Said Shafii Farah, age 43, entered a guilty plea in the attempted juror bribery case arising out of the first Feeding Our Future courtroom trial conducted last year.
He pled guilty to one felony count.
Farah has been held in the federal lockup in the Sherburne County jail since the end of the fraud trial in June 2024, more than a year ago.
Farah and his co-defendants were associated with the now-closed Empire Cuisine restaurant and market in Shakopee.
As fate would have it, Farah was one of two defendants acquitted in the 7-defendent courtroom trial last year. With the overlapping defendants between the bribery and the fraud cases, you need a scorecard to keep track of it all,
Five defendants were charged in the bribery case. Said today became the fifth and final defendant from that group to plead guilty. in the bribery case, Said pled guilty along with his younger brother Abdiaziz and his half-brother Abdulkarim.
No one has been sentenced in the bribery case, as of yet.
In the Empire Cuisine fraud case, Hayat Nur is scheduled to be sentenced next week, August 26. Prosecutors are recommending a prison sentence of 87 months, more than 7 years. The Defense is requesting a mere 18 months.
Ali, now age 28, has also been held in Sherburne County since the end of the trial last year.
