Epstein Secrets

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. This was alleged to have involved multiple clients' accounts con- trolled by Epstein. Eventually. in 1991. insurance regulators in Illinois sued Hotrenberg. He settled the case. and Epstein, who was only a paid consul- tant. was never deposed or accused of any wrongdoing. Barry Gross. the attorney who

Holknberg. rieve of Epsteiffs first 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 To

boroff and Ne- derlander told Epstein (hat Snyder was too late. but. without their realizing it. Hoffen- !.eig has claimed. Snyder wrote a check to Hotrenberg and bought out some of his in- vestment. But then Snyder wanted out. "Nederlander started to get these irate calls from (Snyder.] who wasn't pan of

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million was reported as being safely invested in a money-market account. United Finis eater chief financial officer Daniel Payton confirms pan of Hotrenberg's account. He says he recalls making one or two telephone calls to Epstein (at Moffat- bag's direction) about the missing bonds. "He said, 'Oh. ye