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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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!"

subchaser12 · 12-24-08, 01:41 AM

Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

Aramike · 12-24-08, 01:48 AM

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Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

Wow, we agree...

PeriscopeDepth · 12-24-08, 01:58 AM

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Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

So is quite a lot of what makes up our "economy".

PD

subchaser12 · 12-24-08, 02:06 AM

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Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

So is quite a lot of what makes up our "economy".

PD

Yes the world is taking notice there isn't much behind all those pretty numbers in the computers.

1480 · 12-24-08, 02:09 AM

Holy rice pattys Batman, I may agree with thee anti christ on something....

AVGWarhawk · 12-24-08, 06:20 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".

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.

Digital_Trucker · 12-24-08, 10:56 AM

It was the last straw because the guy was so shallow as to believe that physical possessions are everything. Many people have been to the point of losing everything and not committed suicide (count me as one) because, by losing all their possessions, they learned of what little value they were to begin with.

Tchocky · 12-24-08, 11:58 AM

Well, lets not start psychoanalysing a person that none of us knew. We certainly can't say that this person was shallow, we don't know. Certainly desperate, certainly distressed.
One and a half billion dollars is a hell of a lot of money, it can't feel good to have been suckered out of that much of someone else's money.

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

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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

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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

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1480 Lead Slinger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Chitcago, Illinoise Posts: 1,442 Downloads: 74 Uploads: 0	Holy rice pattys Batman, I may agree with thee anti christ on something.... __________________

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subchaser12 Sonar Guy Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Spam, duplicate accounts, provoking moderators. Posts: 377 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Social Security is a Ponzi scheme.

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Digital_Trucker Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: The Peach State Posts: 4,171 Downloads: 141 Uploads: 10	It was the last straw because the guy was so shallow as to believe that physical possessions are everything. Many people have been to the point of losing everything and not committed suicide (count me as one) because, by losing all their possessions, they learned of what little value they were to begin with. __________________ RSM-GIEP-Killflags-LV Tribute-Playable Elco __Peace be with you, Dave.

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Tchocky Navy Seal Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 5,874 Downloads: 6 Uploads: 0	Well, lets not start psychoanalysing a person that none of us knew. We certainly can't say that this person was shallow, we don't know. Certainly desperate, certainly distressed. One and a half billion dollars is a hell of a lot of money, it can't feel good to have been suckered out of that much of someone else's money. __________________ [SIGPIC][/SIGPIC]