Another defendant has pleaded guilty for his involvement in a scheme to bribe a juror overseeing one of the many Feeding Our Future trials.
The defendant, Said Farah, was the fifth person to plead guilty in the plot that attempted to exchange cash for a not guilty verdict.
In April of 2024, Farah was among seven people on trial for their alleged involvement in the $250 million food fraud scam. While Farah was eventually acquitted in that case, authorities uncovered a plot to bribe one of the jurors observing the trial. That scheme, discovered in the middle of the proceedings, involved Farah and four others.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota, a bribe of $200,000 was dropped off at the home of Juror 52 on June 2. However, the juror did not accept the bribe and alerted authorities. In a press release, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said Farah gathered some of the money used in the attempted bribe.
“I watched this unfold with my own eyes—it was corruption stacked on corruption,” said Joe Thompson, acting U.S. attorney. “The Feeding Our Future scheme was already a staggering and brazen fraud. But then came something even more corrosive: a cynical attempt to buy off a juror who stood strong and refused to be corrupted.”
“I cannot overstate how painful this was for all involved,” added Thompson. “This was an unprecedented attack on our very system of justice. It shook Minnesota to its core. Now we must grapple with how we got here—no more denial, no more looking away. We must not allow corruption and fraud to define the future of justice in Minnesota.”
To date, the U.S. Attorney’s Office has obtained more than 50 convictions or guilty pleas from defendants charged in the Feeding Our Future scheme. The five individuals indicted thus far in the juror bribery scheme have all pleaded guilty.
Luke Sprinkel
Luke Sprinkel previously worked as a Legislative Assistant at the Minnesota House of Representatives. He grew up as a Missionary Kid (MK) living in England, Thailand, Tanzania, and the Middle East. Luke graduated from Regent University in 2018.
