Sholam Weiss (born April 1, 1954) is an American former businessman, currently incarcerated at FCI Otisville.On February 15, 2000, the Middle District Court of Florida (Orlando) sentenced Weiss, to 835 years in prison for racketeering, wire fraud and money laundering, restitution of $125,016,656, and a fine of $123,399,910, in connection with the collapse of National Heritage Life Insurance Company (NHLC).Weiss fled the country at the end of his trial and was a fugitive for one year, and was subsequently extradited from Austria.