WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - Investigators are
still trying to determine whether the hedge-fund swindler jumped
into the Hudson River on the day he was supposed to start his
20-year prison term.
Herb Hadad, spokesman for the U.S. attorney's office, announced
the bench warrant Wednesday and said federal agents "have not
foreclosed any possibilities."
Meanwhile, state police continued a search of the river beneath
the Bear Mountain Bridge. Israel's SUV was abandoned in the area
Monday with "Suicide is Painless" written into the dust on the
hood. No body has been found.
Israel persuaded investors to pump $450 million into his Bayou
hedge by hiding the losses that eventually forced its collapse.
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