{"id":1984,"date":"2009-04-22T11:08:09","date_gmt":"2009-04-22T15:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=1984"},"modified":"2009-04-22T11:08:09","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T15:08:09","slug":"david-kellermann-freddie-macs-acting-cfo-found-dead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2009\/04\/22\/david-kellermann-freddie-macs-acting-cfo-found-dead\/","title":{"rendered":"David Kellermann, Freddie Mac&#8217;s Acting CFO Found Dead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>David Kellermann, the acting CFO of Freddie Mac was found dead at his suburban Washington home early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>From the <a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/article\/SB124040188797343215.html\" target=\"_blank\">Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead at his suburban Washington home early Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>Officer Shelley Broderick of the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia said there were &#8220;no signs of foul play&#8221; when police found Mr. Kellermann&#8217;s body after responding to a call made at 4:48 a.m. ET. Mr. Kellermann was 41 years old.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Kellermann&#8217;s wife told local police he committed suicide, local television station WUSA reported, citing sheriff&#8217;s deputies in Northern Virginia&#8217;s Fairfax County.<\/p>\n<p>The police department would only say the case is under &#8220;active investigation.&#8221; Freddie Mac officials didn&#8217;t have an immediate statement. In a prepared statement, Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said, &#8220;On behalf of the Treasury family, we are deeply saddened by the news this morning of David Kellermann&#8217;s death. Our deepest sympathies are with his family and his colleagues at Freddie Mac during this difficult time.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/a-1974536~Police_investigating_death_of_Freddie_Mac_official.html\" target=\"_blank\">Police investigating death of Freddie Mac official<\/a> &#8211; Examiner.com<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>David Kellermann, the acting CFO of Freddie Mac was found dead at his suburban Washington home early Wednesday. From the Wall Street Journal: The acting chief financial officer of Freddie Mac, David Kellermann, was found dead at his suburban Washington home early Wednesday. Officer Shelley Broderick of the Fairfax County Police Department in Virginia said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[474],"tags":[620,114],"class_list":{"0":"post-1984","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-breaking-news","7":"tag-david-kellermann","8":"tag-freddie-mac","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-w0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":587,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/02\/in-thier-own-words-what-they-said-about-fannie-freddie\/","url_meta":{"origin":1984,"position":0},"title":"In Their Own Words: What They Said About Fannie &#038; Freddie","author":"Jeff","date":"October 2, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Wall Street Journal has a long history over covering the abuses of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac today\u00a0 they're naming names and calling out the Democrats who helped cause our financial crisis. 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