Three people have been arrested in a plot to bribe a federal juror in the upcoming case of Goran Gogic, a former heavyweight boxer accused of playing a key role in a massive international cocaine trafficking ring, prosecutors revealed.
The trial, set to start in Brooklyn Federal Court Monday, was put on hold, with the entire jury dismissed –— after U.S. Attorney Francisco Navarro told Judge Joan Azrack Monday someone approached a juror and offered a $100,000 bribe to deliver a not-guilty verdict in the case.
Navarro said the FBI arrested three people in connection with the bribe, and that the conspirators appeared to have gotten their hands on a jury list and other information.
“The entire jury needs to be dismissed,” Navarro said. He asked for a anonymous, sequestered jury to take i

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