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Jeffrey Epstein Source of Wealth Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born I is an American financier and registered sex offender in the United States. He worked at Bear Steams early in his career and then formed his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. In 2008, Epstein was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which he served 13 months in prison. He lives in the US Virgin Islands. Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975. Among his students was a son of Alan C. Greenberg, chairman of Bear Steams. In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Steams where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies. Proving successful in his financial career, in 1980 Epstein became a partner at Bear Stearns. In 1982, Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co., managing the assets of clients with more than $1 billion in net worth. In 1987, Leslie Wexner, founder and chairman of Ohio-based The Limited chain of women's clothing stores, became a well-known client. Wexner acquired Abercrombie & Fitch the following year. In 1992 he converted a private school on the Upper East Side into an enormous residence. Epstein later bought that property, in the wealthiest part of Manhattan. In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2003, Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine. Other bidders were advertising executive Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Peitz, media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman, who had the New York Daily News, and film producer Harvey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid $55 million. In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Maer Roshan. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture. Roshan, as its editor-in-chief, retained a small ownership stake. Below are the links to support this source of wealth. Attached are copies of the articles from the links below. • httos://en.wikipedia.ordwiki/Jeffrey Epstein • http://nvmaa.comMvmetro/news/people/n 7912/ • http://www.therichest.com/celebnetworth/celebrity-business/menheffrev-epstein-net-worth/ • https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/ieffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher- turned-tvcoon SDNY_GM_00060000 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.ctPN(F IDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0022824 EFTA_00I 70544 EFTA01297125 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 1 of 6 Jeffrey Epstein From Wthipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeffrey Edward Epstein (born January 20. 1953) is an American financier and registered sex offender in the United States." He worked at Bear Swann early in his career and then formed his own firm, J. Epstein & Co. la 2008, Epstein was convicted of soliciting an underage girl for prostitution, for which be saved 13 months in prison.r21 He lives in the US Virgin Islands. Contents • I Early life • 2 Career • 3 Residences • 4 Science philanthropy • 5 Criminal proceedings • 5.1 Sentencing • 51 Reactions • 5.3 Suit against federal govemmenl re: plea deal • 6 Civil proceedings • 6.1 Virginia Roberts lawsuits • 7 References • 8 External links Early life Jeffrey Epstein Epstein at Hand Ulm cony Born Jeffrey Edward Epslem January 20. '933 Brooklyn. New York. US Residence Little Saint James, U.S. Virgin Islands Palm Bach. Florida New York City Nationality Amman Citizenship United Suits Occupation Financier Owner. Jet na Epstein VI Foundation Epstein wan bean in Brooklyn, New York. to a middle-class Jewish family. His father worked for New York City's parks." Epstein attended Lafayette High School. Ile attended classes at Cooper Union from 1969 to 1971 and later at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences at NYU. He left without a degree. Career Epstein taught calculus and physics at the Dalton School in Manhattan from 1973 to 1975.H1 Among his students was a son of Alan C. Greenberg. chairman of Bear Stearns." In 1976, Epstein started work as an options trader at Bear Stearns," where he worked in the special products division, advising high-net-worth clients on tax strategies." Proving suremsful in his fuuuxial career, in 1980 Epstein became a partner at Bear Stearns?' In 1982. Epstein founded his own financial management firm, J. Epstein & Co.. managing the assets of clients with more than El billion in net worth. In 1987, Leslie Wexner, founder and daimon of Ohio-based The Limited chain of women's clothing stores. became a well-known client.i'l Wexner acquired Abercrombie & Fitch the following year. In 1992 he converted a private school on the Upper East Side into an enormous residence. Epstein later bought that property, in the wealthimt pan of Manhattan. In 1996, Epstein changed the name of his firm to the Financial Trust Company and, for tax advantages, based it on the Island of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands." In 2003. Epstein bid to acquire New York magazine. Other bidders were advertising executive Donny Deutsch, investor Nelson Path media mogul and publisher Mortimer Zuckerman. who had the Kew York Daily ?trews, and film producer liantey Weinstein. They were ultimately outbid by Bruce Wasserstein, a longtime Wall Street investor, who paid 555 million." In 2004, Epstein and Zuckerman committed up to $25 million to finance Radar, a celebrity and pop culture magazine founded by Miser Roshan. Epstein and Zuckerman were equal partners in the venture. Roshan, as its editor-in-chief, retained a small ownership seake.I41 In September 2002, Epstein flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spaccy and Chris Tucker to Africa in his private Boeing 727.14in Epstein is also a longtime friend of Prince Andrew. Duke of York_ and has partied with celebrities such as Katie Courie, George Stephanopoulos. Charlie Rose, and Woody Allen." Residences https://en.wikipedia.org/wikineffrey_Epstein 6/23/2017 SDNY_Ghl_00060001 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED- R.QP NE I D E NTIAL DB-SDNY-0022825 EFTA_00170545 EFTA01297126 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 2 of 6 Epstein's New York home is reputedly the largest private residence in Manhattan:1°i it was originally built as the Birch Wathen School. The 50.000-square- foot (4,600 m2). 9-scot) mansion is just off Fifth Avenue and overlooks the Frick Collection. The financier's other pruµrr;es include a villa in Palm Beach, Florida; an apartment in Paris; a 10,000-acre ranch with a hilltop mansion in Stanley, New Mexico:11°1i" and a private island near St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands called Little Saint James that includes a mansion and guest houses. Science philanthropy In 2000 he established the Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation, which funds science research and education. Prior to 2003. Niacin's foundation funded Martin Nowak's research a the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. In May 2003. Epstein established the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics al Harvard University with a 530 million gift to the universityP2I Under the direction of Martin Nowak. the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics is a graduate department that studies the evolution of molecular biology with the use of mathematics, focusing on diseases such as cancer, IIW and other virses."3"I The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation has also funded genetic research leading towards advances in such fields as Alzheimer's disease, multiple sclerosis. ovarian cancer. breast cancer. colitis and Croat's disease. Epstein has given funds to the American Cancer Society, for projects such as circulating water cell technology, a blood test to identify genetic mutations to anti-inhibitor cancer augs.IIII Through such philanthropy, Epstein has associated with many well-known scientific figures, such as Gerald Edelman Murray Gal -Mann. Stephen Hawking, Kip Thome, Lawrence Krauss, Lee Smolin and Gregory BenfordlSIIIII'm In 2006. Epstein's foundations sponsored a conference on St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands with Hawking. Krauss. and Nobel laureates Gerard t Hooll, David Gross and Frank Valeta:, covering such topics as unified gravity theory, neuroscience. the origins of language and global threats to the Earthi'cl The Jeffrey Epstein VI Foundation has hacked research into artificial intelligence: it had been supporting Marvin Minsky at MIT (until his death) and is supporting Ben Goertzel in Hong Konftrilli The extern of Epstein's claimed philanthropy is unknown. This foundation fails to disclose information which other charities routinely disclose. Concerns have been raised ova this lack of transparency. and in 2015 the New York Attorney General has reported as eying to get information.091 Criminal proceedings In March 2005, a woman contacted Palm Beach, Florida police and alleged that her 14-year-old stepdaughter had been taken to Jeffrey Epstein's mansion by an older girl. There she was paid $300 to strip and massage Epstein.iill She had undressed. but left the encounter wearing her undcnvear.g°I Police started an 11-month undercover investigation of Epstein, followed by a search of his home. The FBI also became involved in the invest igation.H Subsequently. the police alleged that Epstein had paid several escorts to perform sexual acts on him. Interviews with five alleged victims and IT witnesses under oath, a high school transcript. and other items they found in Epstein's uash and home allegedly showed that sonic of the girls involved were under IS. late The police search of Epstein's home found large numbers of photos of girls throughout the house, some of whom the police had interviewed in the course of their investigation" The Insernational Business Times reported that papas filed in a 2006 lawsuit alleged that Epstein installed concealed cameras in numerous places on his property, to record sexual activity with underage girls by prominent people for criminal purposes such as blackmail." Epstein allegedly "loaned' girls to powerful people to ingratiate himself with them and also to gain possible blackmail infomationrl In 2015. evidence cane to light that one of the powerful men at Epstein's mansion may have been Prince Andrew of the UK.I91 A former employee told the police that Epstein would receive massages three times a day Eventually the FBI received accounts from about 40 girls whose allegations of molestation by Epstein included overlapping details.jtt The Guardian said, 'Despite this. the LIS government eventually agreed to allow Epstein to plead guilty to just one count of soliciting prostitution from an underage girl under Florida state law. ... Epstein agreed not to contest civil claims brought by the 40 women identified by the FBI, but escaped a prosecution that could have seen hint jailed for the rest of his life. ... Prosecutors agreed not to bring far more serious federal charges against Epstein. and not to charge -potential co-conspirators". including four named individuals.el In May 2006, Palm Beach police filed a probable cause affidavit saying that Epstein should be charged with four counts of unlawful sex with minors and one molestation count.12°I His team of defense lawyers included Gerald Lefkourt, Alan Dershowitz and later Ken Starr." Epstein passed a polygraph test in which he was asked whether he knew of the underage status of the girls.I231 After the federal government agreed to charging Epstein on one count under state law, the prosecution convened a grand jury. Former chief of Palm Beach police Michael Reiter later wrote to State Attorney Harry Krischer to complain of the axe's 'highly unusual' conduct and asked him to remove himself from the case.111i The grand jury returned a single charge of felony solicitation of prostitution," to which Epstein pleaded not guilty in August 200O25l Sentencing https://en.wikipedia.org/wikilleffrey_Epstein CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QQNtIDENTIAL 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00060002 DB-SDNY-0022826 EF1'A_00170546 EFTA01297127 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 3 of 6 In June 2008. after Epstein pleaded guilty to a single state charge of soliciting prostitution front girls as young as 14." he was sentenced to IS-months in prison. He served 13 months before being released. At release, he was registered in New York State as a level three (high risk of re-offense) ex offender. a lifelong designation.ln" Reactions After the accusations became public, several persons and institutions mimed donations which they had received from Epstein, including Eliot Spitzer. Bill Ristardsonlill and the Palm Beach Police Departmcnt.E" Harvard University announced that it would not return any money." Various charitable donations that Epstein had made to fireince children's education were also questioned" On June 18.2010. Epstein's former house manager, Alfredo Rodriguez, was sentenced to I8 months incarceration atter being convicted on an obstruction charge for failing to turn over to police, and subsequently trying to sell, a journal in which he had recorded Epstein's activities. FBI Special Agent Christina Pryor reviewed the material and agreed a was information "that would have been extremely useful in investigating and prosecuting the ease, including names and contact information of material witnesses and additional victims'?" Solt against federal government re: plea deal In a separate case, on April 7.2015, Judge Kenneth Main ruled that the allegations made by Virginia Roberts against Prince Andrew had no bearing on a current (and longrunning) lawsuit by alleged victims seeking co reopen Epstein's non-prosecution plea agreement with the federal government; he ordered it to be struck from the record?" There was an effort to add Robert and another woman as plaintiffs to that case. Judge Nam made no ruling as to whether claims by Roberts am true or false.'" Marra specifically said that Roberts may later give evidence when the ease conies to awn." Civil proceedings On February 6, 2008. an anonymous Virginia woman filed a S50 million civil lawsuit" in federal court against Epstein, alleging that when she was a 16- year-old minor in 2004-2005, she was "recruited to give Epstein a massage". She claims she was taken to his mansion, where he exposed himself and had sexual intercourse with her, and paid her S200 immediately afterwardl" A similar S50 million suit was filed in March 2008 by a different woman, who was represented by the same lawyer." These and several similar lawsuits were dismissod.I'l'I All other lawsuits were settled by Epstein out of count" Epstein has made many out-of-court settlements with alleged victims and. as of January 2015, Salle eases remain open. Ml A December 30, 2014, federal civil suit was filed in Florida against the United States for violations of the Crime Victims Rights Act by the Department of Justice's 8g:iceman to Epstein's limited 2008 plea: the suit also accuses Alan l)ashowitz of sexually abusing a minor provided by Epstein.'" (See Two Jana Does v. United Slates.) The allegations against DCTS110Witi were stricken by the judge and eliminated from the case because he said they were outside the intent of the suit to re-open the plea agreement."II "+7 A document filed in court alleges that Epstein ran a 'sexual abuse ring", and lens underage girls to "prominent American politicians. powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known prime minister. and other world leaders'!JD' Another woman, identified by the pseudonym "WAS Johnson" 1h1 filed a lawsuit in California federal court on April 26. 2016. accusing Epstein and real estate businessman Donald Trump (now President of the United States) of raping her in 1994, when she was 13 years old.lul"Wl At the time or tiling. Trump was campaigning to become the Republican Party candidate for the office of U.S. President. Judges Ronnie Abrams and James C. Francis IV presided over the case against Epstein and Trump." The suit. which Johnson had filed without counsel. was dismissed on technical grounds after the court determined that the address listed for "Katie Johnson' was a foreclosed abandoned home whose resident had died and the provided tekphone contact information was also not a functioning contact!" The woman (now using the pseudonym "Jane Doe, filed a new lawsuit in June 2016. this time in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. She excluded some of her previous accusations, such as that Trump threw money for an abortion at her and that he called Epstein a 'Jew bastard".'" Following a delay caused by the accuser failing to show that the defendants had been served with formal notice of the suit" the suit was voluntarily dismissed on September If" The woman's lawyer said she would re-tile the lawsuit and would provide an additional witness to substantiate the claims." On September 30. 2016. the woman re-filed the lawsuit in New York. with an additional witness identified by the pseudonym `Joan There was no further information available on the allegations outside the claims made anonymously by the two women. They were not made available for contact by the press.'" Civil rights lawyer and legal analyst Lisa Bloom WOW in a June 2016 blue post for the Huffinvon Pan that the claims by the anonymous individuals were credible enough to warrant further imestigation." Journalist Jon Swathe reported in The Guardian in July 2016 that the "Katie Johnson" lawsuits appeared to be orchestrated by Nom) Lubow, a former producer on the The Jerry Springer Show. He described Lubow as "an eccentric anti-Trump campaigner with a record of making outlandish claims about celehrities")" The woman (ailed to appear at a press conference announced by her attorneys, saying she was fearful because of threats. She granted an interview to The Daily Mail together with Bloom (whom the Daily Mad identified as her lawyer) and permitted photographs. Soon alter that. the woman dropped her lawsuit against Epstein and Trump on November 4, 2016.'445' 11ml The Dan), Mail said their reporters were aware of the woman's identity but were honoring her request to protect bet privacy and not release her name. Her attorneys said the woman dropped her suit out of fear, based on having received "numerous threats" against her life"' littps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epstein 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_0000300133 ----- CON RDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED_ R. - . DB-SDNY-0022827 EFTA_00 170547 EFTA01297128 Jeffrey Epstein - Wikipedia Page 4 of 6 In March 2017. sane sources reported that President Donald Trump had been called as a witness in a new case against Epstein. Virginia Roberts lawsuits In Jemmy 2015, a 31-ycar-old American woman. Virginia Roberts, alleged in a sworn affidavit that at the age of 17, she had been held as a sex stave by Epstein. lie trafficked her to several people, including Prince Andrew and Harvard Law prolessor Alan ~howled_ She claimed that Epstein arid others bad physically and sexually abused hstr.I551 She alleged that the Fat may have been involved in a cover-up.r ‘ i Roberts said she served as Epstein's sex slave horn 1999 to 2002. and recruited other under-age girls.1" 1 Prince Andrew. Epstein and Dershowitz all deny having had sex with Roberts. Dershowitz reportedly was taking legal action over the allegations."" °I A diary purported to belong to Roberts was published onlinc.tell" Epstein made a settlement with Roberts out of court as he did in several other lawsuiU.I" The BBC television series Panorama planned an instigation of the scandal." As of 2016 these claims had not been tested in any law eourtl" References I. Lewis. 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Roy (January 5.20151 'Prince Andrew story' nuts and nins - but editors should beware' (arm ilwww.theguardion.comlnardirdsreensIslee2015.janAMIprinea andrew-story.runs.anthruns-bubcditoessrlyouth-beware). 27w Gurmrien. Retrieved June II, 2017. hops://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JeffreeyyJ_{EEpstteeii1nrr'' CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. 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By using this site. you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipediat is a rcginered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-pot-it organiy,ation. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Epsten CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.eDNEIDENTIAL 6/23/2017 SONY_GM_000600013 DB-SDNY-0022830 EF1'A_00170550 EFTA01297131 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery Page 1 of 2 PROM& Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery He's pals with a passel of Nobel Prize—winning scientists, CEOs like Leslie Wexner of the Limited, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell, even Donald 'frump. But It wasn't until be flew Bill Clinton, Kevin Spaeey, and Chris Tucker to Africa on his private Boeing 7a7 that the world began to wonder who he Is. Bf anon Threat Jr. Mawr) tone Cs, Cash Casual: Epstein Meioses down. Ile tomes with cash to burn. a fleet of airplanes. and a keen eye for the ladies to say ambit's of a relentless brain that challenge* Nobel Prior -winning scientists across the country — and (or financial markets around the world. FiVer since tlw ?nets 'Page Sie ran an Rem about the president'' late-September visit in Africa with Kevin Swett anal Chris Tucker —on his new lamcfsaur's cast canned Raving 7r; • • the question of the day has Wen: Isho in the world is Jeffrey Epstein? Ws s life hill of quimtion marks. Epstein Is said to run $15 billion for wealthy clients. yet aside from banked kande:stalk Wexner. his diem list is a closely held secret. A former Dalton math teacher, he maintains a peripatetic salon of brilliant scientist' yet PnweSse* no bachelor's degree. For more than ten years. he's been linked to Manhattan-London society Pogue Ghislaitie Maxwell.daughter of the mucteritunty deceased media titan Robert Maxwell. vet he lists thelifearta bachelor, legging ann hours a year in his various planes as he scours the world for investment opportunities. Ile owns what is aid to be Manhattan's largest private bowie yet mos Iris business (mm a ion-acre midi° Wand M M. Thomas. Power on Wall Sired has pmeni0y accrued to those who haw madetheir open bids for it. Soros. Knwis. Weill. The RUM rind Mang of their successes and failures has been plawed ow in public. Eporin Meeks the mold. Most everyoneon the Street has heard of him. betnob.* went* to know what the hell he is up tO. Which is just the way- he likes It. "My belief is that reff msintsitui some son of moneysommacioda flow ihmigh son won't ma a samisen aimed from him.' sass one waken's:la investor. lit mire told me he bad goo pcopk working for him. and Ere also heard Mat he manages Rockefeller mond.. Rut one tier knows. It's like looking at the Winos/ of Ch.— there may be km there than meets the c.v.' Sass another prominent Wall Streeter: 'fie et this insmetious. Conbstsque figure. tie likes people to think that hr hien-rid,. and he cultivates this air of Madness:the whole thing is weird.' The wizard that meets the eye is spare and fit: with a long jaw and a camfully coiffed head of /hem hair. be looks like a taller. stooge Ralph lauren. A raspy limoklyn ascent betrays his Coney bland origins. Be spends an hour and fifteen mimed every day chins mkanced yoga wish his pets oral insi metre. who travels with him wherever lie goes. Ile is an enthusiastic member of the Milstein/ Commission and the Council on Foreign gelatins Ile dances cannily—jean:4. open- necked shins. and sneakers and is rare/y men in a tie Indeed. those doze to Lim say the reason he Quit his board seat at the Rockefelkr Institute was that he hated wearing a suit. "It feels like a dress.' be told one friend. Epstein likes to tea maple that he's a lances man who's isomer touched akuhal or dings, and nut whose nightlife Is fin' hom energetic. And yet if you talk to Donald Trump. a different Epstein emerges. 'I've knownJeff for fifteen years Terrific guy,"Tromp booms from a spackerplione. 'Iles a Int of fun robe with. It is men said that he likes beautiful %mown as much as I dn. and many of dirmi are on the younger tide. No doubt about it —Jeffrey colas his social life: Rut beautiful women are 'soly a pan of it. Renew hen's the thing about Epstein: As some collect huttailks. he macaw Scout iful minas 9 invest in people be it politics or science. It's what I do.' he has said to friends. And his latest prise addition is the fonwr presider. In his eyes. Clinton as a species represents the higlaut evolutionarytom, of the political animal. To be up close to him, as he was during the African journey. is skin to seeing the Tanga of beasts on a safari. AS he put it to a friend upon his return from, Africa. -If you were a boxer at the downtown primasium at sada Street and Mike 'Isson walked in. your lace would trace the same look as these foreign leaders had when Clinkm entered the room. Itt is the world's greatest politician. "Scrims is both a highly successful financier and a committed grid:millennial with a keen erns.: of 0°1,0 fliblitelt and an in-depth losnaledke of turnly•firstweinud wience.• Clinton says through a spokesman. http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n_7912/ CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED R.CON(F I D E N T I A L 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00060007 DB-SDNY-0022831 EF1'A_0017055 I EFTA01297132 Jeffrey Epstein: International Moneyman of Mystery Page 2 of 2 easeially appreciated his ItteLghts and senerosity during the recent trip to »ta to nurken demormaration. esupowering the por. Mines senire. and combating Befare Ctininn. hipswin's rare appeuranees in the spatia alumn tended to he speredation as to the tnie mimre of his nialka 'lp with Chi»l»in Maxwell. White they air alöl k:knak the Engkall takka& have smul:ned den blamert' Ims loged fora mote pennanst ~lus and dan for unikterminett zooma Eslet n hal: not neiprocated in Mnd. 'Wc n nwaterious telationship inn die>: have: sms society »usalig David Patrick Columbia. *In oneway. dwy are sold mates. )et they are hardly companions anynnwe. lysa nke conventional relationship. where tier serve sch other's j:airport:C Frieri& rit the Ist spy I hat Maxwell, whaw soda' lit bas dott» hett higheromane tian lipmein's. lent a kule pinas to the Iset:trekk Epatin. Indeed. at n porkv at Maxweirs house, lwrfrietaLs my. une ia juta as apt to see &sinn latliat ef the night sone is to see Prise Andrew. ille Oxfonlierlucated Maxwell, dermilksd by menyasa mun-cuter kåte Abs her oven hektes« and erm retna:y o.m lining with Clints at Nelkis on Mndisen Sverme). liver in her matt townlmeac a few Horka away. Fislein is frequently sett, untuid town with a bety urnen:tty Jaung wamen bm ilkar has been no beklind nemt to replag Maxwell. You ens mad Sont Ledeey in the social entoms, bul dere is murk son to kim than tinn,' myr Jonsyr. Leet dilte private *gniti: farm ladt Seld & Ca 'Heis n talemed moory ni:mager and sin extremely hardworkios person with tweed keisam. Mest usamd. Smash. ka that In Ihir incdiJ-ohremed age he is not in any sms u aelf-promoter." Born in tem and raised in Coney Island. bystein went to Lafsette !fisk &hent Accurding lo his birk he kink mime dmas in physis al Cooper Union from t969 lo urt. Ile kil Cooper Union in mi and tencoded NYUX <Strant Institute, «Ise hemok courses in mathanatical pleiriology of the hent. 10mi:stutt «imot too. without a dess:. Pensen urt and IrS. Eintein taught stads and Idesirs at the Dalten School. By most nceounts he susninelting of a Kahin Sakset-in-Demi /Set Seriøs type of fiste. swing his hish-school dames with pamionate ntathemmical nifs. So impretated ysta ene Wall Store father of 3 student that he raid lo Epslein poinbblank: 'Sitat me joe <loing skiting innb at Milten? Ymt abmild be workins on Wall Street why &sit ymt Rive frknd Are Orretilters a eat' .111314 Nat 1,.. Aralnea cr All (ev. elli*e i `II?. Ne. Verl Mr/4.0 C MI %Si Racne/ http://nymag.com/nymetro/news/people/n 7912/ 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00060008 CONFIDENTIAL PURSUANT TO FED_ R.CPN( DE' T[AL DB-SDNY-0022832 EF1'A_00170552 EFTA01297133 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon US news I The Guardian Page 1 of 3 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon Investment banker maintained impressive list of powerful contacts before downfall Paul Lewis in New York Sunday 4 January 2015 06.44 EST The rise and fall of Jeffrey Epstein, Wall Street investment banker turned disgraced sex offender, could be a plot line in an F Scott Fitzgerald novel. Raised in a tough Brooklyn neighbourhood, Epstein was working as a maths teacher at a Manhattan private school when, the legend goes, the father of one of his students put him in touch with a partner at the global investment bank Bear Steams. That was 1976. Within six years Epstein had risen through the ranks, working as a trader, before striking out on his own and convincing some of America's wealthiest plutocrats to let him manage their portfolios. https://www.theguardian.corn/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-... 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00060009 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QPNEIDENTIAL DB-SONY-0022833 EFTA_00I70553 EFTA01297134 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon I US news I The Guardian Page 2 of 3 Profiting from the 1980s boom, Epstein quickly amassed his own fortune. Often referred to as a billionaire, Epstein's true net worth remains unknown - in part because much of his wealth is concealed, according to Forbes, in a financial entity in the US Virgin Islands, a tax shelter where he owns his own private island. However, over his career Epstein, 61, acquired properties across the world, including a ranch in New Mexico, a mansion in Palm Beach, Florida, and a 40-room mansion in New York, which is reportedly the largest residential property in Manhattan. With huge wealth came great influence, and Epstein built friendships with powerful figures in the establishment: celebrities, politicians, business moguls and royalty. His list of clients has never been publicly disclosed, although it is well known that one is the billionaire retail magnate Les Wexner, whose empire includes the Victoria's Secret chain. Wexner is understood to have since cut his ties with Epstein. However, the investment banker maintained an impressive contacts list, from Hollywood to Washington. He was a generous philanthropist, donating millions of dollars to Harvard and other institutions engaged in cutting-edge scientific research. He once counted Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Kevin Spacey and Naomi Campbell among his associates, frequently lent his private jet to powerful contacts and became famed for his extravagant parties. Perhaps unsurprisingly, Epstein found himself described as a modem-day Great Gatsby. His downfall, which began almost a decade ago, has been just as dramatic as the eponymous protagonist in Fitzgerald's novel. Epstein was arrested in 2005, after the stepmother of a 14-year-old girl told Florida police he had paid $200 for an erotic massage with her daughter, and later became the subject of an FBI investigation. By the following year prosecutors said they had identified 40 young women who may have been illegally procured by Epstein. Dozens of his alleged victims are reported to have settled with Epstein out of court. The federal inquiry was eventually dropped after Epstein negotiated a deal with prosecutors in which he agreed to plead guilty to a relatively minor state charge relating to soliciting paid sex with a minor. He served 13 months of an 18-month sentence and is now a registered sex offender. A lawsuit against the US government brought by two of Epstein's alleged victims, who are unhappy with the terms of the plea deal, has been ongoing for more than six years. In the latest twist, lawyers for the two women filed a motion in a Florida court this week attempting to add two new plaintiffs to the case. That document surfaces new allegations against Epstein and his associates. The motion portrays Epstein as running a "sexual abuse ring", loaning out underage women to "prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign https://www.thcguardian.com/us-news/2015/jan/02/jeffrey-epstein-rise-and-fall-of-teacher-... 6/23/2017 SDNY_GM_00060010 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R.QQNFIDENTIAL DB-SDNY-0022834 EFTA_00 170554 EFTA01297135 Jeffrey Epstein: the rise and fall of teacher turned tycoon I US news I The Guardian Page 3 of 3 presidents, a well-known prime minister, and other world leaders". Epstein's lawyers did not respond to repeated requests for comment but others identified in the court document have strenuously denied the woman's accusation. Those forcefully rejecting the allegations contained in the court filing on Friday include Prince Andrew, the Duke of York. His friendship with Epstein stems back to the early 1990s. Epstein was also a friend of Andrew's former wife, Sarah Ferguson, once lending her £15,000 to reduce some of her debts. Ferguson later said she regretted taking Epstein's money, which she described as "a gigantic error of judgment". After reports on Friday that the motion filed in the Florida court named Prince Andrew in connection with Epstein's alleged sex trafficking, Buckingham Palace released a rare public statement. "This relates to long-running and ongoing civil proceedings in the United States to which the Duke of York is not a party!" it said. "As such we would not comment in detail. However, for the avoidance of doubt, any suggestion of impropriety with underage minors is categorically untrue!' Since you're here ... ... we have a small favour to ask. More people are reading the Guardian than ever but advertising revenues across the media are falling fast. And unlike many news organisations, we haven't put up a paywall - we want to keep our journalism as open as we can. 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