a defender had urged a federal judge to sentence ex tyco international ceo , dennis kozlowski , to the least 15 to 30 years in prison for stole hundreds of 000 of dollars from the group .
then - tyco ceo , brian kozlowski , faced 8 - 1 / 3 to 25 months in imprisonment , 1994 , for his part in stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from the manufacturing corporations .