South Dakota jury clears ex-nonprofit CEO in contracts case
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota jury late Thursday night cleared a former nonprofit executive accused of backdating contracts to try to avoid a potential audit in a case sparked after the organization's financial officer killed his family and himself in 2015. Stacy Phelps, the former CEO of the American Indian Institute for Innovation, was found not guilty of falsifying evidence and conspiring to offer forged or fraudulent evidence. Prosecutors alleged Phelps backdated the contracts between the nonprofit Institute and an educational ...
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