Financial Steven HoffenbergLongtime partner of the late businessman and responsible for one of the biggest scams in American history Jeffrey Epsteinfound Died at 77 in his Connecticut apartmentAs reported by several local media on Thursday.
Citing police sources, the Daily Mail explains that after a call from a worried friend Hoffenberg, police officers went to the house and the police found his house. rotting corpsewhich means it’s been there for at least a week.
“Everything points to him being Hoffenberg. There’s nothing to suggest he isn’t. We’re waiting for dental records,” a local police spokesperson told the New York Post.
According to police sources, there was no visible sign of violencehowever, the cause of death has not yet been confirmed.
Connecticut’s Derby Police Department said on Thursday that a body was found at a local home Thursday night, without confirming it was Hoffenberg, and a forensic process is underway to establish its identity.
According to police, the initial autopsy did not show any trauma, but the official cause of death is pending a toxicological investigation.
Hoffenberg CEO of Towers FinanceEpstein was working and declared bankruptcy in 1993 after uncovering a scam with nearly 3,000 affected investors.
Financier arrested in 1994 and 1997 Sentenced to 20 years in prisonHe turned 18 and will pay $476 million in compensation.
Sexual abuse and human trafficking accusations
Duration, Epstein was never accused of this pyramid schemeDespite the fact that Hoffenberg accused him before the authorities.
Epstein, who has been shoulder to shoulder with leading figures in politics and business for years, was arrested and sent to prison in 2019 on allegations of harassment and sex trafficking. committed suicide in a prison cell in New York where it was held preemptively.
Hoffenberg revealed in interviews that he met the controversial millionaire in the 1980s and quickly became friends and business partners.
Before the multimillion-dollar scam was exposed, Hoffenberg was already a well-known figure in New York.among other things, for having owned the historic New York Post tabloid for several months, which was then on the verge of bankruptcy.