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  charles murphy was found dead on the fourth-floor terrace of the sofitel hotel on monday  according to a police source. "we are extremely saddened by this news  said john paulson, the president of paulson & co., a separate hedge fund where murphy worked at the time of his death. charles was an extremely gifted and brilliant man  a great partner and a true friend." murphy once worked for fairfield greenwich  which invested about $7 billion with madoff and was later sued by investors who lost money. the fund agreed to an $80 million settlement. madoff was arrested in december 2008 for running the world's largest ponzi scheme and defrauding investors of $20 billion. he pleaded guilty to fraud charges. now 78  he is serving 150 years in a federal prison in north carolina.
article_headline: hedge fund exec whose former firm was linked to madoff jumps to his death