- The 450 Million Dollar Scam (2000) rabbi Sholam weiss

The US released someone sentenced to 845 years in prison. Con man Sholam Weiss commited a massive fraud scheme, robbing some 35,000 life insurance customers for $450million. His 845 year federal sentence in 1999 was the biggest ever handed in the US. Despite going on the run after his trial and being picked up years later in austria, his sentence was commuted by outgoing president Donald Trump a day before Joe biden took office.