WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. AP – If Samuel Israel III had reported to prison like he was supposed to, he would probably be washing dishes, mopping floors or serving meals to fellow inmates today. And he might be getting up at 4:30 a.m. to do it.

It wasn’t a life to look forward to for a man who became fabulously rich – wealthy enough to rent a house from Donald Trump at $32,000 a month – as he swindled hedge-fund investors out of hundreds of millions.