By Jason Evans
Staff Reporter
jevans@thepccourier.com

UPSTATE — Former Anderson County Councilman and Easley business owner Ronnie Gene Wilson was among the hundreds of people who had their prison sentences commuted by President Joe Biden last month.

In 2012, Wilson pleaded guilty to two counts of mail fraud filed against him in what investigators said was a multimillion-dollar Ponzi scheme he operated for more than a decade.

Investigators said Wilson bilked his silver investors of about $60 million in fraudulent investments, telling investors he’d

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