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| Minneapolis juror, 23, has $120,000 in a sack delivered to her home with a note urging her to acquit... |
| 2024-06-04 |
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] …accused fraudsters - as all seven defendants are arrested for bribery
Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson added who noted how the woman who delivered the cash was identified as Somali. The seven defendants on trial are East African. Thompson said how a woman, 'possibly Somali, with an accent, wearing a long black dress' went to the juror's house at 8:50pm on Sunday. The seven who are on trial are the first of 70 defendants expected to go to trial, being tried on a total of 41 criminal charges, including wire fraud, bribery and money laundering, in a conspiracy that cost taxpayers $250 million. Eighteen others have already pled guilty, and authorities said they recovered about $50 million in one of the nation's largest pandemic-related fraud cases. Prosecutors say just a fraction of the money went to feed low-income kids, while the rest was spent on luxury cars, jewelry, travel and property. |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #11 As time goes by and more revelations are made, it appears the bulk of the COVID helicopter money to organizations was stolen. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-04 14:39 |
| #10 Somali's have a kleptocratic tribal culture and operate as a multi-generational, familial criminal enterprise. Any collective business or non-profit structure they operate should be high suspect. This level of government-program fraud is surprising only to those who are naive or racially intimidated from facing the obvious! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2024-06-04 14:28 |
| #9 So far, all I’ve seen is the fraudsters benefitting personally. Nothing about donating to Al Shabaab back home, or anything like that. Has anyone here noticed otherwise? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2024-06-04 12:41 |
| #8 The tell will be how hard, if at all, "the authorities" try to find the bag person and work up the food chain. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2024-06-04 10:50 |
| #7 Somali Cultureâ„¢, so diverse and vibrant |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-04 10:10 |
| #6 Skid, I admit I didn't look up the judge. Point remains. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-06-04 10:08 |
| #5 Powerline has this covered |
| Posted by: Frank G 2024-06-04 09:48 |
| #4 He was not amused. |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2024-06-04 09:23 |
| #3 I guess it's rayciss of me to wonder if the defendants have US passports. Oh, and was S0r0s involved in the funding of the defendants 'humanitarian work'? Anybody know of a good re-education camp for me? |
| Posted by: Bobby 2024-06-04 08:54 |
| #2 NN, the judge went ballistic. Locked down the courtroom, seized the defendent's cellphones, revoked bail, told the jury "you're now sequestered, lunch and dinner will be brought to the the courthouse." Cellphones to be held pending the warrant that the FBI was working on, and then received. He was not amused. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2024-06-04 08:14 |
| #1 I guess and "independent investigation" of every juror is needed. |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2024-06-04 07:15 |