Epstein Secrets

dge to the attention of Jes Staley, then the CEO of J.P. Morgan Asset Management, and helped 6 EFTA00613913 facilitate J.P. Morgan's purchase of Highbridge. The deal made Mr. Dubin a billionaire. Mr. Dubin paid Mr. Epstein a $20 million finder's fee for facilitating the transaction. D. FTC's Investmen

tart and serve as the portfolio manager of its Special Opportunities Group. In 2001, Glenn Dubin, the co-founder of Highbridge Capital Management ("Highbridge"), recruited Mr. Zwim to serve as a managing director and the senior portfolio manager of the Special Opportunities Group at Highbridge. B. DBZ B

r. Dubin's wife, and the godfather to their children. He speaks to them and sees them regularly. Mr. Epstein invested approximately $300 million in Highbridge and made other investments based on Mr. Dubin's recommendations. In 2004, Mr. Epstein brought Highbridge to the attention of Jes Staley, then the C

. 8 EFTA00613915 By June 2006, Messrs. Cutler and Proshan reported back to Mr. Zwim. They recommended that DBZ retain Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP ("Schulte") to investigate the management-fee and airplane issues, determine what had occurred, and provide legal advice on potential disclosure and employme

, 2003 Agreement - relating to Zwirn's transition out of direct employment by Highbridge to serving as investment advisor of all of the Funds and a Highbridge managed account. See Harry Susman's brief Memo regarding this agreement which is attached. • As of January 1, 2004 Advisory Agreement, effectuatin

ii) retain brokers and borrow money on behalf of the Fund. • August 1, 2003 Agreement - relating to Zwirn's transition out of direct employment by Highbridge to serving as investment advisor of all of the Funds and a Highbridge managed account. See Harry Susman's brief Memo regarding this agreement which

ccording to Zwirn) he has no right to this. • March 26, 2007 Memo from Zwirn to Investors re Completion of Independent Review • March 27, 2007, Schulte (Mark Elovitz) letter to Darren Indyke claiming that the February 14, 2007 withdrawal notice was invalid because it was not 6 EFTA00722301 given

. Zwirn probably is one of three or four 5 different pockets. 11:06:13 6 Q. When you say "allocate," were you 7 allocating to pockets of the Highbridge funds? 8 A. As well as other hedge funds. 9 Q. And you were asking his general advice 10 on what he thought might be a good place to put 11:

under 9 management. 10 So one of the great -- the biggest 11:13:30 11 pieces was the fact that it already had 500 or so 12 or 600 million of Highbridge's money being managed 13 by Dan. 14 Q. Let me be clear about what I'm asking. 15 I'm -- 11:13:42 16 A. You're asking about investment 17

t.com EFTA00299206 Page 123 1 2 about it. 3 4 5 have considered to be material? 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 bells and whistles 13 time, when Schulte 14 '06 to investigate 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Q• Epstein And the materiality being that there was a thief, which was someth

ortunities Fund II( ASSIGNED FROM FTC) 2. DB Zwim Special Opportunities Funds Investor Communication 3. Bear Steams Bank Account EFTA00300521 4. Highbridge DB Zwim Miscellaneous a. DRAFT of Settlement Agreement b. Fund Organization 2002 and 2005 c. Zwim Article November 2008 Zwirn Miscellaneous -Hig

drawal Feb 13, 2008 Withdrawal Request June 30, 2008 Withdrawal Jan. 31, 2007 Analysis of Interest Calculations from April 1, 2007 EFTA00300517 Schulte 3/27/07 Denial of Withdrawal DKI/Schulte Correspondence HB Drafts & Notes re 11/13/2006 Withdrawal (Missing as of Jan. 28, 2010) DBZ Communication

also apparently introduced Mr. Dubin to JPMorgan Chase in connection with the transaction in which JPMorgan Chase acquired Mr. Dubin's hedge fund, Highbridge, making Mr. Dubin a 9 Although Mr. Epstein testified twice at his deposition that Mr. Beller had the conversation about lock-ups with Mr. Zwirn in

payment for the purchase of an airplane to be used by Mr. Zwirn for business travel. Mr. Zwirn then caused the law firm Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP ("Schulte") to undertake an investigation into what had occurred. The investigation was apparently completed in mid-September 2006. Thereafter, in early Octo

ng principals. 6. I was an employee of HCM before I left the firm in 2002 . I along with HCM's and Dubin's sponsorship and assistancelaunched the Highbridge/Zwirn hedge fund business, including the Fund, Since the Fund's inception and throughout the relevant time period discussed herein, HCM both owned

the general partner and the investment manager, respectively) before the fees were actually payable.. On the advice of the Fund's outside counsel, Schulte, Roth & Zabel, I refrained from revealing the details of these errors , while the Fund's outside counsel investigated the matter further. Finally,

ear that they didn't have the 23 liquidity to make my first $80 million withdrawal, 24 that the airplane was -- the money was taken from 25 the Highbridge-managed account. 03:33:07 VERITEXT REPORTING COMPANY www.veritext.com EFTA00299310 Page 227 1 Epstein 2 And had he known that there was fun

03:16:18 6 That Mr. Kahn had showed up on most of 7 the e-mail with respect to the airplane which 8 Schulte Roth had been -- I believe it was, Schulte 9 Roth had been called in in May of '06, my best 10 recollection, sir, to deal with the issues of the 03:16:38 11 airplane, which was never di