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Arthur Geoffrey Nadel (January 1, 1933 – April 16, 2012) was a hedge fund manager, disbarred lawyer, piano player, and philanthropist. He was indicted on 15 counts including six counts of securities fraud, eight counts of wire fraud and one count of mail fraud in a federal court in Manhattan. If found guilty, Nadel could have been sentenced to 280 years in prison and would have been required to forfeit all assets connected to the fraud. Nadel was a Sarasota, Florida based manager of the hedge fund Scoop Management Co., which has reportedly lost $350 million. He was arrested on January 27, 2009 after surrendering at the Tampa Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) office. Nadel, who had been reported missing by his fifth wife since January 14, was accompanied by two attorneys, Todd Foster and Barry Cohen.〔 His wife, Marguerite "Peg" J. (Quisenberry) Nadel had contacted authorities after he left a note telling her how to survive financially without him. “The avenues to money for you will likely be blocked soon,” Nadel wrote to his wife in a note that employees found January 15 in a shredding machine. “Withdraw as much cash as you can,” he said, adding that he would send further instructions. “Sell the Subaru if you need money.” He left a package for his wife. “Look at all the recently paid bills in the ‘package’ to see where they stand,” he wrote. “Also in the package are enough documents that I think will do the trick to give you complete control and ownership of what is left, and even documentation for divorce.” She said he was distraught over the losses, according to ''Bloomberg News''. According to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office, Nadel felt guilty and threatened to kill himself.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Nadel Note Reveals Guilt, Fear", ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (January 19, 2009) )〕 As of January 20, 2009, Federal law enforcement authorities had tracked Nadel to Slidell, Louisiana.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Feds Search for Nadel in Slidell, La.", ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (January 20, 2009) )〕 The Nadel case has been compared to the recent alleged frauds of Bernard Madoff and Marcus Schrenker. On April 18, 2012, Arthur Nadel died at Butner Federal Correctional Complex in North Carolina. He was 80.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Fraudster Arthur Nadel dies in US prison", "The Independent via Associated Press" (April 18, 2012) )〕 ==Personal life and previous occupations== Nadel worked his way through New York University, and in 1957, graduated from New York University Law School, playing piano in Manhattan. He never actively practiced law, but was disbarred in 1982, citing "dishonesty, fraud, deceit and misrepresentation".〔 He moved to Sarasota in around 1978, and he allegedly took $50,000 from an escrow account to help a friend and real estate company president who was deeply in debt. Different versions of who received the money have been reported. He had already repaid the money with interest by 1981.〔 He had already been married and divorced twice and had several children. He was a CEO in the 1970s of a public company that built health care facilities. In 1978, he and others tried to convert the rundown, historic Mira Mar Hotel into condominiums. The plan fell apart. He subsequently played in piano bars, befriending local artists and musicians. In 1987, he married his third wife, Virginia "Jennifer" Hoffman, an artist 22 years his junior. Her friends began complaining that he had sold their works but never paid them. They divorced in 1991. He attempted to expand an interior decorating business—the Sarasota Design Gallery, which sold unusual furnishings and original art—by attracting investors, claiming in a "confidential" prospectus that the gallery was profitable, although court records showed several judgments against him for unpaid bills. He married a fourth wife, Emelie Painter Zack, and she divorced him in 1999. He claimed destitution. He became a real estate developer and securities investor in Sarasota during the 1960s, according to marketing documents for the Valhalla fund. From 1994 through 1997, Nadel was employed as a piano player at Homestyle Harmony restaurant, a family-style dining establishment in Sarasota where waitstaff sang "sing-a-long" songs to customers during dinner, as well as performing for guests in a "parlor" show down the hall in the restaurant. The restaurant closed in 1997. In 1997, he and Peg started a day-trading club and developed a computer-based investment and trading system. They teamed up with Neil V. Moody, a Sarasota entrepreneur, and began managing money for clients in Moody's Valhalla, Victor, and Viking funds. The companies attracted scores of investors, promising high returns.〔 In 2005, the Nadels bought near Asheville, North Carolina, intending to sell lots for up to $525,000 in a proposed development called Laurel Mountain Preserve. The project turned when prices collapsed. Four lots were donated to their foundation as tax write off.〔 The ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' reported "The Nadels were known for their civic activities, serving on boards and donating money to charity: Habitat for Humanity, Jewish Family & Children’s Services, and Girls Inc. which received $100,000.〔 All received cash gifts and pledges from the couple in recent years. None had any money invested in the hedge funds." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Fund Manager Gone and Possibly 350 Million With Him" ''Sarasota Herald-Tribune'' (January 16, 2009) )〕 Their Guy-Nadel Foundation made more than $1-million in donations, including $200,000 to Catholic churches, $100,000 to the Sarasota Opera and $75,000 to a local theater group.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Nadel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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