375: SERIOUS Fraud Office

This week Stacey tells us about Steven Hoffenberg, an American businessman and fraudster who founded and led Towers Financial Corporation, ran one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, briefly owned the New York Post, and later became known as a former mentor and associate of Jeffrey Epstein.

Sources:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Hoffenberg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towers_Financial_Corporation

https://www.sec.gov/news/digest/1994/dig021894.pdf

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jeffrey-epstein-steven-hoffenberg-intelligence-agencies-spy-1197708/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Yamamah_arms_deal

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/FSupp/908/1265/1457501/

https://www.npr.org/2019/08/14/751153024/jeffrey-epsteins-former-business-associate-i-want-to-assist-victims

https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00270335.pdf

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https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01326141.pdf

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https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%2010/EFTA01937998.pdf

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