I'm not rooting for it; just not shedding any tears.

 

If he truly cared about his family, he wouldn't have engaged in illegal and unethical practices to make an extra buck. And, if he truly cared, he wouldn't have killed himself.

 

I feel sorry for his family that he was such a scumbag.

 

In what illegal or unethical practices did he engage and how did he make an extra buck from such practices?

 

This guy was the acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO), appointed to the post in September, 2008. He was not the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or the Chief Operating Officer (COO) during the Freddie Mac melt-down or at any other time.

 

He may have been a scumbag and maybe you know something that isn't public knowledge but it is unfair to make such an assumption based strictly on his apparent suicide.

 

According to published reports, it is unclear why he took his life.

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In what illegal or unethical practices did he engage and how did he make an extra buck from such practices?

 

This guy was the acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO), appointed to the post in September, 2008. He was not the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or the Chief Operating Officer (COO) during the Freddie Mac melt-down or at any other time.

 

He may have been a scumbag and maybe you know something that isn't public knowledge but it is unfair to make such an assumption based strictly on his apparent suicide.

 

According to published reports, it is unclear why he took his life.

 

Then I have to ask what his position with the company was before the proverbial poo hit the fan. You have to think he was guilty of something. Otherwise, why go to the extreme he did?

Then I have to ask what his position with the company was before the proverbial poo hit the fan. You have to think he was guilty of something. Otherwise, why go to the extreme he did?

 

He was an Accountant with Freddie Mac for 16 years (if I remember right) but not a "higher up".

 

He may have done something but I personally don't think his suicide is evidence of that.

He was an Accountant with Freddie Mac for 16 years (if I remember right) but not a "higher up".

 

He may have done something but I personally don't think his suicide is evidence of that.

 

You're telling me he was just a lowly accountant and was all of a sudden elevated to the big chair? I'm not buying it. Doesn't pass the smell test.

Then I have to ask what his position with the company was before the proverbial poo hit the fan. You have to think he was guilty of something. Otherwise, why go to the extreme he did?

 

I'm not saying he was guilty of something or wasn't, don't know.

 

However I've dealt with many people who have gone through depression and either thought of, attempted or did commit suicide. Depression doesn't always have one reason and usually goes deeper, much deeper than "he was a Freddie Mac Head."

 

Without knowing what was going on in his life, or where that life came from; there is no way to say for sure where the thought of suicide originated from.

 

As to those who mention that he didn't care for his family, when people are so low in their mental health that suicide is the option, they aren't thinking clearly. When you are unhealthy the utopian thoughts of spouse and children just aren't there to bring you back from the abyss. You have to want to climb out and work it out for yourself.