NEW YORK -- For nine years, Samuel Israel III did a terrific impersonation of a stock-market whiz as he ran Bayou Management, a hedge fund that collapsed in a big pile of fraud in 2005. But as much nerve as that performance took, authorities think that Israel has come up with a role that requires... -
Suicide or Scam? Hedge Fund Faker Vanishes on Way To the Hoosegow
NEW YORK -- For nine years, Samuel Israel III did a terrific impersonation of a stock-market whiz as he ran Bayou Management, a hedge fund that collapsed in a big pile of fraud in 2005. But as much nerve as that performance took, authorities think that Israel has come up with a role that requires...-
By David Segal