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South Dakota jury clears ex-nonprofit CEO in contracts case

By JAMES NORD - Associated Press

South Dakota jury clears ex-nonprofit CEO in contracts case

By JAMES NORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2016, file photo, Stacy Phelps leaves his initial appearance at the Charles Mix County Courthouse in Lake Andes, S.D. Phelps, the former CEO of the nonprofit American Indian Institute for Innovation, accused of trying to avoid a potential state audit said Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018,. that he didn't intend to cheat or deceive anyone when he backdated contracts in 2015. Phelps said he backdated the documents in August 2015 because his colleague, Scott Westerhuis, said he couldn't find the originals. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)

Phelps denies fearing audit at contract backdating trial

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Stacy Phelps testifies in his own defense at trial

By JAMES NORD - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 22, 2016, file photo, Stacy Phelps leaves his initial appearance at the Charles Mix County Courthouse in Lake Andes, S.D. The former South Dakota nonprofit official accused of trying to avoid a potential state audit is heading to trial, capping an explosive multi-year case sparked after the nonprofit's financial officer killed his family and then himself. Jury selection begins Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018, in Sioux Falls the former American Indian Institute for Innovation CEO, who prosecutors allege signed backdated contracts with a Platte-based educational cooperative to avoid a potential audit of the nonprofit Institute and scrutiny over his spending at the organization. (AP Photo/James Nord, File)

Defense: Stacy Phelps to testify in own defense at trial

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Nonprofit official goes to trial in contract backdating case

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Plea change hearing set for former education co-op director

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Stephanie Hubers, left, leaves the Minnehaha County Clerk-Courts Thursday, June 28, in Sioux Falls, S.D. A jury is considering the case of the former South Dakota educational cooperative employee accused in an embezzlement scheme uncovered after a family's death. Closing arguments were Friday in the theft trial of Stephanie Hubers. She's a onetime Mid-Central Educational Cooperative staffer accused of receiving about $55,000 to keep quiet about embezzlement by business manager Scott Westerhuis and his wife before they perished in a 2015 murder-suicide. (Dana Ferguson /The Argus Leader via AP)

Jury clears South Dakota woman accused in embezzlement case

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The Latest: Defense: State had no proof woman knew of theft

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Stephanie Hubers testifies she didn’t know of boss’s theft

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Ex-co-op worker: Boss never asked to keep extra money secret

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Defense: Woman didn’t know about couple’s embezzling scheme

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1st trial looms in theft scandal exposed by family’s deaths

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Nonprofit: Westerhuis took $21K for college savings accounts

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