Epstein Secrets

0:56:46 VERITEXT REPORTING COMPANY www.veritext.com EFTA00299179 Page 96 1 Epstein 2 A. Between zero and the formula that I 3 think Paul, Weiss put together four years ago. 4 Q. Have you ever acted as a finder in a 5 transaction like this before? 10:57:03 6 A. I don't recall. 7 Q.

cation.) 18 Q. Have you seen this document before? 19 A. No. 20 Q. This appears to be a memorandum to the 09:57:55 21 limited partners of D.B. Zwirn Special 22 Opportunities Fund; correct? 23 A. It appears to be. 24 Q. And you were one of those limited 25 partners; correct? 09:58:05 VE

rstanding now? 18 A. Yes. 19 Q. And was that understanding based on? 20 A. My understanding is I had one capital 09:15:48 21 account with D.B. Zwirn, that I was the original 22 investor -- one of the original investors in 23 D.B. Zwirn, and the transaction that I structured 24 early on is th

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sent Jeffrey Epstein, Financial Trust Company, Inc., and Jeepers, Inc. (collectively "Epstein") in connection with claims regarding an investment in D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, L.P. k/n/a Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC. I am writing in an effort to avoid litigation by settling this dispute.

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sent Jeffrey Epstein, Financial Trust Company, Inc., and Jeepers, Inc. (collectively "Epstein") in connection with claims regarding an investment in D.B. Zwirn Special Opportunities Fund, L.P. k/n/a Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC. I am writing in an effort to avoid litigation by settling this dispute.

XAMINATION BY 3 MR. ARFFA: 4 Q. Good afternoon, Mr. Epstein. 5 A. Good afternoon, Mr. Arffa. 03:46:46 6 Q. I'm Alan Arffa. I'm from Paul, Weiss 7 and represent the current manager, as you know, of 8 the fund. 9 A. Yes, sir. 10 Q. Mr. Epstein, you characterize yourself 03:46:54 11

15 NO. DESCRIPTION PAGE 16 17 Exhibit 1, letter 33 18 Exhibit 2, memorandum dated 9/17/04 49 19 from Zwirn to limited partners of 20 D.B. Zwirn special opportunities fund 21 Exhibit 3, invoice from FTC to Resnick 97 22 Exhibit 4, draft consulting agreement 98 23 with fax cover sheet