FBI Raids Burnsville Home Over 'Feeding Our Future' Bribe: Report

BURNSVILLE, MN — FBI agents reportedly raided a Feeding Our Future defendant's home on Wednesday as part of the investigation into the attempted bribery of a juror.

Agents arrived at Mukhtar Shariff's Burnsville house at about 8 a.m., a neighbor told the Star Tribune.

Shariff and four others were convicted by a jury last week for trying to steal $40 million of COVID-era government funds set aside to feed needy children. Two other defendants were acquitted.

But two days before jury deliberations, a woman dropped off a bag of $120,000 in cash at one juror's home and said the juror would get more cash if she voted to acquit.

The juror immediately reported the incident to the police and was excused from serving on the jury.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Joe Thompson called the attempted bribe "an attack on our criminal justice system" and promised that authorities investigate with all of their resources.

Reporting from the Associated Press was used in this story.

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