Feeding Our Future defendant gets 10 more years after admitting juror bribery plot

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WASHINGTON (TNND) — As the federal government continues its fraud crackdown, new developments in Minnesota are drawing renewed attention to the sprawling “Feeding Our Future” case and to allegations involving a relative of U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar,

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Abdiaziz Farah, who had already been sentenced to 28 years in prison for his role in the “Feeding Our Future” fraud scheme, has been given an additional 10 years after admitting he tried to bribe a juror in his own trial. Farah and multiple co-conspirators admitted to attempting to influence the verdict by dropping off $120,000 in cash, with a promise of more money if the juror voted to acquit.

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Unfortunately one party seems to be actively working to protect these criminal enterprises rather than working alongside the federal authorities to help root all of it out,” Eggers said. “When it comes to stopping crime and saving all Americans tax dollars, there is a very clear partisan divide and democrats sadly are united, I think, on the wrong side of it, he added.

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Separately, the federal government has recently frozen more than $1 billion in Medicaid payments to Minnesota and California, with regulators saying the states billed for dead beneficiaries and for providers already flagged for fraud. Both states have denied the allegations.

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