But the judges ordered that the former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, convicted for his role in the once-mighty energy giant’s collapse, be resentenced.

The judges ordered that the former chief executive, Jeffrey K. Skilling, convicted for his role in the once-mighty energy giant’s collapse, be resentenced.

The former C.E.O. General Re was sentenced to two years in prison and fined $200,000 for his role in a scheme that cost shareholders of A.I.G. more than $500 million.

Anthony Pellicano, a private investigator whose clients included Hollywood stars, was sentenced for wiretapping.

David Bershad and Steven Schulman were key player in a lucrative lawsuit kickback scheme that raked in nearly $240 million in legal fees for their firm formerly known as Milberg Weiss.

David Bershad, 68, was a key player in the scheme that paid people to act as plaintiffs in cases that brought roughly $239 million in legal fees to Milberg Weiss, now known as Milberg.

Raffaello Follieri plead guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy, after duping investors by claiming special connections with the Vatican.

Two more defendants were sentenced to prison in a $1.9 billion corporate fraud case.

Zach Scruggs, son of the Mississippi lawyer Richard F. Scruggs, was sentenced to 14 months in prison for his part in a scheme to bribe a judge.

A little more than an hour before a former hedge fund manager was to report to prison, his car was found abandoned on a bridge over the Hudson River with “Suicide Is Painless” etched on its hood.