Disgraced former legal heavyweight Tom Girardi was handed a prison sentence of more than seven years Tuesday — his 86th birthday — for ripping off nearly $20 million from clients in a long-running Ponzi scheme.

“If there is ever a defendant to cut a break to — this is not the one,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Paetty told the court in downtown Los Angeles. “You do not get a pass for being a successful con artist.”

In sentencing Girardi to seven years and three months behind bars, U.S. District Judge Josephine Staton said the disbarred ex-attorney had “wielded his power” against vulnerable victims who had experienced “catastrophic” losses and came to Girardi for help.

“The reason clients weren’t getting their money,” the judge said, was that Girardi was “robustly” spending it on his and

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