Steve Hoffenberg, who was once Jeffrey Epstein’s business partner at Towers Financial Corporation before serving time for running what was then one of the largest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, repeatedly claimed that Epstein had deep connections to intelligence services. In multiple interviews before his death, Hoffenberg said Epstein told him he had been recruited by British intelligence in the 1980s through contacts such as Douglas Leese and later operated as an “asset” for both U.S. and foreign intelligence agencies. Hoffenberg alleged that Epstein bragged about doing financial and political work on behalf of intelligence interests and that this connection explained his extraordinary ability to evade consequences for his crimes over the years. He also suggested Epstein had “traction with” the U.S. Department of Justice and certain intelligence circles, implying those ties protected him from scrutiny.

Hoffenberg further claimed Epstein’s financial operations were intertwined with intelligence-linked figures and that he deliberately cultivated high-level connections for blackmail and leverage purposes. According to Hoffenberg, Epstein used his access to the wealthy and powerful as part of an intelligence-adjacent network that gathered compromising material under the guise of social and financial dealings. He maintained that Epstein’s activities—including the control of money and secrets—were part of a broader covert agenda, describing him as “a sociopath who worked with intelligence to manipulate power.” These claims have never been independently verified but have fueled ongoing speculation about Epstein’s unexplained protection and influence.



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