ssing from his yacht off the Canary Islands. Maxwell's empire — thought to be intact when he died -- stretched across the Atlantic and included both the Mirror Group of newspapers in Britain and the New York Daily News. Maxwell's sons have been the focus of attention since last December, when the empire collapse

ide. The Serious Fraud Office has been investigating missing pension funds of Maxwell's Mirror Group Newspapers PLC, as well as missing funds from the Mirror Group. The agency is also looking into a complaint from Swiss Bank Corp., which says it did not receive collateral for a $100 million loan to a small pr

ng U.S. journalist Seymour Hersh for alleging in a new book that lie had ties to Israel's Mossad spy agency. In London, Charles Wilson, director of the Mirror Group. said there had been no suggestion of foul play in the death: "We can only asswne that Mr. Maxwell slipped and fell overboard." Wilson also ruled o

he boards of Maxwell's companies named Maxwell's son Kevin, 32, as acting chairman of Maxwell Communications, and son Ian, 35, as acting chairman of the Mirror Group. The sons have long worked in the family business. I PAGE 1 Confidential Treatment Requested by JPMorgan Chase JPM-SDNY-00062518 EFTA01582933

ide. The Serious Fraud Office has been investigating missing pension funds of Maxwell's Mirror Group Newspapers PLC, as well as missing funds from the Mirror Group. The agency is also looking into a complaint from Swiss Bank Corp., which says it did not receive collateral for a $100 million loan to a small pr