NEW YORK AP – A once-prominent Manhattan attorney was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for a hatching a massive fraud in a brazen attempt to keep his law firm afloat and bankroll a lavish lifestyle.
Prosecutors had sought 145 years behind bars for Marc Dreier. But the judge concluded he was “no Mr. Madoff” – a reference to disgraced financier Bernard Madoff, who last month received a 150-year term.