A federal judge on Wednesday ordered defendants in all upcoming cases stemming from a major COVID-19 pandemic fraud case in Minnesota to stay away from her courtroom after allegations of witness tampering surfaced in the trial of the alleged ringleader.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Thompson told the judge that he received information that a cooperating witness was approached in the hallway.

MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO/WCCO) – New allegations of witness tampering in a Feeding Our Future trial have rocked a federal courtroom in downtown Minneapolis. Now, new security measures are going into place while there’s an investigation into what happened.