Epstein Secrets

nd yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photographed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article. Epstein's f

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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he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photo- ' graphed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article. Epstein'

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:

And yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photographed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article. Epstein's f

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BusinessWeek.com, 7/9/07 "See Mutually Assured Mayhem:). One of the bigger investors in the troubled Bear Stearns fund is Jeffrey Epstein, a former Bear Steams trader turned money manager for the super-rich, according to regulatory filings. Over the past year, Epstein has garnered his fair share of notorie

nd yet he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photographed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article. Epstein's f

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

et he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photo- grrdhed. "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for,a Vanity Fair article. Epstein'

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,

he managed for decades to maintain a low profile. He avoids eating out and was rarely photo- -grahed. • "The odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "'wasn't even aware of him, except for,a Vanity Fair article. Epstein's

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

ture at elite parties and the intensely private daughter of a media tycoon, dated Epstein in the 1990s. 'he odd thing is I never met him," said Dominick Dunne, the famous chronicler of the trials and tribulations of the very rich. "I wasn't even aware of him," except for a Vanity Fair article. Epstein'

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