A woman drove up to a Minnesota home in a Mazda on Sunday night with a bag of cash totaling $120,000, ready to hand it to one of the 12 jurors in a multimillion-dollar charitable fraud case in the Minneapolis federal courthouse.
“This is for Juror 52,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson quoted the woman saying, according to a story in the Sahan Journal.
The U.S. attorney’s office said in an interview with The New York Times that the accounts were accurate and that more details would be forthcoming.
Prosecutors said the juror reported the apparent bribery attempt to the local police.
Prosecutors have accused them — and dozens of others — of stealing $250 million by claiming to have served nonexistent meals to nonexistent children.
Persons:
Joe Thompson, “, ”, Thompson
Organizations:
Mazda, ”, The New York Times, Prosecutors
Locations:
Minnesota, Minneapolis, Sahan, U.S