Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
Samuel Israel III's mental condition may be getting worse and he's not yet competent to enter his long-expected guilty plea for skipping out on a 20-year prison term, his attorney said Tuesday.
New York Times (Free subscription) | 08/07/2008
Samuel Israel III tried to plead guilty to bail jumping on Wednesday, but his case was postponed after he told the judge that his drug therapy was affecting his ability to think clearly.
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
The hedge-fund swindler who faked his suicide rather than report for prison has tried to plead guilty -- but a federal magistrate in New York wouldn't let him. Magistrate Judge Lisa Margaret Smith in White Plains asked Samuel Israel III on Wednesday how he pleaded to a charge of failure to surrender.
White Collar Crime Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Samuel Israel III turned himself into authorities. See David Abel & Todd Wallack, Boston Globe, Swindler Who Faked Death Surrenders in Southwick, Judge Rejects Request To Go To Medical Center. Samuel Israel III, although now turning himself into authorities in...
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run from justice.
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
The hedge fund cheat who faked his death before going on the lam told a Manhattan judge Thursday that he tried to kill himself with a drug overdose before he surrendered in Massachusetts. The unsympathetic judge replied that Samuel Israel III, who scammed...
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run from justice.
The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run from justice.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III faced a fresh charge of bail jumping on Thursday and was ordered to jail immediately, one day after his mother convinced him to end a high-profile run from justice.
Reuters (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Fugitive former hedge fund manager Samuel Israel III drove a motor scooter to a Massachusetts police station on Wednesday and surrendered, ending a nationwide manhunt after he staged his own suicide to avoid a 20-year prison sentence.
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK – A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison surrendered yesterday to police in a small Massachusetts town. U.S. Marshals said his mother helped broker the surrender. Authorities suspect Samuel Israel III had been hiding in RV parks and highway rest areas for three weeks.
OTB News (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
SPRINGFIELD, Massachusetts (Reuters) - Fugitive former hedge fund manager Samuel Israel III drove a motor scooter to a Massachusetts police station on Wednesday and surrendered, ending a nationwide manhunt after he staged his own suicide to avoid a 20-year prison sentence.
Houston Chronicle (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Samuel Israel III tricked his investors, lied to his lawyers and misled police. But in the end, he listened to his mother.
Indy Star (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
NEW YORK » A hedge fund swindler who set off a national manhunt when he faked his suicide to avoid reporting to prison surrendered Wednesday. Authorities suspect he had been hiding in RV parks and highway rest areas for three weeks. Samuel Israel III, 48, surrendered at the police station in Southwick, Mass.
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 07/03/2008
Hedge fund swindler Samuel Israel III rode a scooter to a police station yesterday in Southwick, where he surrendered after a three-week federal manhunt that began with his faked suicide in New York.
