Epstein Secrets

th Leslie Warier. whom statements for that year show a loan to Ep- he had met through insurance executive stein of $400.000. (Epstein has said he Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has can't remember the details and has dis- told people that he met Wexner in 1986 in pored the accuracy of the Towers

meantime. howc. zr. there's a wed- ding to plan. Jeffrey Epstein Cil•TIVI ED FROM %tot , a, Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March 1_. The S.E.C. was tipped oil that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear Steams. and it was therefore obliged to question hi

ool. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams 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 Steams C.E.O. James Caync. he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung b

ed in him. saying. for example. that he had left Bear Stearns in 1981 after he was discovered ex- ecuting "illegal operations: Several of Epstein, Lar Stearns contem- poraries recall that Epstein left the compa- ny very suddenly. Wthin the company there were rumors also that he was involved in a technical

lander and Toboroff were growing wary of Epstein. he became in- creasingly invoked with Leslie Wexner. whom he had met through insurance executive Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has told people that he met Vibmer in 1986 in Palm Beach. and that he won his confidence by persuading him not to inves

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 of placed on March II. 1981. by the Seagram Company Ltd.

d a good and substantial and meaningful lik:' he says. In the meantime. howe.a. there's a wed- ding to plan. Jeffrey Epstein co‘rtst to room nor los Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March 12. The S.E.C. was tipped otT that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear

ander and Toboroff were growing wary of Epstein. he became in- creasingly involved with Leslie Wexner, whom he had met through insurance executive Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has told people that he met Wexner in 1986 in Palm Beach, and that he won his confidence by persuading him not to inves

meantime, hove. er. there's a wed- ding to plan. r. Jet le\ Epstein :0•11 ,4 ED FRO" %GE 'of Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March l_. The S.E.C. was tipped oil' that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bcar Stearns. and it was therefore obliged to question

arles Schumer. Powerful friends and enemies A Vanity Fair profile found cracks in the veneer of Epstein's life story. The 2003 article said he left Bear Stearns in the wake of a federal probe and a possible Securities and Exchange Commission violation. It also pointed out that Citibank once sued him for defa

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lander and Toboroff were growing wary of Epstein, he became in- creasingly involved with Leslie Wexner, whom he had met through insurance execu- tive Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has told people that he met Wex- ner in 1986 in Palm Beach, and that he won his confidence by persuading him not to inves

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

d in him. saying. for example, that he had left Bear Stearns in 1981 after he was discovered ex- ecuting "illegal operations.- Several of Epstein's Eizar Stearns contem- poraries recall that Epstein left the compa- ny very suddenly: Within the company there were rumors also that he was involved in a technica

nvolving a civil business ease in Philadelphia. In 1981 the SEC'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 IL 1981. by the Seagram Company Li

ander and Toboroff were growing wary of Epstein, he became in- creasingly involved with Leslie Wexner, whom he had met through insurance executive Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has told people that he met Wexner in 1986 in Palm Beach, and that he won his confidence by persuading him not to inves

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:

ds (formerly The Limited, Inc.) and Victoria's Secret.(3°)[593 In 1986, Epstein met Wexner through their mutual acquaintances, insurance executive Robert Meister and his wife, in Palm Beach, Florida. A year later, Epstein became Wexner's financial adviser and served as his right-hand man. Within the year, Ep

howed inappropriate behavior toward underage students at the time.(33][37] He became acquainted with Alan Greenberg, the chief executive officer of Bear Steams, whose son and daughter were attending the school. Greenberg's daughter, Lynne Koeppel, pointed to a parent-teacher conference where Epstein influen

g for him to Greenberg.(15-1 In June 1976, after Epstein was dismissed from Dalton for "poor performance",[333[393[03 Greenberg offered him a job at Bear Stearns.E3°R41 Banking Epstein joined Bear Stearns in 1976 as a low-level junior assistant to a floor trader.M He swiftly moved up to become an options tr

erlander and Toboroff were growing wary of Epstein, he became in- creasingly 'inched with Leslie Wane; whom he had met through insurance executive Robert Meister and his late wife. Epstein has told people that he met Wexner in 1986 in Palm Beach, and that he won his confidence by persuading him not to inves

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 Clyne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

rns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Stearns on March 12. The S.E.C. was tipped off that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear Steams. and it was therefore obliged to question him. In his S.E.C. testi- mony, given on April I. 1981, Epstein claimed that he had found "offenave" the

king the numbers earned him a place in the special-products division, where he worked on extremely complex tax-related problems for a select group of Bear Stearns’s wealthiest clients—an elite within the elite—including Seagram CEO Edgar Bronfman. In the spring of 1981 Bronfman made a bid to take over the St. Jo

enber | Like so many others without the necessary w ent at the office, he'd als 3 someone who was familia frey Epstein, who had traded options for Bear Stear F st 110 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_022079 --- PAGE BREAK --- FittHy RicH Hoffenberg began paying twenty-five thousand dollars per month for Epstein’s exp

in his office. | yerg was a Wall Street outsider. Aq yut, like Epstein. . anted was respect. The other was” th Wall Street’s inner workings. jetg : ar Stearns, fit the bill. { huge. According to Hoffenberg, Epstein handled the attempted take- over of Pan Am—a deal that went sideways almost immediately. :

ut. As for Epstein himself, he would always deny any wrong- doing. Despite his proximity to Hoffenberg, he managed to avoid the blast radius. > si Robert Meister: 1985 q obert Meister, the vic« kerage and consulting in the mid-eighties, Palm Beach. Both men were F the other looked familiar. Th _ and Meister