Banker's deaths

[R.K. Locke]

Farrell's analysis is sometimes a bit iffy in my opinion but this video contains some worthwhile information:

[David Guyatt]

"United Bank of Switzerland" and repeated twice just to prove it wasn't a slip of the tongue? UBS will be tittering at that.

I've read several of Farrell's books but have to confess I'm not a fan.

[R.K. Locke]

"United Bank of Switzerland" and repeated twice just to prove it wasn't a slip of the tongue? UBS will be tittering at that.

I've read several of Farrell's books but have to confess I'm not a fan.

I'm not a fan either to be honest but I do follow his updates because he brings to light some interesting info, even if I don't always share his interpretation of it. Got to make sure that we don't throw the baby out with the bathwater, etc.

[David Guyatt]

Aye, to that.

And you're right, facts and interpretations often collide.

[R.K. Locke]

"Riddles" Surround 36th Dead Banker Of The Year


By Tyler Durden

Global Research, December 08, 2014

Zero Hedge 7 December 2014


52-year-old Belgian Geert Tack a private banker for ING who managed portfolios for wealthy individuals was described as impeccable', sporty', cared-for', and successful' and so as Vermist reports, after disappearing a month ago, the appearance of his body off the coast of Ostend is surrpunded by riddles…

Tack disappeared on November 5th…

Geert Tack worked as a private banker for ING and managed portfolios of wealthy clients. The Belgian was much respected in the financial world and was known as an up and top professional. His sudden disappearance had the effect of a bombshell. "If Tack himself was having trouble he has managed to keep it well hidden", colleagues say.

Nobody then could have guessed that the man would not return on Wednesday, November 5th to his wife in their villa Vondelen.

And would be found dead this weekend off the coast of Ostend…


On December 3, the body was found on the coast of Ostend and removed from the water. The prosecutor confirmed today that it is Geert Tack, but it is still awaiting further results of the autopsy for the exact cause of death. The results of toxicological testing are not yet known.

The examiner states that the body showed no outward signs of violence.

As Vermist comments, he was well-liked and successful but the situation of his disappearance remain odd to say the least…


What makes the case very mysterious are the rather peculiar circumstances under which he disappeared. A few weeks earlier Tack drove his car to the garage and then took a replacement car. Oddly enough, he used it much later, shortly before he disappeared. Meanwhile, the car, a Renault Espace, has been found in Knokke, but Tack's whereabouts are still unknown to this day. Also why did he find it sometimes so difficult to get to sleep in the weeks before his disappearance? Why did he leave his laptop and cell phone at home that Wednesday morning ? Although a desperate act can not be excluded, there are also people considering the missing part of a preconceived plan. From his position Tack had the opportunity whether or not forced by third parties to run off with money from his clients. It is a hypothesis that is being seriously investigated by the federal police, but which colleagues refuse to consider. "He would never do something like that" said one of them with certainty. "Geert is a blameless man."

This is the 36th Dead Banker of the year (via Beforeitsnews):

1) David Bird, 55, long-time reporter for the Wall Street Journal working at the Dow Jones news room
2) Tim Dickenson, a U.K.-based communications director at Swiss Re AG
3) William Broeksmit, 58, former senior manager for Deutsche Bank
4) Ryan Henry Crane, age 37, JP Morgan
5) Li Junjie, 33, Hong Kong JP Morgan
6) Gabriel Magee, 39, age JP Morgan employee
7) Mike Dueker, 50, who had worked for Russell Investments
8) Richard Talley, 57, was the founder and CEO of American Title (real estate titles)
9) James Stuart Jr. 70, Former National Bank of Commerce CEO was found dead in Scottsdale, Ariz
10) Jason Alan Salais, 34 year old IT Specialist at JPMorgan since 2008
11) Autumn Radtke, 28, CEO of First Meta, a Singapore-based virtual currency trading platform
12) Eddie Reilly, 47, investment banker, Vertical Group, New York
13) Kenneth Ballando, 28, investment banker, Levy Capital, New york
14) Joseph A. Giampapa, 55, corporate bankruptcy lawyer, JP Morgan Chase
15) Jan Peter Schmittmann, 57, voormalig topbestuurder ANB/AMRO, Laren, Nederland
16) Juergen Frick, 48, CEO Bank Frick & Co AG, Liechtenstein
17) Benoît Philippens, 37, directeur BNP Parisbas Fortis Bank, Ans, België.
18) Lydia…, 52, bankier Bred-Banque-Populaire, Parijs
19) Andrew Jarzyk, 27, bankier, PNC Bank, New York
20) Carlos Six, 61, Hoofd Belastingdienst en lid CREDAF, België
21) Jan Winkelhuijzen, 75, Commissaris en Fiscalist (voormalig Deloitte), Nederland.
22) Richard Rockefeller, 66, achterkleinzoon elitebankier John D. Rockefeller, Amerika
23) Mahafarid Amir Khosravi (Amir Mansour Aria), 45, bankeigenaar, zakenman en derivatenhandelaar, Iran
24) Lewis Katz, 76, zakenman, advocaat en insider in de bancaire wereld, Amerika
25) Julian Knott, Directeur Global Operations Center JP Morgan, 45, Amerika
26) Richard Gravino, IT Specialist JP Morgan, 49, Amerika
27) Thomas James Schenkman, Managing Director Global Infrastructure JP Morgan, 42, Amerika
28) Nicholas Valtz, 39, Managing Director Goldman Sachs, New York, Amerika
29) Therese Brouwer, 50, Managing Director ING, Nederland
30) Tod Robert Edward, 51, Vice President M & T Bank, Amerika
31) Thierry Leyne, 48, investeringsbankier en eigenaar Anatevka S.A., Israël
32) Calogero Gambino, 41, Managing Director Deutsche Bank, Amerika
33) Shawn D. Miller, 42, Managing Director Citigroup, New York, Amerika
34) Melissa Millian, 54, Senior Vice President Mass Mutual, Amerika
35) Thieu Leenen, 64, Relatiemanager ABN/AMRO, Eindhoven, Nederland
36) Geert Tack, 52, Private Banker ING, Haaltert, België

[David Guyatt]

This growing list of dead bankers is becoming a major story that remains largely unreported by the MSM. I wonder what lays behind these deaths?

[Magda Hassan]

Closter murder-suicide latest JPMorgan Chase & Co. worker death

Authorities are investigating a murder-suicide that occurred in a High Street home in Closter Friday evening. (Justin Zaremba | NJ Advance Media)

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on February 09, 2015 at 3:51 PM, updated February 10, 2015 at 9:23 AM


CLOSTER -- A JPMorgan Chase & Co. employee and his wife were found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide.
It happened in Closter Friday evening, where the bodies of Michael and Iran Pars Tabacchi were discovered. Authorities say Iran was stabbed and strangled, while Michael died of a self-inflicted stab wound.
But it also happened in Jefferson Township in July, when police say Julian Knott shot his wife Alita before taking his own life with the same weapon.
"Money tends to create the most problems in marriages, so the lack of money when you've had it before--that seems to hurt the most."

There's no evidence to suggest the two cases are related, but Julian Knott and Michael Tabacchi shared an employer: JPMorgan Chase & Co. Knott and Tabacchi are the latest in a string of suicides by company employees over the past year.
When Li Junjie, a 33-year-old JPMorgan worker, jumped off the roof of the company's Hong Kong office in February 2014, the New York Post noted that it was the third death of a JPMorgan employee in weeks. Junjie was preceded by Gabriel Magee, a vice president with JPMorgan's corporate and investment technology arm in London, who jumped off an office tower, and Ryan Henry Crane, a New Jersey native and executive director with the company, who was found dead in his Stamford, Conn., home.
Alden Cass, a psychologist and author of "Bullish Thinking: The Advisor's Guide to Surviving and Thriving on Wall Street," said the deaths are not necessarily a trend. Suicides can happen in any high-stress profession and JPMorgan Chase & Co. is a large company, with 260,000 employees in 60 countries.
But, he acknowledged, the financial services industry is stressful, especially after the recession of 2008. Workers are still getting used to lower bonuses, less mobility and less job security.
Cass' patients often say they struggle with how to cope with those changes and the resulting effects on their lifestyles.
Michael Tabacchi (left) and his wife, Iran Pars Tabacchi (right), who went by Denise, died in an apparent murder-suicide Friday evening, authorities said.Facebook
"Money tends to create the most problems in marriages, so the lack of money when you've had it before--that seems to hurt the most," he said.
Stress can exacerbate existing mental conditions like depression or alcoholism, Petros Levounis, chair of psychiatry at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, said. Companies should encourage workers to find a balance between work and health, he said.
"The more we study these systems, the more we appreciate that leading a more balanced life that not only focuses on success and competition, but also in taking care of one's self, preventing burnout and having other outlets like exercise may end up in a more successful outcome," he said.
Bergen County Prosecutor John L. Molinelli made the results of an autopsy on the Tabacchis public on Sunday. The couple leaves behind a 15-month-old son. Authorities have not released a possible motive for the killings.
Michael Tabacchi had worked at JPMorgan & Chase since 2009 according to his LinkedIn page. The 27-year-old identified himself as a global custody product manager.
The company declined to comment for this report and did not clarify what Tabacchi's day-to-day responsibilities included.
In the past, the company has offered counseling through its employee assistance program to manage stress and depression.
http://www.nj.com/bergen/index.ssf/2015/...eaths.html

[David Guyatt]

I wonder if, statistically, the increase in bankers suicides corresponds to the decrease in banker murders by organized crime?

[Dawn Meredith]

People do not commit suicide by self stabbing. What is the connection here? Why are these deaths being ignored by the MSM?

[David Guyatt]

People do not commit suicide by self stabbing. What is the connection here? Why are these deaths being ignored by the MSM?

The fact that they are being ignored by the MSM means there is a great deal more going on. These days I tend to use the media as a litmus test both for seeing what is important and what is not, simply by whether and/or how they run a story.