💰 Financial Record

This document is a court exhibit containing a Vanity Fair article from March 2003. It details Jeffrey Epstein's early financial dealings, including a lawsuit by Michael Stroll over a failed oil investment and his close relationship with Steven Hoffenberg, who hired him as a consultant and provided him with office space. The text also investigates the circumstances of Epstein's 1981 departure from Bear Stearns, contrasting official claims of voluntary resignation with rumors of 'illegal operations' and S.E.C. investigations into insider trading.