SEC Records - Epstein's Financial Registration
From: Securities and Exchange CommissionTo: FOIA Requester
SECBear StearnsFinancial Mystery
SEC RECORDS — EPSTEIN FINANCIAL INDUSTRY HISTORY\n\nRecords from the SEC regarding Jeffrey Epstein's financial industry registrations.\n\nKey findings:\n- Epstein worked at Bear Stearns from 1976 to 1981\n- Left Bear Stearns under unclear circumstances\n- Founded J. Epstein & Co. in 1982\n- Later changed to Financial Trust Company\n- No SEC-registered investment advisory firm found\n- Very few identifiable clients\n\nThe source and extent of Epstein's wealth remained one of the most persistent mysteries surrounding the case.\n\nSource: SEC FOIA / Public Records
The Epstein Case in 2019
The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.
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