EFTA00802452.txt

"Vanity Fair purported to out Defendant Epstein as Hoffenberg's co-conspirator"

"Bennet J. Moskowitz Attorneys for Defendants The Financial Trust Company and Jeffrey E. Epstein"

"Bennet J. Moskowitz Attorneys for Defendants The Financial Trust Company and Jeffrey E. Epstein"

"TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP ... Attorneys for Defendants The Financial Trust Company and Jeffrey E. Epstein"

"TROUTMAN SANDERS LLP ... Attorneys for Defendants The Financial Trust Company and Jeffrey E. Epstein"

"Vanity Fair published a feature-length article that discussed, in detail, Defendant Epstein's alleged role"

"Troutman Sanders LLP... Attorneys for Defendants The Financial Trust Company and Jeffrey E. Epstein"

"Hoffenberg, Towers' CEO from 1975 until 1993"

"in 1997 when Judge Sweet sentenced Hoffenberg to a 20-year prison sentence and ordered him to pay $475,157,340 in restitution"

"Defendant Epstein was Hoffenberg's co-conspirator"

"Epstein acted negligently in his role as a Towers consultant"

"Gary H. Raise, who represents Plaintiffs in this latest baseless matter"

"Gary H. Raise, who represents Plaintiffs in this latest baseless matter"

"alleging that Epstein (i) was his 'co-conspirator' in the same fraudulent activities"

"Defendant Epstein's alleged participation in the so-called "TFC Ponzi Scheme""

"Epstein, "[a]s an associate and consultant to [Towers]""

"Epstein came up with the idea of financing these bids through Towers' acquisition of two ailing Illinois insurance companies"

"Epstein owed a duty as a "consultant" to Hoffenberg"

"Defendant Epstein made fraudulent statements and concealed Towers' financial status"