Another tragic sign of the times...

Enigma · 12-23-08, 06:46 PM

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund adviser and investor whose firm said he lost $1.5 billion investing with Wall Street adviser Bernard Madoff, was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide Tuesday, police said.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/23/...ide/index.html

SUBMAN1 · 12-23-08, 06:54 PM

Every recession, and the great depression saw these same things. Its not abnormal.

-S

Enigma · 12-23-08, 06:56 PM

Keen observation.

AVGWarhawk · 12-23-08, 07:36 PM

There is more to this story. It looks more to me then just being upset over losing 1.5 billion.

subchaser12 · 12-24-08, 12:39 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

There is more to this story. It looks more to me then just being upset over losing 1.5 billion.

I agree, usually these things are the "last straw".

1480 · 12-24-08, 01:06 AM

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There is more to this story. It looks more to me then just being upset over losing 1.5 billion.

I agree, usually these things are the "last straw".

Losing everything a person has is usually not only the last, but the only straw. The real tragedy of this whole exercise is that many people who have a full life ahead of them were duped by a 70 year old con artist.... as Gordan Gecko said in Wallstreet
"Greed is good!"

AVGWarhawk · 12-24-08, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

There is more to this story. It looks more to me then just being upset over losing 1.5 billion.

I agree, usually these things are the "last straw".

I would say it was a last straw because this fellow was in deeper with the scheme to bilk money from the investors. In short, he was eventually going to the pokey. So, instead of waiting for a long drawn out investigation with many things he did coming to light and further disgracing his name, life taken.

12-23-08, 06:46 PM	#1
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Another tragic sign of the times... NEW YORK (CNN) -- Thierry de la Villehuchet, a hedge fund adviser and investor whose firm said he lost $1.5 billion investing with Wall Street adviser Bernard Madoff, was found dead in his office in an apparent suicide Tuesday, police said. http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/12/23/...ide/index.html __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

12-23-08, 06:54 PM	#2
SUBMAN1 Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 11,866 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Every recession, and the great depression saw these same things. Its not abnormal. -S __________________

12-23-08, 06:56 PM	#3
Enigma The Old Man Join Date: May 2005 Location: At comms depth, obviously. Posts: 1,476 Downloads: 7 Uploads: 0	Keen observation. __________________ "Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it." -Mark Twain

12-23-08, 07:36 PM	#4
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	There is more to this story. It looks more to me then just being upset over losing 1.5 billion. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road