Epstein Secrets

was free and clear but it actually wasn't," he said. Epstein has denied he ever had any deal- ings with anyone from the insurance com- panies. But Richard Allen says he recalls talking to Epstein at Hoffenberg's direction and telling him it was urgent they retrieve the missing bonds for a state examination

rst assignments for Hof- fenberg was to mastermind doomed bids to take over Pan American Wald Airways in 1987 and Emery Air Freight Corp. in 1988. Hofknberg claimed in a 1993 haring before a grand jury in Illinois that Epstein tame up with the idea of financing these bids through Towers's acquisition o

t was free and clear but it actually wasn't" he said. Epstein has denied he ever had any deal- ings with anyone from the insurance com- panies. But Richard Allen says he recalls talking to Epstein at Hoffenbag's direction and telling him it was urgent they retrieve the missing bonds for a state examination.

st assignments for Hof- titers was to mastermind doomed bids to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987 and Emery Air Freight Corp. in 1988. Hofknberg claimed in a 1993 hearing before a grand jury m Illinois that Epstein came up with the idea of financing these bids through Tower's acquisition of

e, and Epstein has claimed he was merely asked how the bids could be accomplished and has said he had nothing to do with the financing of them. Yet Richard Allen, the former treasurer of United Fire, recalls seeing Epstein two or three times at the com- pany. He and another executive say they had direct deali

st assignments for Hof- fenbcrg was to mastermind doomed bids to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987 and Emery Air Freight Corp. in 1988. Hofknberg claimed in a 1993 hearing before a grand jury in Illinois that Epstein came up with the idea of financing these bids through Towers's acquisition