Epstein Secrets

hen deliberated with the prosecutor out of the room, he said. "People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding," West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "It's a way for the prosecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not filing the (charge), and not doing what the Palm Beach Po

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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deliberated with the prosecutor out of the room, he said. 'People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding,' West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "It's a way for the pros- ecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not fil- ing the (charge), and not do- ing what the Palm Be

et. But a report in the March issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands this week, unmasks Epstein's mystery image. Epstein wasn't exactly the top gun at Bear Steams, as he claims - and left the firm amid a swirl of rumors and an • SEC violation, the article said. His mentor in high finance was Steve Hoffenberg,

deliberated with the prosecutor out of the room. he said. 'People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding" West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "It's a way for the pros- ecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not fil- ing the (charge), and not do- ing what the Palm Be

ut him in touch with a senior partner at Bear Stearns, the global investment bank and securities firm. In 1976, Epstein left Dalton for a job at Bear Steams. By the early 1980s, he had started J. Epstein and Co. That is when he began making his millions in earnest I. Little is known or said about Eps

liberated with the prosecutor out of the room, he said. . "People are surprised at the grand jury proceeding," West Palm Beach defense attorney Richard Tendler said. "Ws a way for the pros- ecutor's office to not take the full responsibility for not fil- ing the (charge), and not do- ing what thh Palm Beac

Islands-based money-management firm, Financial Trust Company, is listed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a stakeholder in Bear Stearns's High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Fund, which became much easier to refer to in recent weeks as "Bear Stearns' collapsing h