Steven Hoffenberg, an associate of Jeffrey Epstein found dead in his Connecticut apartment

On Tuesday, Steven Hoffenberg’s body was found by authorities, and it had already gone through a significant amount of decay. He was 77.

According to the Derby police, they were contacted by a worried friend who requested that a wellness check be performed.

According to a source, when the police arrived at the scene, they found Hoffenberg dead and lying on the floor of his bedroom.

There were no obvious symptoms of injury, according to a police source, who stated that the cause of death is still under investigation.

According to the authorities, his decomposing body, which is believed to have been lying around for a week, was in a state in which a visual identification could not be made at this point.

The authorities are relying on the examination of dental records in order to make a conclusive determination.

“There is not a single factor that points to this person not being him. Every scrap of evidence that we were able to get our hands on, including his phone, his medical documents, and the vehicle that he drove, all belonged to him “according to the police.

The police department in Derby released a statement on Facebook announcing that the body of a white male had been discovered, but they did not officially disclose the identify of the deceased person.

Within the next few days, a formal identification is anticipated to be made.

Hoffenberg is a successful businessman who became well known for his efforts in the early 1990s to avert the bankruptcy of The New York Post.

He put millions of dollars into the newspaper and managed it for a short time in 1993.

After being implicated in the fraudulent Ponzi scheme run by criminal financier Jeffrey Epstein, the businessman was sentenced to 18 years in prison.

Hoffenberg was connected to Epstein in the scheme to defraud investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars through one of the largest business rackets in the world.

The two first crossed paths in the 1990s and have maintained their friendship even after Epstein was sentenced to prison for soliciting a child for prostitution in 2005 and served his time there.

More to follow…