Juror Bribed with $120K in Charity Fraud Trial
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A US trial involving a $40 million pandemic-fraud scheme was disrupted after a juror reported an attempted $120,000 bribe to vote for acquittal. The juror, who was dismissed, revealed that a woman offered the bribe at her home. The trial involves seven Somali immigrants accused of defrauding a federal food aid program for children. The court has detained the defendants and sequestered the jury for the remainder of the trial.
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