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U.S. District Court Judge Daniel Hovland sentenced Hunter Hanson to eight years in a federal prison, plus three years of probation, in a grain trading scheme gone bad.
Hovland handed down his order on Tuesday, Nov. 12 in Bismarck.
The judge also ordered $1.27 million in a money judgment, roughly the amount Hanson took from the grain business to invest in a used auto business he started in Belcourt...