{"id":8988,"date":"2008-10-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T04:00:00","slug":"ny-hedge-fund-swindler-going-to-medical-facility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/10\/2008\/ny-hedge-fund-swindler-going-to-medical-facility.html","title":{"rendered":"NY hedge fund swindler going to medical facility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Newsday &#8211; A federal judge has ordered a detailed physical and mental health evaluation for hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel III before deciding whether he&#8217;s competent to plead guilty for skipping out on prison. <\/p>\n<p>Judge Kenneth Karas accepted a joint recommendation from defense lawyer Barry Bohrer and prosecutor Sarah Krissoff to send Israel, 49, to a medical prison in Butner, <a title=\"North Carolina\" href=\"http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/topic\/us\/north-carolina-PLGEO100100900000000.topic\" class=\"taxInlineTagLink\">N.C.<\/a> He said the exam could take 90 days. <\/p>\n<p>Israel, who appeared in court with a bandaged hand, is &quot;on board&quot; with the recommendation, Bohrer said. <\/p>\n<p>He said Israel needs &quot;a full medical and psychological evaluation.&quot; The judge said he hoped it would &quot;get to the bottom of whatever it is that is ailing him.&quot; <\/p>\n<p>  <strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.hedgeco.net\/news\/news_land.php?i=http:\/\/www.newsday.com\/news\/local\/wire\/newyork\/ny-bc-ny--fugitiveexecutive1028oct28,0,3698991.story\">Read Complete Article<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Newsday &#8211; A federal judge has ordered a detailed physical and mental health evaluation for hedge-fund swindler Samuel Israel III before deciding whether he&#8217;s competent to plead guilty for skipping out on prison. Judge Kenneth Karas accepted a joint recommendation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[768,3447,2176,588,3448],"class_list":["post-8988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hedge-fund-fraud","tag-doors","tag-group-founder","tag-new-york-university","tag-palm-beach","tag-right-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8988"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8988\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8988"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8988"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hedgeco.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8988"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}