Juror in Massive Fraud Trial Reports Being Offered a Literal Sack of Cash to Acquit
A juror was dismissed from a Minnesota fraud trial on Monday after reporting that a stranger had dropped off a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and promised her more if she would vote to acquit the seven defendants, who are charged with stealing more than $40 million from the federal government during the pandemic.
“This is completely beyond the pale,” a prosecutor said in court on Monday, according to the Sahan Journal. “This is outrageous behavior. This is stuff that happens in mob movies.”
The juror, a 23-year-old woman, was not home at the time of the apparent bribery attempt on Sunday night. Instead, her father-in-law met the stranger, who told him that the bag was “for Juror 52,” according to the prosecutor, U.S. Assistant Attorney Joe Thompson.