Epstein Secrets

in him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein. has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's• presidential bid,

ol. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Stearns chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns, where, under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Stearns C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

lving a civil business case in Philadelphia. In 1981 the S.E.C.'s Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein's testimony and that of other Bear Steams employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender offer placed on March II. 1981. by the Seagram Company L

th Mr. Cayne? A: Nd. Q: Have you had any business participations with- Mr. Theram? A: No; nor do I anticipate any. Q: Mr. Epstein, did anyone at Bear Stearns ell you in words or substance that you should lot divulge anything about St. Joe Minerals to he staff of the Securities and Exchange Corn- nission? A:

join him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the re

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BusinessWeek.com, 7/9/07 "See Mutually Assured Mayhem:). One of the bigger investors in the troubled Bear Stearns fund is Jeffrey Epstein, a former Bear Steams trader turned money manager for the super-rich, according to regulatory filings. Over the past year, Epstein has garnered his fair share of notorie

in him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did nut become close friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein has donated more than $100,0O0 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the

et. But a report in the March issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands this week, unmasks Epstein's mystery image. Epstein wasn't exactly the top gun at Bear Steams, as he claims - and left the firm amid a swirl of rumors and an • SEC violation, the article said. His mentor in high finance was Steve Hoffenberg,

join him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not become close Mends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York. Epstein has donated more than $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kerry's presidential bid, the

ut him in touch with a senior partner at Bear Stearns, the global investment bank and securities firm. In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Steams. By the early 1980s, he had started J. Epstein and Co. That is when he began making his millions in earnest I. Little is known or said about Eps

n him at an intimate fund-raising dinner in Palm Beach. But from all appearances, they did not beconte cloge friends until after Clinton left the Oval Office and moved to New York.. Epstein has donated more than' $100,000 to Democratic candidates' campaigns, including John Kenya presidential bid, the

Islands-based money-management firm, Financial Trust Company, is listed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a stakeholder in Bear Stearns's High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Fund, which became much easier to refer to in recent weeks as "Bear Stearns' collapsing h