James PaTTERSON
ry yacht, and a Long Island mansion
anhattan apartment. He'd also briefly ‘the New York Post.
bought his own jet, a 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 “Ask Robert Gold.”
hat Gold, the former federal prose- + Ana Obregon's money, til there were only a
berg will say when asked is: Another source suggests ¢ cutor who had helped Epstein recove 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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