Samuel Israel III, the fugitive hedge fund manager, has come in from the cold.

Anne Hathaway’s recently dumped boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was arrested yesterday for fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Looks like Samuel Israel III, the hedge fund manager convicted of fraud, may be alive and well and camping in a state park near you.

Samuel Israel III spent years fooling people, so it’s no surprise that police, as well as former associates and investors, are having trouble believing the convicted hedge fund manager committed suicide Monday.

The government got what it wanted Thursday with the conviction of Anthony Pellicano. A jury found the so-called “private eye to the stars” guilty on charges including wiretapping and racketeering.

Young pranksters should stick to bashing mailboxes and tipping cows, and stay away from posh estates. Five teenagers accused of tearing metal leaves off a fence in Bedford, NY, probably didn’t realize they were dealing in damages at the felony level.

Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former chief of staff, Christine Beatty, have been indicted on felony counts of perjury, obstruction of justice, misconduct in office and conspiracy.

Like father, like son.

David Zachary Scruggs, the son of plaintiff’s attorney Richard “Dickie” Scruggs, has followed his father’s lead and pleaded guilty to federal charges.

About to enter into its third week, the Anthony Pellicano trial isn’t living up to its advance reviews.

Eliot Spitzer is out of a job as of tomorrow.

But even though the soon-to-be-former New York governor has suffered an astonishing fall because of his alleged involvement with prostitutes, he hasn’t yet been charged with a crime.