Oh, and the analogy?
"Some people seem predetermined to make wrong decisions.... He seems to make all the wrong decisions."
"Swindler who faked death surrenders in Southwick; Judge rejects request to go to medical center" by David Abel and Todd Wallack, Globe Staff | July 3, 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.
A US District Court judge later ordered Israel, who disappeared June 9 after pretending to jump off a bridge, to return with federal marshals to New York. He will face charges of failing to surrender after being sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in persuading investors to pour $450 million into his risky hedge funds.
Ron S. Geffner, a partner with Sadis & Goldberg LLP in New York, which also represents investors who lost money in the hedge funds, said Israel made a lot of bad decisions:
"Some people seem predetermined to make wrong decisions. Sam seems to be at the extreme end of that spectrum. He seems to make all the wrong decisions."
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