Freddie Mac Exec Found Dead At Home

David Kellermann, Acting Chief Financial Officer Of Embattled Mortgage Company, Committed Suicide

April 22, 2009

David Kellermann  (AP/www.freddiemac.com)

(WUSA)  A top executive at Freddie Mac was found dead Wednesday morning from an apparent suicide, according to CBS affiliate WUSA-TV in Washington, D.C. 

David Kellermann, the acting chief financial officer and senior vice president of the government-sponsored mortgage lender, was found dead in his home after his wife alerted Fairfax County Police to his suicide, authorities told WUSA. 

According to Kellermann's bio on Freddie Mac's Website, the 41-year-old was with the company for more than 16 years and was named acting CFO in September. 

That was the same month Freddie Mac was placed under conservatorship by the U.S. Treasury as a result of the subprime mortgage crisis.