‘Eva Dubin Gave Me Your Email': How Epstein Got Into Hedge Funds

It was early 2016 and David Fiszel was raising money for his new hedge fund. Eva Andersson-Dubin, his neighbor down the road in Palm Beach, connected him with her close friend who had cash to deploy: convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

“Eva Dubin gave me your email address as I hoped to follow up on the Peter Thiel meeting we briefly discussed,” Fiszel wrote to Epstein on Feb. 2, 2016, saying he had an investor presentation to share and had recently made key hires. “It is an exciting time to be building a business!”

Epstein replied within hours, setting ...