Summary
Sholom Rubashkin was convicted in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Iowa of bank fraud (14 counts under 18 U.S.C. §1344), false statements and reports to a bank (24 counts under 18 U.S.C. §1014), wire fraud (14 counts under 18 U.S.C. §1343), mail fraud (nine counts under 18 U.S.C. §1341), money laundering and aiding and abetting (10 counts under 18 U.S.C. §1956), and willful violation of order of Secretary of Agriculture and aiding and abetting (15 counts under 7 U.S.C. §§193 & 195). On December 20, 2017, President Donald Trump commuted his sentence.
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Commutation · December 20, 2017
Granted by Donald Trump (Republican)
Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §1344 (14 counts); false statements and reports to a bank, 18 U.S.C. §1014 (24 counts); wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (14 counts); mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §1341 (nine counts); money laundering and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §1956 (10 counts); willful violation of order of Secretary of Agriculture and aiding and abetting, 7 U.S.C. §§193 & 195 (15 counts)
Counts of conviction
- Offense — Bank fraud, 18 U.S.C. §1344 (14 counts) (18 U.S.C. §1344 (14 counts))
- Offense — false statements and reports to a bank, 18 U.S.C. §1014 (24 counts) (18 U.S.C. §1014 (24 counts))
- Offense — wire fraud, 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (14 counts) (18 U.S.C. § 1343 (14 counts))
- Offense — mail fraud, 18 U.S.C. §1341 (nine counts) (18 U.S.C. §1341 (nine counts))
- Offense — money laundering and aiding and abetting, 18 U.S.C. §1956 (10 counts) (18 U.S.C. §1956 (10 counts))
Original sentence: 324 months imprisonment · 60 months supervised release (sentenced June 22, 2010, Northern District of Iowa).
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