Seattle Woman Pleads Guilty In Feeding Our Future Bribery Scandal; Reveals Distrust Among Organizers

(KNSI) – The plot to bribe a juror in the Feeding Our Future case looks like it was doomed from the start.

A release from U.S. Attorney Andrew Luger’s office says the Seattle woman tasked with handing over the cash to Juror 52 believed she would never receive a $150,000 payment promised for her role in the scheme. She tried to steal the cash for herself.

Officials say Ladan Mohamed Ali was given a photo of Juror 52 and told to follow her home on the first day of closing arguments. Ali lied to one of the plan’s ringleaders that she had talked to the woman and said she required an exchange of $500,000 for a not guilty verdict. The original plan involved $120,000.

Ali also lied about the supposedly agreed-upon drop time. The ringleader, Abdimajid Nur, went with Ali on June 2nd so he could videotape the handoff from inside a rental car with a removed license plate. Ali was supposed to walk up to Juror 52 with $200,000 and say more would be on dropped off if every defendant was acquitted. Ali spoke to a relative, not the juror herself. She had hid $80,000 for herself and gave over $120,000.

She was not home when Ali knocked on the door. Juror 52 reported to the judge the next Monday about the attempted bribe.

The details were released when Ali pleaded guilty in federal court in Minneapolis.

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