Suicide or a great escape -hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel

[malaise]

disappears as he was supposedly driving himself to jail.

http://inplacenews.wordpress.com/2008/06/10/master-swindler-samuel-israels-car-found-with-cryptic-message/
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A car abandoned that is registered to a hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to report to federal prison was found on the Bear Mountain Bridge over the Hudson River, near West Point and about 40 miles north of New York City. On its hood, etched into the dust and pollen, were the words “Suicide is Painless,” the name of the theme of the classic “MASH” television show. The song was sung during the original movie. The car, a 2006 GMC Envoy, was registered to Samuel Israel III of Armonk.

Investigator Bruce Cuccia said suicide has not been established, no corpse has been found and no one saw a suicide jump. As a result, the FBI has joined the investigation and a search is under way.

No other note was found, Cuccia said. The police have not been able to reach Israel, in part due to the fact that no home telephone number was listed for him.

Israel had been sentenced in April to 20 years in federal prison for illegally getting investors to put more than $450 million into now-collapsed hedge funds and was ordered to pay back $300 million to his victim-investors.
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Any bets this criminal is alive?

[whistle]

1. Oh yes he is alive and has fled

[Recursion]

2. On an island with Ken Lay and Tupac nt

[malaise]

5. Probably with Ken

That was one of the most amazing stories ever. That heart attack, no autopsy - wonder what Ken is up to these days? Bet he has a new face!! :rofl:

[Recursion]

8. Don't forget that...

...his personal physician came in to sign the death certificate. And his wife was out of the country. And he had changed his will a few weeks before to leave everything to her.

[malaise]

10. I'm betting there's an investigator out there following this

story. Truth will out.

[newmajority]

9. And hair plugs, more than likely.

He'll probably resurface as a Repuke congressman within the next two years, and nobody will notice.

[malaise]

11. LOL

Don't rule it out. Where's his 'widow' these days?

[bananas]

3. That ranch in Paraguay is going to get crowded. nt

[malaise]

6. He isn't getting much M$M coverage

lucky guy.

[opihimoimoi]

4. Quietly sipping those drinks with tiny umbrellas in Tahiti...mai tais...

lounging with the Lounge Girls.....soft music, hot lobsters....life is so good.....his drinking buddy is a tall dude with a beard and brown skin.....Damn.

[Canuckistanian]

7. They teach courses in "disappearing"

How to change your identity, cover your tracks, set up new bank accounts, etc.

Very discreet, from what I hear.

[Richard Steele]

12. No remote hideout for him; Dubai is the new "luxury version" of 1946 Argentina.

Criminals like Ken Lay and this guy don't actually HIDE these days.
If you have enough $$$, Dubai asks no questions.