The Blotter: Brian Ross Investigates

Girlfriend of Wanted Hedge Fund Cheat Arrested

The live-in girlfriend of fugitive hedge fund trader Sam Israel was arrested Thursday for aiding him in staging a suicide ruse and assisting him in his flight from a 20 year prison sentence, according to a federal complaint unsealed in New York. Israel's sentence was meted out by a federal judge in April after he pleaded guilty to defrauding investors in his Bayou fund of more than $400 million dollars. According to the complaint, Debra Ryan, after repeatedly denying any knowledge of...Full Story
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