[6] The company was co-founded in 1994 by French bankers, yachtsman René-Thierry Magon de la Villehuchet (the former CEO of Crédit Lyonnais Securities USA) and Patrick Littaye.
[3] Access International Advisors LLC’s LuxAlpha Sicav-American Selection was a UCITS fund that invested 95% of its money with Bernie Madoff.
[9] De la Villehuchet harboured some hope of recovering the money he'd lost to Madoff–including his and Littaye's personal fortunes.
[14] His wrists and left bicep were slit,[15] and de la Villehuchet had taken sleeping pills, in what appeared to be a suicide.
[15] In 2009, Littaye was charged in France with participating in a breach of trust, a crime punishable by as many as three years in prison.