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Death linked to Madoff scam

New York: A French fund manager, who lost more than $1.4 billion in the multi-billion-dollar Bernard Madoff scandal, was found dead in his Manhattan office here and is believed to have committed suicide. Thierry Magon de La Villehuchet (65) had apparently slashed his arms, biceps and wrist with box cutter after taking an overdose of sleeping pills and had bled to death. Mr. Villehuchet was co-founder of Access International, a company that raised funds on the European markets. He lost over the clients’ money and much of his own to alleged swindler Madoff, who ran a fraud-hit investment scheme. — PTI

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