All in a month's work?

Samuel Israel, a bigtime hedge fund business leader, was convicted and sentenced a few weeks ago for swindling $450 million from his customers.

So he did the logical thing.

He faked his own suicide and hid.

And of course that wasn't very fun.

So today Sam Israel surrendered to Massachusetts police.

Cue the O'Jays.

Okay, actually ... cue the MASH theme.

That's right - Israel's fake farewell message to the world was "Suicide is Painless," which he fingerpainted in dust on the hood of his car before leaving it on a 150-foot-high bridge a month ago.

The Web makes a situation like this a little, um, hard to overcome.

If you're a business leader, take a lesson from the sad Sam Israel story and:

1. Don't cheat.

2. Don't run from justice.

3. Don't fake your own death.

4. Don't drag the MASH theme through the dust - er, mud.

What do you think we can learn from Sam Israel's criminal activities?