Securities and Exchange Commission v. Archer et al

  1. September 18, 2025

    SEC Drops Hunter Biden Biz Pal's Case After Trump Pardon

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has voluntarily dismissed its civil claims against Hunter Biden's former business partner Devon Archer, who President Donald Trump pardoned earlier this year after he was convicted of helping to execute a $60 million bond scam against a South Dakota tribal corporation.

  2. October 11, 2019

    SEC Seeks OK Of Deal With Investor In Tribal Bond Scheme

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission asked a New York federal judge to approve a settlement reached with a Montana investor recently sentenced for his role in a scheme led by serial fraudster Jason Galanis that defrauded pension funds and a Native American tribe.

  3. September 12, 2018

    Judge Tells SEC, Firm To Talk It Out In Tribal Bond Doc Fight

    A Manhattan federal judge expressed frustration at a hearing Wednesday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and an investment firm that has been fighting the regulator's subpoena for documents related to an alleged tribal bond scheme, saying the parties should just talk instead of litigating the issue further.

  4. June 26, 2018

    SEC Wants Biz Tied To Tribal Bond Scam To Share Docs

    A Manhattan federal judge pressed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and a firm run by an alleged co-conspirator in a $63 million bond scam involving a Native American tribe to find common ground in a subpoena dispute at a Tuesday hearing, showing skepticism about the breadth of the subpoena but also about the cost of responding to it.

  5. October 13, 2016

    2 Accused In Bond Fraud Suit Invoke Fifth Over Doc Requests

    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission told a New York federal judge on Thursday that two men who allegedly took part in a $63 million bond fraud against a Native American tribal entity have refused to turn over documents as part of discovery in the case.

  6. August 10, 2016

    Depositions Put On Ice In $60M Tribal Bond Fraud Suit

    A New York federal judge on Wednesday stayed depositions and certain other discovery in a U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission suit against a father and son duo and others who allegedly committed a $60 million bond fraud against a tribal entity, ruling that a related criminal case should play out first.

  7. May 11, 2016

    Repeat Fraudsters Charged Over $60M Tribal Bond Scheme

    The U.S. Department of Justice filed criminal charges Wednesday alleging that a father and son duo orchestrated a scheme with five co-conspirators by convincing a tribal entity to issue more than $60 million in bonds and then stole the proceeds to pay previous criminal defense costs.