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

. 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

y of the Towers financial reports.) Around the same time. Nederlander 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

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

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

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