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According to new media reports, the Fishers Indiana business man who attempted to fake his own death by jumping from a turbo-prop single engine plane on Sunday has been apprehended by U.S. Marshals.

Indiana authorities will now seek to have him brought back for prosecution to answer to charges filed in Hamilton County Superior Court in Indiana. On Tuesday morning, Hamilton County prosecutors filed an Affidavit for Probable Cause and an Arrest Warrant citing allegations of investment fraud.

Marcus Schrenker, 38, an Indianapolis suburb financial investor, was discovered late Tuesday at a northern Florida campground. Just two days prior, Schrenker had apparently tried to fake his own death in a plane crash. Schrenker owned the plane he jumped from and is reported to have been a very accomplished pilot with video demonstrations appearing across the web showing him flying at over 200 mph beneath a bridge. Authorities believe Schrenker parachuted to the ground and later sped off on a motorcycle that he had previously stashed away in a central Alabama storage facility.

At the time of his arrest, Schrenker had reportedly sustained a self-inflicted gash just below his elbow and extending to his wrist. The US Marshall's office indicated that he was airlifted to Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, where he was listed in fair condition early Wednesday.

Although evidence was still being investigated, by all accounts Schrenker's activity revealed a well-orchestrated chain of events apparently intended to fake his death and run away from looming legal action. Prosecutors in Hamilton County Indiana had been investigating financial fraud.
Authorities reportedly served a warrant on New Year's eve, just one day following a Petition for divorce that was filed by Schrenker's wife. An Indiana Department of Insurance investigation was apparently probing three Schrenker businesses that had been under a cloud of suspicion after angry investors accused him of stealing investments and taking unauthorized commissions.

At 38, Schrenker had amassed what appeared to be an impressive accumulation of wealth. He collected luxury automobiles, owned two airplanes and lived in a 10,000-square-foot lake house in an upscale Indianapolis suburb neighborhood known as "Cocktail Cove," where affluent boaters often socialize with cocktails in hand.