This is the God's honest truth:

We had just moved on an expat assignment to Singapore and after a couple of weeks, my spouse had to attend the company's annual Asian conference. It was held at the Sheraton resort in Phuket.

Just for one night of the trip the hotel was fully booked and my spouse was asked to share a 2 bedroomed suite with another English guy based at the Hong Kong office. He wasn't keen on the idea as this guy - head of audit worldwide for the MNC - had a bit of a reputation for a debauched lifestyle, but due to the overbooked hotel there wasn't much of an alternative.

My husband knew it was ominous when he was warned that it "might get a bit noisy in my room during the night". The shameless guy had found a hooker and brought her back to his room for the night! (yes it was noisy, apparently).

Well - eventually this guy - I think he was in his late 40s or early 50s - got himself into a really bad situation. He was on a business trip to NYC and checked into an hotel. A few hours later the police were called up to the room; the guy was dead (the official reason given was a 'heart attack') but his 'guests' were a couple of transvestite hookers and one of them had had to call the emergency services when he collapsed. He also had in his possession a substantial amount of $ and large quantity of cocaine.

The company quickly covered it up before the press got hold of the story and as the guy's poor wife was at the time living in London I often wonder if she was ever told the full truth. Of course a few weeks later there was a glowing obituary about him in the company magazine....

A few years later someone who had left the company did write an account of how this guy died and how the company covered it up (we knew as a mutual friend attended his funeral) but I honestly can't recall whether or not he was named by the author and I don't think it's appropriate to give his name on this thread.