A tell-all tale: Bipolar money manager who attempted to fake his death plans to write a book

The Indiana money manager who tried to fake his own death by parachuting from a plane before it crashed into a Florida swamp now plans to write a book about his misadventures.


According to published reports, 38-year-old Marcus Schrenker, who is charged with stealing $1.5 million from his clients, will be writing about his bipolar disorder in relation to his recent exploits.
Mr. Schrenker, who was sentenced in August to four years in prison for the Jan. 11 plane crash escapade, is still facing 11 felony securities fraud charges over claims that he stole from clients – and family members.
Last week, an Indiana judged postponed Mr. Schrenker’s securities fraud trial until March.
Mr. Schrenker parachuted from a plane as it flew over Alabama, leaving the plane on autopilot in the hope it would drift out to the Gulf of Mexico.
The plane drifted for 200 miles until it ran out of fuel and crashed in the town of Milton, Fla. There were no injuries resulting from the crash.
“To this day I cannot believe I could do something so reckless and selfish,” Mr. Schrenker told a judge at his trial in August. “It is my hope the residents of Milton feel my pain. If someone had gotten hurt, I do not know what I would do.”