Mr. Epstein is the president. A spokeswoman for Mr. Wexner said the retail magnate had "severed ties" with Mr. Epstein about a decade ago. Calls to Financial Trust's office in St. Thomas and to a lawyer for Mr. Epstein there have not been returned. Over the weekend, investigators smashed the tall wooden front doo

Mr. Epstein is the president. A spokeswoman for Mr. Wexner said the retail magnate had "severed ties" with Mr. Epstein about a decade ago. Calls to Financial Trust's office in St. Thomas and to a lawyer for Mr. Epstein there have not been returned. Over the weekend, investigators smashed the tall wooden front do

s Value Recovery Fund I LLC ("the Fund") was withdrawn so long as the Fund GP consented to and the Investment Manager assisted with the transfer of Financial Trust's interests in the Fund, and did so prior to the end of 2006. In reliance on that representation, the Fund GP approved the transfer and the Investment

ht to induce Financial Trust to retain its Bear Stearns stock because, among other reasons, Bear Stearns knew that other large investors would view Financial Trust's sale of a significant block of shares of Bear Stearns stock as a loss EFTA00729585 Case: 3:09-cv-00106 Document #: 1 Filed: 08/05/2009 Page 4 o

for services, rather than gains from investments — of $66 million in 2006. In 2007, the year that Mr. Wexner said he had cut ties with Mr. Epstein, Financial Trust's fee income was just shy of $4 million. In 2008, it was $100,000. Financial Trust reported fee income of $100,000 for the next three years, then none