Madoff Commits Suicide

[126coupe]

Slashed his wrists with a box cutter

[cgarr]

Isn't that against the law?

[onlycafe]

not madoff, it was this guy.

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was found sitting at his desk at about 8am with both wrists slashed, New York police spokesman Paul Browne said.

[the]

I think your post title is missing a word.

[126coupe]

Originally Posted by onlycafe

not madoff, it was this guy.

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet was found sitting at his desk at about 8am with both wrists slashed, New York police spokesman Paul Browne said.

woops, my wife gave me wrong info, thanks for the clarification

[Jim Richards]

Ya gotta love Wall Street.

[sammyg2]

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet

If I had a name like that I'd be a little depressed too

What kind of asshat thinks his life is only worth living if he has lots of money? Kind of makes a personal statement, doesn't it?

I like money as much or more than the next guy, but it doesn't dictate how much my life is worth.

[speeder]

I think it was more that he lost other people's life savings, not lack of money in his account.

[stomachmonkey]

Originally Posted by sammyg2

If I had a name like that I'd be a little depressed too

What kind of asshat thinks his life is only worth living if he has lots of money? Kind of makes a personal statement, doesn't it?

I like money as much or more than the next guy, but it doesn't dictate how much my life is worth.

I think it was because he was running a fund that was heavily invested in Madoff and lost a lot of people a lot of money.

Heard he was trying to recoup money for his clients and probably realized it was a lost cause.

[pwd72s]

He probably figured life wasn't worth living in a federal lockup...

[Hawktel]

It wasn't Madoff, but a money manager who invested in him.


And I don't think it was over his money. Believe it or not a lot of investment bankers take the clients money very seriously.

Perhaps too seriously in this case.

[Tishabet]

From what I understand, this guy invested both his clients' money and his own with Madoff, and of course that money is now gone. I don't think anyone has accused him of any personal wrongdoing per se.

[the]

I don't think Madoff would ever commit suicide. He knows where billions are secreted away, and he'll want to get it to the people he wants to get it to.

They should send him to Gitmo, we can test how effective torture can be in getting information.

[VaSteve]

Originally Posted by Hawktel

It wasn't Madoff, but a money manager who invested in him.


And I don't think it was over his money. Believe it or not a lot of investment bankers take the clients money very seriously.

Perhaps too seriously in this case.

He took it too seriously and Madoff not enough.

[tabs]

The man felt personal responsibility for the loss. He could not bring himself to face the people that he had failed. Whose savings he had lost.

In Japan or ancient Rome he took the honorable way out..

[Dottore]

Originally Posted by tabs

The man felt personal responsibility for the loss. He could not bring himself to face the people that he had failed. Whose savings he had lost.

He was, in other words, a sensitive and honorable man. A rare quality in the financial community these days.

[Oracle]

Originally Posted by VaSteve

He took it too seriously and Madoff not enough.

Cause Madoff is a true crook. Hopefully he rots in jail.
Merry xmas.

[Gogar]

If we were in Japan, he would be an honorable man, but we're not in Japan.

[competentone]

Originally Posted by tabs

The man felt personal responsibility for the loss. He could not bring himself to face the people that he had failed. Whose savings he had lost.

In Japan or ancient Rome he took the honorable way out..

The honorable way in the U.S., if he felt responsible for the loss of his clients' money, would be for him to stay alive and keep working to try to earn money and pay his clients back.

[the]

I agree, seems like a cowardly man, took the easy way out.