Madoff Investor Commits Suicide Over Lost Money »

Posted By epiphannyy 1 year ago in Business & Finance

He was a distinguished investor who traced his lineage to the French aristocracy, hobnobbed with members of European high society and sailed around the world on fancy yachts.

But after losing more than $1 billion of his clients' money to Bernard Madoff, Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet had enough. He locked the door of his Madison Avenue office and apparently swallowed sleeping pills and slashed his wrists with a box cutter, police said.

A security guard found his body Tuesday morning, next to a garbage can placed to catch the blood.

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    I think Madoff should be held accountable for this man's death to whatever extent the law allows. This is just heartbreaking!

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