Epstein Secrets

st as the 1987 crash was approach- Toboroff let Epstein come in with them on a ing. His story has subsequently changed. scheme to make money out of Pennwalt. a When asked if Wexner knew about his con- Pennsylvania chemical company. The plan nection to Hoffenberg. Epstein said that he was to group toget

erage accounts for the bonds to be placed with in New York. and I think one in Chicago. Rodman & Ren- shaw." Ho0enberg reportedly said. Then. said Reifenberg. while making it appear as though they were investing the bonds in much safer financial instruments. they used them as collateral to buy the stock

llion was rerorted as being safely invested in a money-market account. United Fire's former chief financial officer Daniel Payton confirms part of Reifenberg.; account. He says he recalls making one or two telephone calls to Epstein (at Holten- berg's direction) about the missing bonds. "He said, 'Oh. y

er and Toboroff didn't know about. Two things happened that alarmed Nederlander and Toboroff. Alter the group signaled a possible takeover. the Pennwalt management threatened to sue the would-be raiders. Epstein was reluctant ini- tially to give a deposition about his share of the money. telling

vice a lavish hfesryle that included a mansion on Long Island. homes on Man- hattan's Sutton Place and in Florida. and a fleet of cars and planes. Reifenberg and Epstein had much in common. Both were sntan and obsessed with making money. Both were front Brook- lyn. According to Hoffer.bent the Two men w

cy of the Towers financial reports.) Around the same time, Nedcdander and Toboroff let Epstein come in with them on a scheme to make money out of Pennwalt. a Pennsylvania chemical company. The plan was to group together with two other panics to take a substantial declared position in the stock. Acco

g a 20-year sentence for bilking investors out of more than 5450 million in one of the largest Paul schemes in American history, When Epstein met Reifenberg in Lon- don in the 1980s. the latter was the char- ismatic. audacious head of the Towers Financial Corporation. a collection agency that was suppos