Andrew Kissel
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Andrew Kissel (August 23, 1959 – April 3, 2006) was a former U.S. real estate developer who was found murdered. Kissel had been accused of defrauding a New York co-op board of millions of dollars.
His body, found by workers from a moving company, was stabbed to death in the basement of a $2.5 million dollar home. The details of his death remain a mystery, as there are many people who had problems with him, including those from the US Justice Department, several multi-billion dollar corporations/conglomerates and his own wife.
Kissel was a resident of Woodcliff Lake, New Jersey and later of Saddle River, New Jersey.[1]
His brother, Robert Kissel, was murdered on November 2, 2003 in the infamous "milkshake murder" in Hong Kong by Robert's wife, Nancy Kissel.
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[edit] Fraud Charges
From 1994 to 2002, Kissel had been the treasurer of the co-op board at 200 East 74th Street in Manhattan. He had a great deal of autonomy and sole signing authority over the Board's bank account. He arranged a refinancing plan, to create a reserve fund and pay for renovations to the building, but also siphoned money into his own account, forged signatures, cut and pasted bank statements and eventually embezzled $3.9 million. When the Board confronted him, he confessed and agreed to pay $4.7 million if they agreed to not go public. He paid in October 2003, "confident that the matter had been resolved and the board would not go public."
At the time he was under house arrest and awaiting sentencing in a $20M fraud scheme.
[edit] Collections
Kissel was known for his interest in collectibles. One item of his collection was one of the original four 1984 Pontiac Trans Am cars used in the TV series "Knight Rider". In order to pay off some of the estimated $30 million debt owed to various creditors (including the Internal Revenue Service), many pieces of his collections were sold off. On December 20th, 2007 the "K.I.T.T." car was listed on eBay for sale with a starting bid of $20,000, which was met by an unspecified bidder.[2]. The auction was later canceled after numerous bids pushed the car over $40,000. The car is expected to be relisted soon.
[edit] Arrests
A chauffeur and his cousin were charged in the death of Kissel on March 23, 2008. Kissel's driver Carlos Trujillo and his cousin Leonard Trujillo have been charged in his death. Kissel was murdered days before he was going to plead guilty in a multi-million dollar fraud case.
[edit] References
- ^ Hsu, Eric and Kim, Yung. "Family mourns real estate broker fatally stabbed in Conn.", The Record (Bergen County), April 8, 2006. Accessed May 13, 2007. "William Kissel, a chemist, was a manager for Sun Chemical Corp., before starting his own copier toner company in 1972. He moved the family to a small house in Woodcliff Lake from Manhattan before settling in Saddle River. Robert Kissel grew up to become a wealthy investment banker at Merrill Lynch and was sent to Hong Kong with his wife and three children."
- ^ Original 'Knight Rider' Car for Sale on eBay - MSN TV News
