NYT: “Scams, Schemes, Ruthless Cons: The Untold Story of How Jeffrey Epstein Got Rich”

Even though I can’t stand all the coverage of Jeffrey Epstein – he’s dead, who cares – of course it’s politically motivated to find dirt on Trump – this article on his early years is amazing. A huge amount of digging went into it by the Times reporters.

It is a long feature to read – it took me over thirty minutes – there’s a listening option – it does reveal one of the all time decades-long con men. He literally lied about everything.

Here is the link, which should be accessible to anyone.

Greenberg invited Epstein to the investment firm’s offices at 55 Water Street at the southern tip of Manhattan. Epstein showed up in a turtleneck. Greenberg was impressed — even though the young man didn’t have the foggiest idea of how Wall Street worked. Greenberg had helped build Bear Stearns into one of the industry’s scrappiest firms by eschewing the traditional investment-banking practice of hiring Ivy Leaguers with M.B.A.s. He preferred what he called P.S.D.s: those who were poor, smart and had “a deep desire to become rich.”