#TowersFinancial

6 entries

People (2)

Robert W. Sweet Former New York deputy mayor and Carter-appointed Manhattan federal judge who sentenced Towers Financial's Steven Hoffenberg in 1997 and presided over the sealed Giuffre v. Maxwell record until his death in 2019.
Steven Hoffenberg Founder of Towers Financial Corporation who pleaded guilty in 1995 to a roughly 475 million dollar Ponzi scheme and later claimed Jeffrey Epstein helped architect the fraud, a claim for which Epstein was never charged.

Financial Trust Company Jeffrey Epstein's St. Thomas money-management company, incorporated in 1998, which held Virgin Islands tax exemptions from 1999, a large Bear Stearns stake, and was accused of receiving Towers Financial proceeds.
International Assets Group Consulting company Jeffrey Epstein ran from his Manhattan apartment after leaving Bear Stearns in 1981, described as recovering stolen money for the wealthy, and his vehicle when he joined Towers Financial.
Towers Financial Corporation Manhattan debt-collection firm run by Steven Hoffenberg that collapsed in 1993 as a Ponzi scheme with 475 million dollars in investor losses, and that employed Jeffrey Epstein as a consultant.
Troutman Sanders Atlanta-rooted law firm that defended Jeffrey Epstein and Financial Trust Company against Steven Hoffenberg's Towers Financial suits in 2016 and 2018 and Epstein's estate in 2020, later Troutman Pepper Locke.