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James PaTTERSON
ry yacht, and a Long Island mansion
anhattan apartment. He'd also briefly
‘the New York Post.
bought his own jet, 4 luxu
to go with his expensive M
owned a controlling interest in
To cover his tracks, Hoffenberg had been taking money from
investors and using it to pay previous investors. It was a classic
e—one of the biggest in history —and Hoffenberg
in a federal prison.
din the case? All that Hoffen-
Ponzi schem
ended up spending nineteen years
Why was Epstein not implicate
berg will say when asked is: “Ask Robert Gold.”
Another source suggests that Gold, the former federal prose-
cutor who had helped Epstein recover Ana Obregon’s money,
til there were only a
kept the US attorney away from Epstein un
few weeks left before the statute of limitations ran out.
As for Epstein himself, he would always deny any wrong-
doing. Despite his proximity to Hoffenberg, he managed to avoid
the blast radius.
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kerage and consulting
in the mid-eighties,
_ Palm Beach. Both men were
q the other looked familiar. Th
: and Meister filed the conver:
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4 of Meister’s insurance comp
q the people managing his mo
q Wexner was a billionaire
were in a tangle. Maybe Epst
Y ould also be grateful for the
1 ere's evidence to suggest th
4 last Bear Stearns bonus—
4 covered for Ana Obreg6n—
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