An influential corporate executive apparently killed himself and two o
thers when faced with public exposure and perhaps imprisonment for ill
egal use of his corporate position to raise money for political and ch
aritable causes he favored. Clinical and psychological descriptions of
such cases are rare. Because an extensive psychological autopsy enabl
ed a detailed description of this case, it is presented with the aim o
f shedding light on a type of suicide that needs to be understood.