Epstein Secrets

THAN KRAMER, 29. Grungy artist has been making a living out of painting since he was in college. Not new to the spotlight (he did date Sophie Dahl), Kramer can be found frequenting Rene Risque concerts. Pro: Is good company and may offer to paint you. Con: Likes to travel around town on a skateboard - w

meantime. howc. zr. there's a wed- ding to plan. Jeffrey Epstein Cil•TIVI ED FROM %tot , a, Bear Stearns and other firms. Epstein resigned from Bear Steams on March 1_. The S.E.C. was tipped oil that Epstein had information on insider trading at Bear Steams. and it was therefore obliged to question hi

ool. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Steams chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with a daugh- ter of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns. where. under the mentorship of both Greenberg and current Bear Steams C.E.O. James Caync. he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung b

ed in him. saying. for example. that he had left Bear Stearns in 1981 after he was discovered ex- ecuting "illegal operations: Several of Epstein, Lar Stearns contem- poraries recall that Epstein left the compa- ny very suddenly. Wthin the company there were rumors also that he was involved in a technical

Boston Provident. Orin Kramer, the founder of the hedge fund, understood that the money came from Mr. Wexner. Later in 1997, Mr. Epstein called Mr. Kramer and asked him to stop by his office. Mr. Dershowitz also attended the meeting. At the meeting, Mr. Epstein asked Mr. Kramer to accept an investment

tz later said that he was Mr. Epstein's intellectual gift to Mr. Wexner. 6. In the seventies, Mr. Epstein had been a trader and a wealth manager at Bear, Stearns, before leaving in 1981 to start a small firm, J. Epstein & Co. 7. In 1987, Mr. Wexner hired Mr. Epstein as his financial adviser. Mr. Epstein has

Boston Provident. Orin Kramer, the founder of the hedge fund, understood that the money came from Mr. Wexner. Later in 1997, Mr. Epstein called Mr. Kramer and asked him to stop by his office. Mr. Dershowitz also attended the meeting. At the meeting, Mr. Epstein asked Mr. Kramer to accept an investment

tz later said that he was Mr. Epstein's intellectual gift to Mr. Wexner. 6. In the seventies, Mr. Epstein had been a trader and a wealth manager at Bear, Stearns, before leaving in 1981 to start a small firm, J. Epstein & Co. 7. In 1987, Mr. Wexner hired Mr. Epstein as his financial adviser. Mr. Epstein has

THAN KRAMER, 29. Grungy artist has been making a living out of painting since he was in college. Not new to the spotlight (he did date Sophie Dahl), Kramer can be found frequenting Rene Risque concerts. Pro: Is good company and may offer to paint you. Con: Likes to travel around town on a skateboard - w

et. But a report in the March issue of Vanity Fair, on newsstands this week, unmasks Epstein's mystery image. Epstein wasn't exactly the top gun at Bear Steams, as he claims - and left the firm amid a swirl of rumors and an • SEC violation, the article said. His mentor in high finance was Steve Hoffenberg,

THAN KRAMER, 29. Grungy artist has been making a living out of painting since he was in college. Not new to the spotlight (he did date Sophie Dahl), Kramer can be found frequenting Rene Risque concerts. Pro: Is good company and may offer to paint you. Con: Likes to travel around town on a skateboard - w

Islands-based money-management firm, Financial Trust Company, is listed in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a stakeholder in Bear Stearns's High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage Fund, which became much easier to refer to in recent weeks as "Bear Stearns' collapsing h