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Michael Sainato

Trump grants clemency to executive convicted in fraud scheme – report

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Donald Trump speaks to reporters after speaking to troops via video from his Mar-a-Lago estate on Thanksgiving, in Palm Beach, Florida. Photograph: Alex Brandon/AP

Donald Trump granted clemency to private equity executive David Gentile, who had just begun a seven-year prison sentence for what prosecutors described as a $1.6bn fraud scheme, reported the New York Times.

The founder and former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of GPB Capital, 59 year old Gentile was convicted and sentenced in May to seven years in prison for his role in defrauding thousands of individual investors.

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