In 2009 Chin presided over U.S. v. Madoff . Madoff admitted to committing securities fraud via a Ponzi scheme starting in the early 1990s, which involved potentially as much as $65 billion. On March 12, 2009, Madoff pleaded guilty to 11 federal charges relating to the scheme. Following his pleading, Chin revoked Madoff's $10 million bail and ordered him to report immediately to jail at the request of the federal prosecutors, citing that Madoff had both the resources and the incentive to flee before his formal sentencing. [28] On June 29, 2009, Chin accepted the prosecutor's recommendation to sentence Madoff to a prison term of 150 years, thus effectively handing down a life sentence. [29] Chin explained that imposing the maximum sentence on Madoff was appropriate because he had concluded that Madoff's crimes were "staggering" and "extraordinary evil" and wanted the sentence to have a stronger deterrent effect. [30]
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- ↑ "President Obama Nominates Judge Denny Chin for United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, Judge O. Rogeriee Thompson for United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit". whitehouse.gov . October 6, 2009 – via National Archives.
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- ↑ "U.S. District Judge Denny Chin to Address Spring 2009 Law Graduates" (Press release). University of Miami. May 21, 2009. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved September 16, 2009.
- ↑ Chin, Denny. Princeton University. Department of Psychology (ed.). "The Old Ones of Chinatown: A Study of the Elderly Chinese".
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External links
- Hon. Denny Chin, Southern District of New York Court site
- "Chin Shares Experiences as Federal District Court Judge Archived February 23, 2006, at the Wayback Machine , April 7, 2003, Law Grounds News, University of Virginia School of Law.
- Denny Chin at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges , a publication of the Federal Judicial Center .
- Denny Chin at Ballotpedia
- Appearances on C-SPAN
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