Trump commutes sentence of man convicted in Oglala Sioux bond scheme
President Donald Trump has commuted the nearly 16-year sentence of Jason Galanis, who was convicted in a scheme that defrauded investors of $81 million through an Oglala Sioux tribal bond scam. Prosecutors said Galanis and his co-defendants misled the tribe into issuing bonds, then diverted the funds for personal luxury purchases instead of economic development. The case resulted in multiple convictions, including Devon Archer, a former business associate of Hunter Biden, who was also recently pardoned by Trump.
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