India, May 28 -- US President Donald Trump recently granted a full pardon to Paul Walczak, a nursing home executive who was convicted of tax fraud. The decision soon sparked a controversy as the pardon came just weeks after Walczak's mother -- a major Trump fundraiser -- attended a $1 million-a-head dinner promising personal access to Trump.

55-year-old Walczak was sentenced to 18 months in prison and was ordered to pay nearly $4.4 million in restitution just 12 days before the pardon was issued.

According to the prosecutors, Paul had siphoned off millions in employee payroll taxes to fund a lavish lifestyle, including the purchase of a $2 million yacht and shopping sprees at luxury retailers like Cartier and Bergdorf Goodman.

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