Epstein Secrets

meantime. howc. zr. there's a wed- ding to plan. Jeffrey Epstein Cil•TIVI ED FROM %tot , a, Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March 1_. The S.E.C. was tipped oil that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear Steams. and it was therefore obliged to question hi

ool. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams 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 Steams C.E.O. James Caync. he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung b

ed in him. saying. for example. that he had left Bear Stearns in 1981 after he was discovered ex- ecuting "illegal operations: Several of Epstein, Lar Stearns contem- poraries recall that Epstein left the compa- ny very suddenly. Wthin the company there were rumors also that he was involved in a technical

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

the world, they were al- ways together," says a source. Hoffenberg has claimed that Epstein confided in him. saying. for example. that he had left Bear Steams in 1981 after he was discovered ex- ecuting "illegal operations." Several of Epstein's bear Stearns contem- poraries recall that Epstein left the co

ool. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams 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 Steams C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung b

a good and substantial and meaningful lik." he says. In the meantime. hose-en there's a wed- ding to plan. Z Jeffrey Epstein C ONTINUED FROM PACE SOS Bear Stearns ndother firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Seams on March 12. The S.E.C. was tipped off that Epstein had intbrmation on insider tradiig at Bear St

ture with Mr. Cayne? (t.• Have you bad 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 ice divulge anything about Si. foe Minerals to he staff of the Securities and Exchange Con- tenon? A: No

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

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 Clyne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

rns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Stearns on March 12. The S.E.C. was tipped off that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear Steams. and it was therefore obliged to question him. In his S.E.C. testi- mony, given on April I. 1981, Epstein claimed that he had found "offenave" the

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