First guilty plea in Feeding Our Future bribery case
Abdimajid Mohamed Nur pled guilty today in federal court in downtown Minneapolis to one count of bribery of a juror in the Feeding Our Future case.
It’s the first guilty plea entered in the bribery case.
Nur faces a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison for his conviction on the one count. However, according to his plea agreement, he’s more likely to get a sentence of between five and six years.
Nur, aged 23, was the youngest defendant in the recent Feeding Our Future fraud case. He was convicted on 10 of 13 counts in that case, where he faces separate sentencing by a different judge.
In the bribery case, Nur originally faced three counts. In the plea agreement, he admitted to recruiting the bag woman, Ladan Mohamed Ali, most recently of Seattle, but formerly a Minnesota resident.
It was Ali who personally delivered the gift bag containing $120,000 in cash to the home of Juror #52 in the fraud case. According to Nur’s plea agreement, Ali had (falsely) informed her co-conspirators that she had already contacted and reached an agreement with the Juror to accept a total bribe of $500,000 for producing an acquittal in the fraud case.
Ali is alleged to have asked for a payment of $150,000 for her role in the bribery scheme.
In his plea agreement, Nur also admitted to finding the home address of Juror #52 through an internet search. Nur admitted to physically handling the bribery cash, acting as a go-between among the alleged conspirators. His admissions in court today tie him to each of his four co-defendants.
Updating our chart:
Nur remains in federal custody, pending sentencing, yet to be scheduled in either case.
Media coverage of today’s events:
Man pleads guilty to bribing a Feeding Our Future juror with $120,000 cash (startribune.com)
Shakopee man pleads guilty to bribing juror in Feeding Our Future trial • Minnesota Reformer
Feeding our Fraud: A guilty plea in the bribery case | Power Line (powerlineblog.com)
Feeding Our Future defendant pleads guilty to jury bribery attempt | MPR News