Chin continues to preside over the criminal case and a related civil case, after being confirmed last year to the federal appeals court in New York. In 2009, Chin sentenced Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison for orchestrating the biggest Ponzi scheme in history.
The criminal case is U.S. v. Byers, 08-cr-1092, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York (Manhattan).