EFTA00731279Set 9
2006-10-0447p12,057w
further misconduct concerning unauthorized transfers between Funds and informed investors
of the improper interfund transfers, the early collection of management fees, and the use of
Managed Fund assets ... Gruss directed and approved numerous improper transfers of money between the
Managed Funds (the "Interfund Transfers").
139. The Interfund Transfers were not properly accounted for or documented as loans
between ... Funds, and prior to their discovery no interest was paid in connection with
the Interfund Transfers.
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140. The Interfund Transfers had the effect of diminishing the returns
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EFTA01105263Set 9
2004-10-0160p17,309w
Offshore Fund"), and the Highbridge Managed Account to meet its
demands. These so-called "Interfund Transfers" eventually amounted to hundreds of millions of
dollars in undocumented, no interest loans.
Just ... time, no one other than Gruss and his immediate
subordinates knew about the Interfund Transfers.
In September 2006, Zwim and the other members of management decided to fire Gruss.
Realizing ... financing) and to reveal that yet another,
more serious problem had been uncovered, the Interfund Transfers. The script fails to explain
that Zwim and his co-officers learned about
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EFTA01104798Set 9
2004-10-0160p17,336w
Offshore Fund"), and the Highbridge Managed Account to meet its
demands. These so-called "Interfund Transfers" eventually amounted to hundreds of millions of
dollars in undocumented, no interest loans.
Just ... time, no one other than Gruss and his immediate
subordinates knew about the Interfund Transfers.
In September 2006, Zwim and the other members of management decided to fire Gruss.
Realizing ... financing) and to reveal that yet another,
more serious problem had been uncovered, the Interfund Transfers. The script fails to explain
that Zwim and his co-officers learned about
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EFTA00284269Set 9
2010-12-3130p11,194w
between the Fund and the
Offshore Fund and the TB Fund, respectively (the "Interfund Notes"). During 2010, the Interfund
Notes incurred interest at a rate of 20% per annum ... year ended December 31, 2010, interest
on Interfund Note balances amounted to $9.8 million and is included in interest expense in the
consolidated statement of operations. Total payments ... million were made during 2010 to
reduce the Interfund Note balance. The majority of the remaining due to affiliates balance at
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Fortress Value Recovery Fund I LLC
Notes
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EFTA00682306Set 9
2011-03-093p946w
Highbridge Managed Account and using it to make
investments for the Fund ("Interfund Transfers"). While these Interfund Transfers were
intended to be advances or loans, no formal documentation ... loans. At the time, Zwirn told me that he knew nothing about these Interfund Transfers
until Gruss's subordinates came forward after Gruss's departure.
9. In late October ... months after the purchase closed.
II. I have learned that Zwirn knew about the Interfund Transfers when they occurred.
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12. During November 2006, Jeffrey Epstein
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