MINNEAPOLIMEDIA NEWS | Feeding Our Future Defendant Receives Additional 10-Year Sentence for Attempted Juror Bribery

MINNEAPOLIS, MN (July 23, 2026). A federal judge has sentenced Abdiaziz Shafii Farah to an additional 10 years in prison for participating in an attempt to bribe a juror during the first Feeding Our Future fraud trial.

The new sentence will run consecutively to Farah’s existing 28-year sentence for his role in the underlying fraud, bringing his combined federal prison term to 38 years.

Farah was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release following his imprisonment.

Cash delivered to juror’s home

Farah pleaded guilty in June 2025 to bribery of a juror.

According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, Farah and four other people conspired to offer cash to a juror in exchange for a not-guilty verdict during the 2024 Feeding Our Future trial.

The conspirators targeted the person identified in court records as Juror 52. Prosecutors said members of the group researched the juror’s address, monitored the juror’s home and collected money for the bribe.

A Hallmark gift bag containing $120,000 was delivered to a relative at the juror’s residence. The relative was told that more money would be available if the juror voted to acquit the defendants.

The juror immediately reported the attempted bribe to law enforcement.

Evidence deleted after discovery

Prosecutors said Farah received a recording showing the delivery of the money through an encrypted messaging application.

When the attempted bribe was disclosed in court and Farah was ordered to surrender his phone, he conducted a factory reset that deleted messages, video and other potential evidence, according to the Justice Department.

The bribery attempt did not prevent the trial from proceeding. Farah was convicted in the underlying fraud case.

Separate 28-year fraud sentence

In August 2025, a federal judge sentenced Farah to 28 years in prison and ordered him to pay approximately $47.9 million in restitution.

The Justice Department said Farah and his associates stole more than $47 million by falsely claiming to have served approximately 18 million meals to children at more than 30 locations.

Prosecutors said Farah personally received more than $8 million and used fraud proceeds to purchase luxury vehicles and real estate in the United States and abroad.

The 28-year sentence addressed the child-nutrition fraud. The new 10-year sentence separately punishes the attack on the integrity of the federal trial.

Other defendants in the juror-bribery case have pleaded guilty or received separate sentences. Their cases and punishment should not be confused with Farah’s consecutive 10-year term.

Verification status: Verified and ready. The current sentencing is reported by FOX 9. Farah’s guilty plea, the structure of the bribery conspiracy and his earlier 28-year sentence are independently documented by the U.S. Department of Justice.

Sources

• FOX 9: Farah receives additional 10-year sentence for juror-bribery scheme
• U.S. Department of Justice: Farah pleads guilty to juror bribery
• U.S. Department of Justice: Farah sentenced to 28 years for Feeding Our Future fraud

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