“The easiest person to deceive is one’s own self.” – Edward G Bulwer-Lytton
I think one of the strangest things to even attempt to do is to fake your own death. To me it doesn’t even seem to be like expecting to be able to live, for want of a better phrase, your live in the future without looking over your shoulder all of the time.
This was said to be the future of the American businessman, Marcus Schrenker, who is alleged to have tried to fake his own death in a plane crash. He has now been found alive in Florida and has just undergone treatment in a hospital.
The Indiana Department of Insurance filed a complaint against Mr Schrenker last January on behalf of seven investors who claimed he cost them more than $250,000 because he never told them they would face high fees to switch annuities.
He is includes of stealing millions more from further investors and had been ordered to pay out $533,500 by a court and could face a further jail term if found guilty of securities fraud.
Mr Schrenker’s wife has filed for divorce on the grounds that he had an affair. I believe there are a lot of geniuses who turn to crime because of greed.
What tends to happen is that the lies spun soon come back to haunt them and the truth becomes such a distant memory that they cannot even remember why they are doing the things they do.
Investments can go wrong, it is not the first time and with the current economic climate it will not be the last. However to try and fake your own death to avoid the mess you have made in your life just means that you will always be on the run and as I stated earlier, what kind of life is that?
There are just times when you have to stand up and be counted, to take your punishment and live with it. Apparently, Mr Schrenker has stated to friends he could not survive prison, but is the alternative any better?
Wednesday, January 14th, 2009 and is filed under Thoughts & Questions, Views on News.
Responses are currently closed
