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

otta d the payback picture because your friend sys you owe him. Then sometimes you got- ugo back to the well." 'Sometimes you do Reindeer Games," Dimon says derisively. "That's just mean," Affleck whines. But it's a pretty accurate description of hi career to date. "Ben takes these franchise pope

icer Michael Cox and supervising U.S. Probation Officer Paul Wodeshick. MR. RAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let m

tion Officer Paul Wodeshick. MR. RAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let me just be sure that we're all on the

e nature of the crime and the present circumstance, so there will be no direct contact with any of the victims. If Mr. Hoffenberg wants to talk to Jamie Dimon or Jeremy Epstein or Volker or anybody else about getting some money back, that's fine. Obviously, he can do that. Here's the point. If this is go

icer Michael Cox and supervising U.S. Probation Officer Paul Wodeshick. MR. BAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let m

tion Officer Paul Wodeshick. MR. BAISE: Your Honor, Gary Baise, Olsson Frank, Washington, D.C., for Mr. Steven Hoffenberg. I'm accompanied by Mr. Hoffenberg and counsel for Towers Investors and one of the investors, Mr. Ed Kramer, from Mintz & Fraade. THE COURT: Let me just be sure that we're all on the

he crime and the present circumstance, so there will be no ..+•••-•r • direct contact with any of the virtimo„. If Mr. Hoffenberg wants to talk to Jamie Dimon or Jeremy Epstein or Volker or anybody else about getting some money back, that's fine. Obviously, he can do that. Here's the point. If this is goi

A former business partner of Epstein's, Steven Hoffenberg, even explained how Epstein assisted him in runni

30 219. Media reports also appeared about Epstein's prior SEC violations in his job at Bear Stearns arose. A former business partner of Epstein's, Steven Hoffenberg, even explained how Epstein assisted him in running a massive Ponzi scheme that landed Hoffenberg in prison. JP Morgan was aware of these and other

ct JP Morgan's knowledge of the extensive publicly available information about Epstein's sex-trafficking scheme. 216. JP Morgan, including its CEO Jamie Dimon and the highest levels of the bank, made the decision to monitor the public news being disseminated about Epstein, knew that Epstein had been arres