Medical examiners confirmed Friday that convicted Ponzi schemer and Jeffrey Epstein mentor Steven Hoffenberg was the person found dead in a Connecticut apartment earlier this week.
Hoffenberg, 77, is believed to have died at least seven days before his body was found Tuesday in Derby by police, who responded to a request to check on his welfare, authorities said. He had to be identified through dental records because of the decomposition of his body, police said.
His cause of death is pending toxicology test results. An autopsy showed no signs of trauma, and there were no indications of a struggle or forced entry at the apartment, officials said.
Epstein, the disgraced financier who killed himself in a New York jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on allegations he sexually abused dozens of girls, worked for Hoffenberg’s bill collection company, Towers Financial Corp., in the late 1980s, when prosecutors said the Ponzi scheme began.
Steven Hoffenberg didn’t kill himself!
My maternal grandmother, who was one of the most priggish people I’ve ever encountered, had one thing right…”you watch who you pick for friends”
As I aged, it mad perfect sense.
Hillary Clinton… She was either honing her skills or trying out new methods other than standard the “suicide” routine.
77?
Natural causes.
Nothing to see here.
Move along.
Did he have the client list?
Nobody’s gonna like hearing this, but he was 77. Saying his death was from natural causes doesn’t exactly tingle my spider senses.
I agree with Carlos the Jackal and TN Tuxedo. He was 77 for crying out loud.
Yeah, he was 77.
But I still wouldn’t rule out Cankles.
77? How old is FJB again?
Isn’t it easier to Arkancide a 77 year old man.
TN Tuxedo, RadioMattM:
Actually, just being my usual sarcastic self.
I’m wondering if Jeff’s ‘Mentor’ taught him everything he knew?
Was he wearing a pillow on his face?
I think he probably died naturally, as naturally as possible after someone slipped some strychnine into his chardonnay.