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Juror excused after woman offers bag of $120k in cash to acquit defendants

A woman showed up at the juror's house Sunday and left the money, saying more would be coming if she would vote for acquittal, prosecutors said.

Dressed in black, a mysterious woman arrived at a juror's suburban house late Sunday night, clutching a party bag stuffed with wads of cash, nearly $120,000 in all. If the juror voted to acquit the seven defendants in the fraud case, there would "be more of that present tomorrow," the woman said, handing over a white floral gift bag filled with $100, $50 and $20 bills, according to an FBI search warrant filed Monday. The trial is the first in a broader case that prosecutors have called one of the largest pandemic fraud schemes in the country, with 70 people charged with stealing more than $250 million in federal money meant to feed needy children.

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