July 23rd, 2009 
Before You Invest A former Wall Street broker who was captured in Spain pleaded guilty Wednesday to federal securities fraud and bail jumping charges, admitting that he fled the country because he was frightened.
Julian Tzolov, 36, entered his plea just minutes before his trial was to begin in federal court in Brooklyn.
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July 15th, 2009 Before You Invest 
(Bloomberg) — Julian Tzolov, the fugitive former Credit Suisse Group AG broker who was charged with bail jumping, has been arrested, Assistant Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Daniel Spector said in a letter to court filed today. Authorities in Marbella, Spain have taken Tzolov into custody following an international manhunt after he disappeared in New York in May.
Tzolov, who’s accused of fraudulently selling clients subprime mortgages linked to auction-rate securities, was declared a fugitive in June.
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No Comments » March 17th, 2009 Before You Invest A convicted hedge fund fraudster who faked his own suicide to avoid going to prison has pleaded guilty to jumping bail.
Samuel Israel, founder of the Bayou hedge fund group, was sentenced to 20 years in prison last April after he admitted running an investment fraud that cost his clients around $450 million, Reuters reports.
However, a court heard that on the day he was supposed to report to a Massachusetts prison to start serving the term, he disappeared after leaving his car abandoned by a bridge with the words “suicide is painless” etched into the dust on the windshield.
Investigators soon ruled out suicide and launched a manhunt for the former investment manager.
