Restaurant Worker Pleads Guilty in Plot to Bribe Juror in Goran Gogic Drug Trial
The plea carries an expected five to six year term at a June 23 sentencing, leaving the cocaine case stalled.
Overview
- He faces roughly five to six years in prison under a plea agreement, with sentencing set for June 23 in Brooklyn federal court.
- Prosecutors say he contacted a juror he already knew and offered $50,000 to $100,000 for a not‑guilty vote after two meetings on Staten Island in mid‑November.
- FBI recordings and phone records documented the planning in Albanian and English, and agents surveilled a meeting before making arrests.
- Judge Joan Azrack dismissed the empaneled jury and paused the proceeding, and Goran Gogic continues to plead not guilty to Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges.
- Co‑defendants Valmir Krasniqi and Afrim Kupa remain jailed without bond while prosecutors seek to disqualify Gogic’s lawyer Joseph Corozzo Jr. during an ongoing investigation.