1. Wealth
December 26, 2008

Madoff investor kills himself

By Spear's

A hedge fund manager facing $1.4bn in losses from Bernard Madoff’s record-breaking Wall Street fraud has been found dead in his Manhattan office, his wrists slit and a bottle of sleeping pills by his side.

A hedge fund manager facing $1.4bn in losses from Bernard Madoff’s record-breaking Wall Street fraud has been found dead in his Manhattan office, his wrists slit and a bottle of sleeping pills by his side.

The apparent suicide of René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, who set up his own company after rising to become one of the most powerful Frenchmen on Wall Street, was discovered early yesterday morning.

Click here to read the full story in The Independent.

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