Trump Commuted David Gentile’s Sentence. His Victims Are Seething. NYT | Top Stories By: Santul Nerkar and Kenneth P. Vogel 13 December 2025 at 00:07 David Gentile spent just days in prison for his conviction in what prosecutors described as a $1.6 billion scheme that defrauded thousands of investors. © Dave Sanders for The New York TimesDavid Gentile, convicted of defrauding investors, spent less than two weeks in prison before being pardoned by President Trump.