6. Martin Frankel
Prison sentence: 16 years
Martin, next on our list of high profile white collar criminals and their crime cases in America, was accused of embezzling money from several insurance companies throughout the midwest in 2004. The amount is disputed to be from $200 million to $1 billion. This was not his first offense, though, as he had previously been barred from trading stock following a similar incident in Ohio.
5. Allen Stanford
Prison sentence: 20 years
Stanford used his reputation to sell certificates of deposit to investors through his organization, the Stanford International Bank. The certificates of deposit never returned the amount promised. He embezzled an estimated $8 billion.
