Epstein Secrets

took Cana- dian heiress Wendy Belzberg on a date he hired a Rolls-Royce especially for the oc- casion. (Epstein has claimed he owned it.) In 1987. Hoffenberz, according to sources. set Epstein up in the offices he still occu- pies in the Villard House. on Madison Av- enue. across a courtyard from the rest

thed by Vanity Fair, Epstein may have good reason to keep his past cloaked in secrecy: his real mentor. it might seem, was not Leslie Wexner but Steven Jude Hoffen- berg, 57, who, for a few months before the S.E.C. sued to freeze his assets in 1993, was trying to buy the New York Post. He is cur- rently incarcerate

ue. Hoffenberg hired his new pro- tégé as a consultant at 525.000 a month, and the relationship flourished. "They trav- eled everywheie together—on Hoffenberg's plane. all around the world, they were al- ways together," says a source. Hoffenberg has claimed that Epstein confided in him. saying. for examp

t Citibank once sued him for defaulting on a $20 million loan. The article suggested that one of his business mentors and previous employers was Steven Hoffenberg, now serving a prison term after "bilking investors out of more than $450 million in one of the largest Ponzi schemes in American histo- rY%" As

the stock market, just as the 1987 crash was approach- ing. His story has subsequently changed. When asked if Wexner knew about his con- nection to Hoffenbere. Epstein said that he began working for Wexner in 1989, and that "it was certainly not the same time." Wherever and whenever it was that Ep- stein

eveland Plain Dealer noted, Wexner keeps his personal life "under padlock." But what has surfaced over the years simply adds to his mystery. In the Shapiro murder file, personally ordered destroyed by Columbus Chief of Police James Jackson, Wexner is listed as an alleged organized crime associate. A De

RG INTERVIEW; 10/12 /2010 Approved By: Drafted By: Case ID #: 72-MM-NEW Date: 01/10/2019 (U) RODRIGUEZ, ALFREDO - SEE SUB Details: 10/13/2010 STEVEN HOFFENBERG, inmate number 5756 Hartville & Pointville Road, Fort Dix Federal Correctional Institution, Fort Dix, New Jersey was contacted on October 12, 2010.

TION Electronic Communication Title: (U) STEVEN HOFFENBERG INTERVIEW; 10/12 /2010 Approved By: Drafted By

u of Prisons, amongst others. HOFFENBERG did not comment on his basis of knowledge, or when he became aware of information pertaining to Epstein or Shapiro. At this time the agents ended the interview. .• (Overall Document Classification Required) EFTA00270334

VESTIGATION Electronic Communication Title: (U) STEVEN HOFFENBERG INTERVIEW; 10/12 Date: 01/10/2019 /2010 Approv

TION Electronic Communication Title: (U) STEVEN HOFFENBERG INTERVIEW; 10/12 Date: 01/10/2019 /2010 Approv

u of Prisons, amongst others. HOFFENBERG did not comment on his basis of knowledge, or when he became aware of information pertaining to Epstein or Shapiro. At this time the agents ended the interview. • • (Overall Document Classification Required) SD NY_GM_02 753265 EFTA_002405B EFTA01326141

ed of the identities of the interviewing agents, HOFFENBERG, provided the following information: HOFFENBERG

of Prisons, amongst others. HOFFENBERG did not comment on his basis of knowledge, or when he became aware of information pertaining to Epstein or Shapiro. At this time the agents ended the interview. EFTA00108868

ed of the identities of the interviewing agents, HOFFENBERG, provided the following information: HOFFENBERG

u of Prisons, amongst others. HOFFENBERG did not comment on his basis of knowledge, or when he became aware of information pertaining to Epstein or Shapiro. At this time the agents ended the interview. EFTA00108867