Epstein Secrets

s a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: les. he lives like a "modern ma- haraja." as Leah Kiernan. one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously. a4 most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

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

s a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get." wen acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes. he lives like a "modern ma- haraja.- as Leah Kiernan, one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously. al- most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

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

He's a classic iceberg. What you see is not what you get:' ven acquaintances sense a curious dichotomy: Yes he lives like a "modem ma- haraja: as Leah Kiernan, one of his art dealers. puts it. Yet he is fastidiously. al- most obsessively private—he lists himself in the phone book under a pseudonym. He r

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