Hedge fund exec Charles W. Murphy jumps from Sofitel hotel. A hedge fund manager who lost billions of his clients money to Bernie Madoffs Ponzi scheme leaped to his death from the luxury Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan. Charles W. Murphy, 5. W. 4. 4th St. building at around 4 4. ZSJZZ178D40pwzRXkKqQKjLU7X.jpg' alt='Showtime Full Over The Hedge Online Free' title='Showtime Full Over The Hedge Online Free' />The United Kingdom actually proposed jailing anyone who even views extremist content online for up to 15 yearsGet the latest science news and technology news, read tech reviews and more at ABC News. Bermudas International and Local Companies, A to C Huge range and variety of offshore corporations in this initial listing. By Keith Archibald Forbes see About Us. Monday. The father of two financier, who was married to his second wife, plummeted 2. NYPD, and died at the scene. The former hedge fund he ran, Fairfield Greenwich, poured 7billion into Madoffs ponzi scheme before it was uncovered in 2. Watch Magic Hour 4Shared. Charles Murphy, above with his second wife Annabella, is reported to have committed suicide by jumping off the 2. Sofitel hotel in Manhattan on Monday afternoon. The father of two financier plummeted 2. The former hedge fund he ran, Fairfield Greenwich, poured 7billion into Madoffs ponzi scheme before it was uncovered in 2. Murphy was renting a room at the time, even though he owns a 3. Upper East Side. The couple would host lavish parties in the property with members of the Manhattan social elite. When he died he was working with Paulson Co., another New York hedge fund. Founder Paul Johnson released a statement on Monday night saying We are extremely saddened by this news. Charles was an extremely gifted and brilliant man, a great partner and a true friend. In December 2. Fairfield Greenwich settled a class action suit for 8. Madoffs victims. They were sued for failing to protect investor assets. Almost 3,0. Murphy was a Partner and Member of the Executive Committee. The groups Fairfield Sentry Fund was the disgraced financiers biggest feeder fund. Up until the scandal, the fund had been paid more than 1. Ponzi crook.  Murphy, said to be wearing a dark business suit, jumped from the 2. Sofitel hotel in midtown Manhattan. Murphy landed on a terrace four stories above the street medics had a difficult reaching him. Murphys hedge fund, Fairfield Greenwich, was Bernard L. Madoffs biggest feeder fund and lost 7billion of clients money. The disgraced financier is seen leaving federal court in New York in 2. Murphys limestone townhouse on 6. The pair, pictured on a dinner date, got engaged in 2. A report says that Mrs Murphy crashed her car last summer, but could not afford to get it repaired MADOFF AND THE SUICIDES LINKED TO HIS PONZI SCANDAL Charles Murphy, 5. Madoff to commit suicide in the years following the Ponzi scheme scandal. French aristocrat Rene Thierry Magon De La Villehuchet was found dead in 2. His AIA Group lost 1. Ex U. S. Army major William Foxton, 6. A year later, Madoffs son Mark was found dead after he hanged himself in his New York apartment. On the day Madoff was taken into federal custody in 2. Fairfield to set up a new fund. The Koch brothers, Charles and David, moved 2billion overseas that they managed to make from Madoff before his scheme collapsed. Most of that involved transfers from funds that were operated by Fairfield Greenwich Group. After Madoffs arrest, the town of Fairfield, Connecticut, lost a reported 4. Madoff investments. Murphy is now the fourth person connected to Madoff to commit suicide in the years following the Ponzi scheme scandal. French aristocrat Rene Thierry Magon De La Villehuchet was found dead in 2. His AIA Group lost 1. Ex U. S. Army major William Foxton, 6. A year later, Madoffs son Mark was found dead after he hanged himself in his New York apartment. The hedge fund manager was pronounced dead on the scene, police say they dont suspect foul play. Murphy was previously a research analyst at Morgan Stanley, and was cohead of the European financial institutions group at Credit Suisse. He graduated from Harvard Law School and MIT Sloan School of Management. In 2. 00. 7, Murphy bought the East 6. Street townhouse of Matthew Bronfman for 3. He was married to Annabella Murphy, his second wife. Murphy reportedly tried to off load the limestone gem, built in 1. Madoff crisis but found no takers. He listed it again in 2. The Real Deal.  It is now on the market for 3. Corcoran.  It is described as being 1. Central Park, a private staff quarters, a gym, a wine cellar, and elevator and a Crestron Total Home Technology system. A parking attendant at a nearby garage told the New York Post that Murphys wife, Annabella, crashed their Honda Odyssey last summer but could not afford to fix it. She didnt even have enough money to pay for the damage, the attendant said. Murphys first wife, former Heather Kerzner, got married to hotel billionaire Sol Kerzner after the pair split. They were married for 1. Rooms at the Sofitel begin at 1. VIPs, and tourists. In 2. French politician and head of the IMF, Dominique Strauss Kahn, was accused of raping a maid in the Sofitel. Watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Full Movie'>Watch Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country Full Movie. Three months later, all charges were dismissed. In 2. 01. 2, he settled a lawsuit with the maid. Medics had a difficult time getting to the execs body on the fourth floor, he jumped from the 2. The Sofitel is a luxury hotel popular with the rich and famous its infamous for where former IMF head Dominique Strauss Kahn was accused of raping a maid. The man plummeted 2.