Rich is an interesting episode. He accomplished various tax fraud situations...got discovered...case went forward...his company pleads guilt and pays a huge fine....but they wanted Rich himself to do time (way more than twenty years).
Rich left the country, and then did a lot of support for the government of Israel. Some suggest that he helped the Mossad folks and helped to bring in oil. The odd thing here is that after he got the pardon...he still didn’t return to the US, and quietly lives out his life in Europe today. The value of the pardon? I’m not sure its worth anything.
Sadly, Marc's no longer coming down for breakfast.
According to the Wikipedia,
Rich died of a stroke on June 26, 2013, at a Lucerne hospital. He was 78 and is survived by two daughters, Ilona Schachter-Rich and Danielle Kilstock Rich. He was buried in Israel.
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/27/business/marc-rich-pardoned-financier-dies-at-78.html