Menabolis – The jury found the leader of the alleged from a Huge fraud case In Minnesota, guilty on all charges on Wednesday for its role in a scheme, Federal prosecutors say that $ 250 million from a program aims to feed the needy children.
Amy Book – The founder of our future feeding, the group was in the heart The largest fraud in the country Against Covid-19.
The Minnesota case also drew attention to an attempt to bribe a jury in a previous trial and manipulate witnesses in the Bok trial, which started last month. Thirty -seven has already approved guilty, while Question five In a group of defendants who were tried last year.
Salim Ahmed, the owner of the co -defendant, the owner of the Safari Restaurant, who is now ended in Minneapolis.
Book, 44 years old, said, 36 years old, who was charged with multiple charges that include conspiracy and fraud in wires and bribery. He also said and was charged with money laundering. Book claimed nearly two million dollars, while saying he was accused of taking about $ 5 million. Both kept his innocence and witnessed them in trial.
The American boycott judge, Nancy Brazil, ordered the detention without a guarantee pending the issuance of her, which has not set an appointment for her.
“It was the largest coffee scam in the country, and what Bok and her participants did was deserved to be denounced.” ”
“During Covid, while many were trying to be assistants, Bok said and said they were thieves,” I continued. “They used a time of the crisis as a golden opportunity to enrich themselves and their criminal partners – strangely. In every step on the road, Book fought to maintain the fraud. Today its efforts have ended to blame others and escape responsibility.”
Bok’s lawyer, Kenneth Odubuk, said there will be an appeal. Although he did not decide what the legal reasons could be used as a basis for it, the Associated Press told the jury could not be considered evidence of the six -week value in the few hours in which he was circulated after obtaining the case on Wednesday morning.
But the main public prosecutor, Joe Thompson, described the plan as “Brazn and corrupt” and told the reporters that he had distorted the reputation of Minnesota for the good rule and the civil mind, as well as the quality of high life and a low crime.
Tomson said: “Feeding our future cause is symbolizing the problem of fraud in our state,” Tomson said. “Mennisota’s shame has become. We hope that today’s ruling will help convert the page in this terrible chapter on our state date.”
Democratic ruler Tim Walz, who I was severely criticized One of the Republicans who said his administration He should have caught Fraud said earlier, to reporters that he was still “angry” with “criminals who prey on the system that was aimed at feeding the children.” But he pointed out that no one in the state government, who managed federal financing, was charged with the case.
“We just need to make sure that we have put more protection walls, more security, and more ability to make sure that these criminals are unable to prey to this,” Walz said.
Thompson said that the authorities had regained only about $ 60 million from $ 250 million. He refused to speculate on what the prosecutors might recommend, but he said Bok and said he was facing a “great” time in prison.
The defendants are tried in several groups. the The first trial It was marred by an alleged attempt by some of the defendants and the people who are associated with them Jury With a bag of $ 120,000 in cash. This juror I went directly to the police. This led to a more strict security to try Facebook and the additional precautions requested by the judge.
Despite all of this, Witness claims He appeared in the middle of the road through the procedures. The defendant, who was scheduled for the trial in August, approached a government witness who was scheduled to testify against Bok and said and asked to talk to him in a court in court. This witness rejected and informed his lawyer instead, who informed the prosecutors.
The defendant, Abdnasius Abshir, 32, from Lakefil, soon He acknowledged that he is guilty of wire fraud charge And the Qayyus, by trying to tamper with a recommendation, issued the longest judgment, which is not binding on the judge.