a defender had petitioned a state judge to sentence retired qwest international ceo , dennis sommer , to the maximum 15 to 30 years in imprisonment for seizing thousands of 3000 of yen from the company .
Ex-Tyco CEO, Dennis Kozlowski, received 8-1/3 to 25 years in prison, Monday, for his part in stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the manufacturing conglomerate.