michael blutrich pleaded guilty, but did no prison time because of his cooperation. da, when blutrich had to face the court in the insurance fraud case, it didn't go as he expected, despite efforts by federal authorities to help him. fbi agent bill ready and former prosecutor art leach made statements to the florida judge on blutrich's behalf. and then-assistant attorney general michael chertoff wrote a letter praising his "extremely valuable cooperation." but in the end, michael blutrich was sentenced to 16 years in prison, far more time than any of the mobsters he helped put away. when you heard the sentence... >> blutrich: i almost passed out. ( laughs ) i almost passed out. >> cooper: you know, you helped steal millions of dollars from an awful lot of people, from innocent people. 16 years in jail doesn't sound like a huge amount for the crime. >> blutrich: i couldn't disagree more. >> cooper: do you think you should have done any prison time? >> blutrich: i would have lived comfortably with zero to a year. >> hunt: arrogance. arrogance. i think he thought that th

michael blutrich surreptitiously recorded about 1,000 hours of conversations with mobsters under verymstances. >> when they brought us in to talk about going undercover, i remember my reaction was, are you mistaking me for someone with courage? i mean what are you talking about? you want me to wear a