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Running the federal sentencing guideline numbers for Bernie Madoff

By Douglas A. Berman

The recent legal developments in the prosecution of Bernie Madoff (details here) have lots of folks buzzing about not just his expected guilty plea, but also his possible federal sentence.  Helpfully, today's Boston Herald has this new article that, as this graphic shows, runs through the basic guideline calculations for Bernie Madoff based on what we all think we know about his big-time financial fraud.  Here are excerpts from the article: It?s the one ?big score? that Bernard Madoff probably wishes he wasn?t about to make. Experts say Madoff, who?s expected to plead guilty Thursday to running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme, rates about 52 points on a scale federal judges use when setting sentences. The bad news for Madoff: Anything over 42 usually translates into life behind bars...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on March 10, 2009 (boomark / email).