Lawyer Marc Dreier sentenced to 20 years in prison for $700M hedge fund swindle
Tuesday, July 14, 2009 : PermalinkNew York Daily News – Park Avenue lawyer Marc Dreier was sentenced to 20 years in prison Monday by a judge who scolded prosecutors for wanting to jail him for as long as Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff.
"Is the government serious about asking for 145 years?" Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff asked.
"To me, for the government to ask for 145 years is to demean the sentence Judge [Denny] Chin imposed on Mr. Madoff.
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