Third Defendant Pleads Guilty to Scheme to Bribe Feeding Our Future Juror

A Minneapolis man has pleaded guilty to his role in bribing a juror in the Feeding Our Future trial. 

According to acting U.S. Attorney Lisa D. Kirkpatrick, Abdulkarim Farah provided cash to bribe a juror in exchange for returning a not guilty verdict in the trial. 

According to court documents, Farah and his co-defendants identified and targeted Juror 52, and conducted surveillance on their home. Farah sent a map of where Juror 52 parked while serving on the jury while co-defendant Ladan Ali was recruited to deliver the bribe money. 

Abdulkarim Farah was instructed to drive Ali to Juror 52’s house and record a video of Ali delivering the bribe. After meeting Ali in the vicinity of Juror 52’s house on June 2nd, Farah drove to a store to purchase a screwdriver to remove the license plate from Ali’s rental car. At approximately 8:50 p.m., Farah recorded Ali delivering a gift bag containing the bribe money. Farah sent the video he had taken to his brother, Abdiaziz Farah. Abdulkarim Farah uninstalled and deleted the encrypted messaging app from his iPhone June 3rd. 

Seven defendants went to trial before U.S. District Judge Nancy E. Brasel on April 22, for their roles in the Feeding Our Future fraud scheme.  Abdulkarim Farah pleaded guilty Wednesday, April 2nd in U.S. District Court before Judge David S. Doty 

A sentencing hearing will be scheduled at a later time.