Epstein Secrets

't remember who asked 24 me that, one of those gentlemen. 25 We talked about transparency. And this was - to Many of them asked questions of Ms. Villegas because she was represented to have been with me for over two decades and my COO and worked her way up from secretary, and they inquired about my

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

ow long my employees had been with 10 me and whether I trusted them, specifically my CFO, Irene 11 Stay. 12 Many of them asked questions of Ms. Villegas 13 because she was represented to have been with me for over 14 two decades and my COO and worked her way up from 15 secretary, and they inquir

7 Bekkedam had brought Von Allmen into? 8 A I don't recall. 9 Q That basically Razorback was lending -- that 10 A.J.'s group lent money to a Banyon entity for a fixed 11 rate of interest plus a small percentage of the equity 12 piece. 13 A Now I understand what you're asking me. My 14 un

eral 12 hours with Mr. Szafranski, took him through the whole 13 thing. 14 Q They met him through you? 15 A Yes, through me and through the Banyon group, 16 sure. 17 Q Clifford Chance, that was the law firm that 18 Discala brought down prior to Morgan Lewis. Do you 19 remember that? 20

dulent conduct alleged herein while willfully ignoring and/or failing to exercise reasonable care. 52. Defendant, DEBRA E. VILLEGAS (hereinafter, "Villegas"), is an individual residing in Broward County, Florida and, at all times relevant hereto, was the chief operating officer at RRA. Villegas, Rothst

rs' inner-circle of facilitators (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibraltar Bank, Berenfeld, Weintraub, Berkowitz, Leitstein, Levin, Preve, Banyon entities, Szafranski, Onyx, Villegas, Boden, Barnett, Stay, Platinum, and Centurion) and promoters (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibralta

ties are hereinafter collectively referred to as "the Banyon Investors." 114. Logistically, the Banyon Investors were Limited Partners in BIF while Banyon 1030-32, served as the General Partner and Levin as the Managing Partner. 115. Notably, at no time during his courtship of Mr. Von Allmen, did Bek

r."; xiv. Preve received over $440,000.00 in payments from the Principal Conspirators; C. Villegas 310. Plaintiffs have discovered relative to Villegas that: a. on July 27, 2009, Rothstein transferred a property with an assessed value of $407,750.00 to Villegas for "love and affection" and $100.00

cipation; m. in late November, TD Bank fired Spinosa; B. Levin, Preve and Banyon 309. Plaintiffs have discovered, relative to Levin, Preve, and Banyon, that: a. an $8,000,000.00 wire transfer confirmation used by Levin, Preve, and Rothstein to induce Razorback's $32,000,000.00 payment was never

exceed two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000.00). 38 Leitstein even joked with other Berenfeld employees who toyed with the idea of telling "the Banyon investors we can do better than the 20% return they are getting, lol." Page 146 of 2210 CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP, 633 SOUTH FEDERAL HIGHWAY, FORT LAU

s were part of a Ponzi scheme." Also named as a co-defendant is former RRA COO Debra Villegas, "Rothstein's number two at RRA." Scherer writes that Villegas "furnished false bank account statements and wire transfers to investors." Then there is Andrew Barnett, RRA's director of corporate development. S

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou

s were part of a Ponzi scheme." Also named as a co-defendant is former RRA COO Debra Villegas, "Rothstein's number two at RRA." Scherer writes that Villegas "furnished false bank account statements and wire transfers to investors." Then there is Andrew Barnett, RRA's director of corporate development. S

unning a hedge fund called Clockwork Capital. Clockwork purportedly dumped $30 million into Rothstein's scheme. Here's the email, which was cc'd to Banyon's Frank Preve. Hey AJ ... if you want to do something nice for one of your big funders (and for you and frank [Prevej and dean [Kretschmar] and dou