That money would have been my real retirement, said Veriena Braune, a 91-year-old retired teacher in Granbury, Tex., who invested all of her savings $112,000 in bonds that a young Epstein sold for his partner, Steven Hoffenberg. She lost every penny of the money.
Last year, I got a call at home from no less than Steven Hoffenberg, said Marvin Gerber, another victim of the scam and a tour operator on Long Island who lost about $250,000 that hed invested in promissory notes that Epstein and Hoffenberg were selling. He said he sat in jail for years trying t