Samuel Israel III

Samuel Israel III was a hedge fund manager who lied
to potential clients in order to raise funds. Israel lived beyond his means and
used fake accountants to hide $55 trading losses between 1996 and 2002. Two years
later Israel withdrew $161m. The following year his company closed and Israel
was charged with fraud and misappropriation to which he entered a guilty plea
and filed for bankruptcy. In April 2008 Israel was sentenced to 20 years
imprisonment. On the day that he was due to surrender, 9th June
2008, Israel parked his car on Bear Mountain Bridge north of New York City and
wrote “Suicide is Painless” in the dust on the bonnet. No body was found and
rumours of pseudocide began. Israel hid in a campsite for a month until he gave
himself up after he was featured on America’s Most Wanted.
Further reading: Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con by Guy Lawson.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/samuel-israel-the-ponzi-schemer-you-may-not-remember-2012-6#today-israel-is-serving-time-in-the-same-prison-as-bernie-madoff-17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Israel_III
Pseudocides executed to avoid business debts: John Darwin, Marcus Schrenker, Harry Gordon, Kankanit Angkinand
Further reading: Octopus: Sam Israel, the Secret Market, and Wall Street’s Wildest Con by Guy Lawson.
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/samuel-israel-the-ponzi-schemer-you-may-not-remember-2012-6#today-israel-is-serving-time-in-the-same-prison-as-bernie-madoff-17
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Israel_III
Pseudocides executed to avoid business debts: John Darwin, Marcus Schrenker, Harry Gordon, Kankanit Angkinand