Madoff investor found dead - papers

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A French hedge fund manager whose company lost as much as $1.4bn of clients' money in Bernard Madoff's corrupt investment firm was found dead in his Manhattan office yesterday, reports The Telegraph .

Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, 65, was pronounced dead at a Madison Avenue building in midtown Manhattan on Tuesday morning, according to a French website. It appeared "highly likely" that he committed suicide, said a source familiar with the investigation who spoke on condition of anonymity. A French newspaper also said he killed himself. News of the death comes as it emerged that the disgraced New York hedge fund king, accused of defrauding clients across the world of $50 billion, will spend Christmas under nightly house arrest. He will have an electronic tag fitted to his ankle, aft...

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