Epstein Secrets

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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

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chool. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Stearns chairman Ace Greenberg and was friendly with aJAlightsr of Greenberg's. Soon he went to Bear Stearns, where, under the mentorship of both Greenberg Ind current Bear Stearns C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to become a limited partner-a rung be

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

nvolving a civil business ease in Philadelphia. In 1981 the SEC's Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein's testimony and that of other Bear Steams employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender offer placed on March IL 1981. by the Seagram Company Li

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ol. While there he began tutoring the son of Bear Stearns 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 Stearns C.E.O. James Cayne, he did well enough to become a limited partner—a rung

lving a civil business case in Philadelphia. In 1981 the S.E.C.'s Jonathan Harris and Robert Blackburn took Epstein's testimony and that of other Bear Steams employees in part of what became a protracted case about insider trading around a tender offer placed on March II. 1981. by the Seagram Company L

th Mr. Cayne? A: Nd. Q: Have you had any business participations with- Mr. Theram? A: No; nor do I anticipate any. Q: Mr. Epstein, did anyone at Bear Stearns ell you in words or substance that you should lot divulge anything about St. Joe Minerals to he staff of the Securities and Exchange Corn- nission? A:

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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,

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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