Galardi Makes a Plea for Freedom

Michael Galardi, 48, a former strip club mogul who admitted bankrolling corrupt politicians in San Diego and Las Vegas in the political scandal that became known as Operation G-Sting, appeared March 5 before U.S. District Judge Jeffery Miller and asked for early termination of his supervised release (the equivalent of parole — which was to end in January 2012).
Attorney’s for Galardi say that he has paid his debt to society, was a model prisoner, and cooperated with law enforcement officials in two trials that led to convictions of several former politicians.
In March, 2007, Galardi was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison, followed by three years of parole, a $100,000 fine, and $400,000 in restitution to be paid to the city and county.
Miller sided with San Diego prosecutors who urged him to deny the motion but change the defendant’s remaining term of supervised release to unsupervised. Galardi Attorney, Robert Rose stated that this ruling means Galardi is still subject to the jurisdiction of the court.”
Galardi was released on Jan. 5, 2009, after spending 18 months in custody for bribing politicians in San Diego and Las Vegas.