Epstein Secrets

ing to Epstein's former business partner, Steven Hoffenberg, Robert Maxwell introduced his daughter to Epstei

with Jeffrey Epstein Accounts differ on when Maxwell first met American financier Jeffrey Epstein. According to Epstein's former business partner, Steven Hoffenberg, Robert Maxwell introduced his daughter to Epstein in the late 19805.149.1 The Times reported that Maxwell met Epstein in the early 1990s at a New

arge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell a journal in which he had recorded Epstein's activities. FBI Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed it was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including name

°1[49] In the mid- 19805, Epstein traveled multiple times between the United States, Europe, and Southwest Asia.(5°1[50 While in London, Epstein met Steven Hoffenberg. They had been introduced through Douglas Leese, a defense contractor, and John Mitchell, the former U.S. Attorney General.Ll°1 Towers Financial Co

and Epstein then refashioned themselves as corporate raiders using Towers Financial as their raiding vessel. One of Epstein's first assignments for Hoffenberg was to implement what turned out to be an unsuccessful bid to take over Pan American World Airways in 1987. A similar unsuccessful bid in 1988,was

arge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell a journal in which he had recorded Epstein's activities. FBI Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed it was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the case, including name

State: NJ Postal Code: 08640 Country: USA Phone #: (609) 723-1100 LEAD(s): Set Lead 1: (Action) NEWARK AT TRENTON, NJ To interview federal inmate, STEVEN HOFFENBERG, BOP number 35601-054, regarding the murder of ARTHUR SHAPIRO. ** (Overall Document Classification Required) SDNY_GM_02 753260 EFTA_0O240508 EFT

RA to conduct interview of federal inmate, STEVEN HOFFENBERG, regarding captioned investigation. Details: In

ALFREDO - SEE SUB Details: Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/02/2010 To: Newark Attn: Trenton RA SSA Frank O'Neill From: Miami PB-2/PBCRA Contact: SA Christina Pryor, (561)822-5949 Approved By: Donohoe Michael J Drafted By: Pryor Christina J:cjp Case ID f: 72-MM-113327 (Pending) Title: ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ; OBSTRUC

er Drive, Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Attn: SA Christina Pryor RE: Law Enforcement Request Freedom of Information Request No. 2011-01640 Steven Hoffenberg, Register No. 35601-054 and Berry Lester Kessler, Register No. 61264-061 Dear Ms. Pryor: This is in response to your Law Enforcement request for

e of death that are maintained by the Federal Bureau of Prisons for Steven Hoffenberg and Berry Lester Kessler. Enclosed please find a copy of Mr. Hoffenberg's and Berry Lester Kessler's records. These records are enclosed and released in accordance with provisions set forth in 28 C.F.R. Part 16, Subpar

vember 29, 2010 U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation 505 South Flagler Drive, Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 Attn: SA Christina Pryor RE: Law Enforcement Request Freedom of Information Request No. 2011-01640 Steven Hoffenberg, Register No. 35601-054 and Berry Lester Kessler, Reg

pstein’s friends and ex-friends: Nobel Prize-winning gant e ea a i scientists, financiers who worked with Epstein at Bear Stearns. | (i She'd handled Steven Hoffenberg with aplomb. And, working with Vanity Fair's editors, she'd figured out ways to slip even more information between the lines, in ways that would allo

pstein at Bear Stearns. | (i She'd handled Steven Hoffenberg with aplomb. And, working with Vanity Fair's edit

had over to the authorities. By | demanding money for the information, Rodriguez was commit: = ting another crime. According to a sworn statement by Christina Pryor, a special | agent with the FBI, Rodriguez “persisted that he would only turty over the information in his possession in exchange for $50,000." 218

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had over to the authorities. By a demanding money for the information, Rodriguez was commit 4 ting another crime. According to a sworn statement by Christina Pryor, a special | agent with the FBI, Rodriguez “persisted that he would only turn 0,000" over the information in his possession in exchange for $5 218