“The defendant’s actions reveal a profoundly greedy, self-absorbed man focused exclusively on himself,” she wrote. “He betrayed and deceived his investors, customers and employees while he was living the high life at his luxury apartment, traveling to exclusive locales, staying at luxury hotels, being chauffeured in his Maserati, and entertaining himself and his friends at restaurants, bars, and casinos. Whenever he needed more money, he lied to investors to get it.”