Epstein Secrets

ship which, at all times relevant hereto, served as the auditing firm for BIF and Banyon 1030-32 and as the accounting firm for RRA, Rothstein, and Rosenfeldt individually. As described, Berenfeld was uniquely positioned as Banyon auditor and RRA accountant to discover the fraudulent scheme and, despite co

he produce current account statements. Eventually, Stay relented and began inconsolably crying, repeating the phrase, "I don't want to go to jail." Rosenfeldt proceeded to telephone Spinosa, who initially declined to provide account balance verification. After much cajoling, Spinosa finally informed Rosen

g these funds, Bekkedam continued pursuit of additional investment funds. 129. In early summer of 2009, Ballamor's Managing Director Al Rapetti put Bekkedam in touch with Abraxac Discala (hereinafter, "Discala"), who was portrayed as a potential investor source with access to high-net worth individuals

he would pay Musser back if the investment with Banyon failed. 175. On or about July 29, 2009, in an effort to bolster his oral representations, Bekkedam provided Musser with BIF's Confidential Offering Memorandum and incorporated Berenfeld audited financials. 176. The representations in the Confide

latinum, and Centurion) and promoters (TD Bank, Spinosa, Kerstetter, Caretsky, Gibraltar Bank, Levin, Preve, Banyon entities, Szafranski, Onyx, ABS, Bekkedam, Ballamor, Pearson, R.L. Pearson & Associates, Platinum, and Centurion) each played a vital role in the successful perpetration of this systemic fr

1 Q Okay. From TD Bank. 2 Is this e-mail purporting to send what purports 3 to be a $64 million balance in an account at Rosenstein 4 (sic,) Rosenfeldt, Adler escrow account? 5 A Can you ask the question again, please? I'm 6 sorry. 7 (The pending question was read back by the 8 court reporte

25 the standard questions. I answered them. The rest you United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA00314954 Page 2261 1 could meet with Mr. Rosenfeldt as did other investors, 2 and my recollection is he was referring to Mr. Scherer's 3 clients. I don't know if that ever - if I actually let 4 M

pital? 4 A I recall that as well. S Q Do you recall that Razorback was sort of a next 6 generation version of the Banyon Income Fund that 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 enti

1 Q Okay. From TD Bank. 2 Is this e-mail purporting to send what purports 3 to be a $64 million balance in an account at Rosenstein 4 (sic,) Rosenfeldt, Adler escrow account? 5 A Can you ask the question again, please? I'm 6 sorry. 7 (The pending question was read back by the 8 court reporte

questions. I answered them. The rest you United Reporting, Inc. (954) 525- 2221 EFTA_R1_00015713 EFTA01735053 Page 2261 1 could meet with Mr. Rosenfeldt as did other investors, 2 and my recollection is he was referring to Mr. Scherer's 3 clients. I don't know if that ever - if I actually let 4 M

pital? 4 A I recall that as well. 5 Q Do you recall that Razorback was sort of a next 6 generation version of the Banyon Income Fund that 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 enti

g independently verified; b. Berenfeld's complicity in the Ponzi scheme is further compounded by its role as accountants for RRA and Rothstein and Rosenfeldt individually, providing it with first-hand knowledge of the patent inconsistencies between Banyon's purported verified audited receivables and RRA'

sary to sustain the Ponzi scheme over a period of four years; E. Ballamor and Bekkedaro 312. Plaintiffs have discovered relative to Ballamor and Bekkedam that: a. Bekkedam and Ballamor, in their role as investment advisors, induced client investments into the Rothstein Ponzi despite particular facts