Epstein Secrets

ners and Citigroup. • Rumors that he left Bear Stearns under an SEC inquiry cloud. • Also rumored to have been a spook of some sort. • Mentored by 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 history.' • His r

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 incarcerated

que. Hoffenberg hired his new pro- tege as a consultant at 525.000 a month. and the relationship flourished. "They trav- eled everywhere 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

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umen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a noto

ittle evidence that Mr. Epstein is a billionaire. Mr. Epstein's wealth may have depended less on his math acumen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New York Post and a notorious fraudster later convicted of running a $460 million Ponzi scheme, and Leslie H. Wexner, the

2000 and can corroborate that it was consensual. Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella report: "Barry J. Pollack has written to a !prosecutor in Durham. N.C.. to say that the Page 13838 EFTA00044349 , witness — whom he did not identify — backs up Fairfax's claim that Watson's charge against him

umen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New EFTA00044386 York

ittle evidence that Mr. Epstein is a billionaire. Mr. Epstein's wealth may have depended less on his math acumen than his connections to two men — Steven J. Hoffenberg, a onetime owner of The New EFTA00044386 York Post and a notorious fraudster later convicted of running a $460 million Ponzi scheme, and Leslie H

n 2000 and can corroborate that it was consensual. Gregory S. Schneider and Laura Vozzella report: "Barry J. Pollack has written to a prosecutor in Durham, N.C., to say that the witness — whom he did not identify — backs up Fairfax's claim that Watson's charge against him is 'demonstrably false.' Wats