Michael Galvan, a former Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo VP, faces federal prison for committing a $2.8 million wire fraud. Investigators said his victims include other Rodeo volunteer leaders.

A former Houston Rodeo vice president who last year admitted to defrauding people, including other rodeo volunteers, out of millions of dollars was sentenced to spend more than two years in prison. U.

Galvan is accused in court documents of using his position with the livestock show and rodeo to solicit short term loans from investors including other rodeo volunteers.

Michael Wayne Galvan, 61, was arrested in October 2023 on charges he fraudulently obtained nearly $3 million from investors while working as a high-end contractor. Galvan was sentenced to 27 ...