Hedge-Fund Fraud Convict May Have Faked Suicide
WHITE PLAINS — A hedge-fund swindler who was supposed to be driving himself to prison abandoned his car on a bridge with the phrase "Suicide is Painless" scrawled on its hood, but no body has been found in the river below — and the victims of his fraud say they doubt he killed himself. The FBI and state police are skeptical, saying they're still looking for Samuel Israel III. Israel, 48, a
