Reuters – Vito Fossella, a former U.S. congressman representing sections of New York until a drunk driving conviction last year, has joined controversial hedge fund Superfund Investment Group, the Staten Island Advance reported this week. The community newspaper, citing unnamed sources, said Fossella’s role at the firm was not known. Superfund officials and Fossella were not available for comment.

Superfund is a managed futures investment firm that wants to make hedge funds available to the masses. Founder Christian Baha, a former Austrian police officer and college drop-out, stars in television commercials that poke fun at his inability to pronounce "investor."

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SILive.com – The "next chapter" of former GOP Rep. Vito Fossella’s life is unfolding at a financial firm in Midtown Manhattan that offers hedge fund-style investments to ordinary Joes, the Advance has learned.

The company is run by a high-flying, globetrotting college dropout and former Austrian policeman who hobnobs with celebrities like former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev and "Desperate Housewives" star Teri Hatcher.

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