Epstein Secrets

accounts to purchase and sell stock and options of companies, including Emery Air Freight. In this instance, as well as with the previous attempted Pan Am acquisition, Hoffenberg did not intend for these purchases of stock to be solely for the benefit of the insurance companies, but rather intended t

orporation ("UDC"), which conducted business through its subsidiaries, Associated Life Insurance Co. ("Associated") and United Fire Insurance Co. ("United Fire"). Hoffenberg later became chairman of the boardi of UDC, Associated and United Fire. Hoffenberg obtained the Illinois Department of Insuran

e stocks were purchased with funds borrowed by using insurance company bonds as collateral. Hoffenberg concealed his activities from Associated and United Fire by: routing all securities trade confirmations, periodic account statements and other communications from brokerage firms to Towers, rather than t

that he, his chief operating officer, Mitchell Brater, and Epstein came up with a scheme to steal $3 million of the insurance companies’ bonds to buy Pan Am and Emery stock. “Jeffrey Epstein and Mitch Brater arranged the various brokerage accounts for the bonds to be placed with in New York, and I think o

argets. Meanwhile, in order to throw the insurance regulators off, the $1.8 million was reported as being safely invested in a money-market account. United Fire’s former chief financial officer Daniel Payton confirms part of Hoffenberg’s account. He says he recalls making one or two telephone calls to Epstein (

g one 7 EFTA00809697 Case 1:18-cv-07580-JPO Document 7 Filed 08/21/18 Page 8 of 26 in Emery Air Freight ("Emery"). Similar to the situation with Pan Am, TFC's attempted take-over of Emery was a dismal failure, resulting in massive trading losses to TFC. 31. In the wake of these losses to TFC, Epst

e stocks were purchased with fupds borrowed by using insurance company bonds as collateral. Hoffenberg concealed his activities from Associated and United Fire by: routing all securities trade confirmations, periodic account statements and other communications from brokerage firms to Towers, rather than t

Case 1:18-cv-07580 Document 1 Filed 08/20/18 Page 8 of 26 in Emery Air Freight ("Emery"). Similar to the situation with Pan Am, TFC's attempted take-over of Emery was a dismal failure, resulting in massive trading losses to TFC. 31. In the wake of these losses to TFC, Epst

davit, annexed hereto, Epstein misappropriated the proceeds for not only his personal use, but also to start his own company, Defendant TFTC. 33. United Fire and Associated lost over one million dollars ($1,000,000) on the purchase of Emery securities, due to the fact that the stock was purchased with fun