Epstein Secrets

ve who Markus said called Muentes repeatedly and steered him toward an underage prostitute. CI) Holy Cross p Hos ital 2" Year in a row <J4, ‘s, AMERICAS 50 BEST HOSPITALS But prosecutors insisted Muentes made the choice to request a teenager without encouragement and took concrete steps toward act

sraelis bag past when Arab fighters would see the advancing Israeli army, dis- card their boots and flee in terror. The strategy of Israel's (and Americab) enemies today is to lure the military superpower into a pro- tracted conflict 'lb accept the bait, as the Israelis did in assaulting Leb- anon and

hattan home address. ached by telephone, she dieclii~pstein. ■ 23, whose fam- ily in ugos via ps in paid money to so that he could bring her to the United States to be his "sex slave," two teenage - tikrthlkat. -LE S-Cirtunk- I cloy -Sivt Is Icovk -1 351N feillo -1 • • • girls told police. One gir th

as opted to prop up that entity with $1.6 billion in loans (see BusinessWeek.com, 6/22/07, "Bear Stearns to the Rescue—Sort Of"). The four-year-old Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Leverage fund was down about 10% as of the end of April. Bear Stearns has suspended investor redemptions in that fund, too. The W

tional 968107 6 EFTA00300208 Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or, if the transaction which gives rise to such controversy is effected in another United States market which provides arbitration facilities, before such other facilities." The NASD is now known as the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority

rved by email and first class mail, this 16th day of September, 2009, on: Gabrielle Gould KRAMER LEVIN NAFTAILIS & FRANKEL LLP 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York New York 10036 E-mail: David B. Anders Meredith L. Turner WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ 51 West 52nd Street New York New York 10019

t and trusted friend to many senior executives at Bear Steams. 4. In August 2006, FTC invested in excess of $20 million in a hedge fund called the Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Enhanced Leverage Fund, L.P. (the "Enhanced Fund"). Tenth months later, this investment was wiped out when the Enhanced Fund, which in the i

he following Definitions and Instructions, on or before February 5, 2010, at the offices of Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP, 1177 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10036. Definitions and Instruction 1. The term "Amended Statement of Claim" means the Amended Statement of Claim, filed in th

e and encompass "all," and "all" shall be understood to include and encompass "any." - 2 - KU 274066.1 EFTA00724437 10. The term "Funds" means Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies, L.P., Bear Steams High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage, L.P., Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Str

ully submitted, KRAMER LEVIN NAFTALIS & FRANKEL LLP B ki tatE Marshall H. Fialun f an Stephen M. Sinaiko Gabrielle L. Gould 1177 Avenue of the Americas New York, New York 10036 Attorneys for Respondents The Bear Steams Companies, Inc., Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc., and Bear Steams Asset Management In

vember 2006, Epstein caused FTC and COUQ to invest nearly $35 million in Bear Steams High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies, L.P. (the "HG Fund"), Bear Stearns High-Grade Structured Credit Strategies Enhanced Leverage, L.P. (the "EL Fund"; together with the HG Fund, the "HG Funds") and Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Partn