**FILE PHOTO (NYT27) NEW YORK -- May 29, 2005 -- PHILANTHROPIST-DEMISE -- Investor and arts patron Alberto W. Vilar in his seat at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in this Sept. 26, 2000 photo. Vilar was arrested Thursday, May 26, 2005, and charged with defrauding a client of $5 million and using some of the money to make good on his charitable promises. (Fred R. Conrad/The New York Times)