Defendant convicted in telemarketing fraud case involving $8.3 million in gross proceeds sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment);4 d. United States v. Richard Harkless case no. 07-CR-00018- VAP (C.D.Cal.) (Defendant convicted of operating a Ponzi scheme, Cir. 2002); United States v. Bernard Madoff, Case No. 09-CR-0