\">federal program<\/a> intended to feed \u2064children during the\u2064 pandemic. She allegedly tracked the juror\u2019s personal \u200dinformation and daily habits, even \u200busing a GPS device to follow her movements, believing the\u2062 juror,\u2063 identified as &#8220;Juror #52,&#8221; was \u2064the only person of color on the jury and the youngest \u2062member.\u2062 Ali \u2064is \u200cone\u2064 of five individuals charged in the case, which has \u2062drawn comparisons to organized crime plots. The overall fraud \u200bcase involved more \u200dthan $250 million in stolen federal funds, with only $50 million recovered \u200bso far.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A Seattle woman pleaded guilty Thursday to attempting to bribe a Minnesota juror with a bag of $120,000 in cash in exchange for an acquittal in one of the country&rsquo;s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases.<\/p>\n<p>Ladan Mohamed Ali, 31, was accused of tracking a juror to her home and dropping off a cash bribe in exchange for an acquittal in a separate fraud case.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents revealed an extravagant scheme in which Ali and her co-defendants are accused of researching the juror&rsquo;s personal information on social media, surveilling her, tracking her daily habits and buying a GPS device to install on her car. Authorities believe the defendants targeted the woman, known as &ldquo;Juror #52,&rdquo; because she was the youngest and they believed her to be the only person of color on the panel.<\/p>\n<p>The bribe attempt surrounded the trial of seven defendants in one of the country&rsquo;s largest COVID-19-related fraud cases. The defendants were accused of coordinating to steal more than $40 million from a federal program that was supposed to feed children during the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-study-shows-covid-vaccines-may-increased-excess-deaths-since-pandemic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. More than $250 million in federal funds were taken overall in the scheme, and only about $50 million has been recovered, authorities say.<\/p>\n<p>Ali is one of five people charged in the attempted bribery of the juror, a scheme prosecutors have described as &ldquo;something out of a mob movie.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The four others charged with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gravy-train-keeps-rolling-for-second-stepdaughter-ella-emhoff\/\" title=\"Gravy Train Keeps Rolling for Second Stepdaughter Ella Emhoff\">crimes related<\/a> to the bribe are Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Said Shafii Farah, Abdulkarim Shafii Farah and Abdimajid Mohamed Nur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: italic;\">The Western Journal has reviewed this Associated Press story and may have altered it prior to publication to ensure that it meets our editorial standards.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Court records disclosed a lavish scheme where Ali and her co-defendants allegedly researched the juror&#8217;s personal details on social media, monitored her movements, tracked her daily routines, and purchased a GPS device to place on her vehicle. Authorities suspect that they targeted this particular juror\u2014referred to as &#8220;Juror #52&#8243;\u2014because she was the youngest member of the jury and believed to be the only person of color among them. The bribery attempt was linked to a trial involving seven defendants accused of conspiring to embezzle over $40 million from a federal program intended for feeding children during the pandemic. Overall, more than $250 million in federal funds were misappropriated through this scheme, with only about $50 million recovered so far. Ali is one of five individuals charged in connection with this attempted bribery plot that prosecutors have likened to something out of a mob film. The other four individuals facing charges related to this bribery are Abdiaziz Shafii Farah, Said Shafii Farah, Abdulkarim Shafii Farah, and Abdimajid Mohamed Nur<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2337487,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/d18ce1af9c2d49019d84a979d9b87aed-scaled.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[24923,40239,37960,5806,3983],"class_list":["post-2337486","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-juror","tag-cash-bribe","tag-fraud-case","tag-guilty","tag-woman"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/d18ce1af9c2d49019d84a979d9b87aed-scaled.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337486","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2337486"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2337486\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2337487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2337486"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2337486"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2337486"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}