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Alteon@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 year ago

Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit

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Fraud trial juror reports getting bag of $120,000 and promise of more if she'll acquit

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Alteon@lemmy.world to United States | News & Politics@midwest.social · 1 year ago
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A juror was dismissed Monday after reporting that a woman dropped a bag of $120,000 in cash at her home and offered her more money if she would vote to acquit seven people charged with stealing more than $40 million from a program meant to feed children during the pandemic. “This is completely beyond the pale,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson said in court on Monday. During the trial that began in April, defense attorneys questioned the quality of the FBI's investigation and suggested that this might be more of a case of record-keeping problems than fraud as these defendants sought to keep up with rapidly changing rules for the food aid program.
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      This was all beautiful, thank you everyone that pulled through

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      120k is barely a down payment on a Ferrari.

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          Yeah, but you said going to the Ferrari dealer, not going to Craigslist.

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              A Ferrari dealer is not like a Toyota dealer. They are like 99% new or special order, and the other 1% that is used is all current model year with very low miles, or older but very rare and expensive.

              The odds of getting a Ferrari for $120k from a Ferrari dealer is probably slimmer than your chances of being given the bag with $120k to begin with.

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      apparently our 20k increments played well on Boing Boing . We did it guys!

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