Leech Lake Chairman Gets Probation

A former Chairman of the Leech Lake Bank of Ojibwe has been sentenced to two years of probation on corruption charges. Peter D. White was sentenced Wednesday before U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson. White was Chairman of the tribe from February 2003 to June 2004. He pleaded guilty in May to accepting two cash payments of $1,500 each. He had been accused of taking several payments totaling more than $20,000. The man accused of bribing the former Chairman, Craig Keith, was acquitted by a jury in July,