Home > USA > Police believe person found dead was Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg
opoyicentral
Opoyi Central

2 years ago .Connecticut, USA

Police believe person found dead was Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg

  • Connecticut authorities were working Thursday to confirm that Hoffenberg was the person found dead
  • Hoffenberg was a convicted Ponzi schemer and Jeffrey Epstein mentor
  • Officials were waiting for confirmation from dental records on Thursday

Written by:Sucharita
Published: August 26, 2022 02:40:57 Connecticut, USA

Connecticut authorities were working Thursday to confirm that convicted Ponzi schemer and Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg was the person found dead in an apartment earlier this week.

Lt. Justin Stanko, of Derby police, said evidence at the scene — including a car, cell phone and a medical record — all pointed to the person being Hoffenberg. But the body could not be immediately identified because of an advanced stage of decomposition, and officials were waiting for confirmation from dental records, he said.

Also read: Ghislaine Maxwell relationship with Jeffrey Epstein: How did they meet?

Stanko said it appears the person had been dead for at least seven days. An initial autopsy was inconclusive but determined there were no signs of trauma. The cause of death was pending toxicology test results.

“There’s not one thing that doesn’t point to it not being him,’ Stanko told The Associated Press.

A private investigator for a woman who identified herself as a sexual assault victim of Epstein’s called police and requested a welfare check at the multifamily home on Tuesday, saying the woman had not heard from Hoffenberg for five days and that was unusual, police said.

Also read: Two pled guilty to theft of US president Joe Biden’s daughter’s diary

Officers went to the home and were able to see the body by looking through a first-floor window, Stanko said. Derby is about 12 miles (19 kilometers) northeast of Bridgeport.

It was not immediately clear when the dental records check would be complete.

Hoffenberg, 77, who once tried to buy the New York Post, was sentenced in 1997 to 20 years in prison for one of the country’s largest Ponzi schemes. He admitted that he swindled thousands of investors out of $460 million. He was released from federal custody in 2013, according to the Bureau of Prisons.

Hoffenberg, however, later claimed Epstein was the “architect” of the scam, in a 2019 interview with The Washington Post. At the time of the scheme, Epstein worked for Hoffenberg’s bill collection company, Towers Financial Corp. Epstein, however, was never charged in the fraud.

Also read: Fetty Wap conspiracy drug charges: Rapper pleads guilty

Epstein died by suicide in a federal jail in New York City in 2019 while awaiting trial on allegations that he sexually abused dozens of girls.

Hoffenberg briefly took over the New York Post in 1993 while bidding to own it. The Post reported that Hoffenberg funded the paper for three months and rescued it from bankruptcy. His efforts to buy the paper were derailed by civil fraud allegations by the Securities and Exchange Commission that led to the criminal prosecution of the Ponzi case.

Related Articles

ADVERTISEMENT

© Copyright 2023 Opoyi Private Limited. All rights reserved