Epstein Secrets

lmost uniformly use one word to describe the chief: professional. "I have always been impressed by Mike's professionalism and his leadership," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Department and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police department

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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iformly use one word to describe the chief: profes- sional. "I have always been im- pressed by Mike's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police depar

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:

iformly use one word to describe the chief: profes- sional. "I have always been im- pressed by Mike's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police depar

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,

niformly use one word to describe the chiet profes- sional. "I have alwris been im- pressed by Mice's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years Ike town of Palm Beach has a very professional police departn

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

iformly use one word to describe the chief: profes- sional "I have always been im- pressed by Milce's profes- sionalism and his leader- ship," said Rick Lincoln, chief of the Lantana Police Depart- ment and a Palm Beach County cop for 32 years. "The town of Palm Beach has a very professional police depar

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