Bernard Madoff

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, who lost around $1.5 billion he invested with Bernard Madoff, has been found dead with his wrists sliced.  Their was no suicide note, but authorities naturally believe it was suicide.

Rene-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet, of Access International Advisors, was found at about 8 a.m. Tuesday sitting at his desk with both wrists slashed. NYPD spokesman Paul Browne told the Associated Press officers found a box cutter near Magon and a bottle of sleeping pills on his desk. No suicide note was found.

Villehuchet, 65, had lost as much as $1.4 billion invested with Madoff, the French business paper La Tribune reported.

Villehuchet “could not cope with the pressure following the outbreak of the scandal,” the Tribune’s Web site said, quoting his relatives. “This is a farewell from someone who had done nothing wrong.”

This messy affair has turned deadly and is only likely to get messier before it gets better.