COVID Relief Fraud: Seven Defendants on Trial for $250 Million Scheme
COVID Relief Fraud: Seven Defendants on Trial for $250 Million Scheme
AMinnesota jury on Friday found five of the seven defendants guilty of most of the crimes
which they misused millions of dollars meant to feed children during the pandemic.
The federal fraud trial was the first in a $250 million Covid relief scheme that prosecutors say is the largest of its kind.
A second juror was released Tuesday after a family member brought up the alleged bribe in a conversation.
After deliberating for more than three days, the sequestered jury found five of the defendants
While the defendants claimed to have fed millions of children with those funds
The defendants were among 70 people charged by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota declined to comment on the jury tampering investigation.
The FBI said all of the defendants, their attorneys and the prosecutors had access to that juror’s identifying information
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