Case 1:18-cv-07580 Document 1 Filed 08/20/18 Page 23 of 26 TFC to suffer tremendous financial loss. 115. Beginning in or around 1987 and through the present, Epstein, in breach of his obligations, negligently transferred securities and cash from assets or accounts in TFC, properly belonging to Plaintiffs and the Class who invested in TFC Bonds and TFC Promissory Notes, into the Defendant Entities. 116. As a direct and proximate consequence of Epstein's negligence, individually, and by and through the Defendant Entities, Plaintiffs and the Class have been injured. SIXTH CAUSE OF ACTION (Fraudulent Concealment) 117. Plaintiffs repeat, reiterate and re-allege each and every allegation contained in all preceding paragraphs with the same force and effect as if more fully set forth herein. 118. With the intent to derive the use, enjoyment and profits belonging to TFC, Plaintiffs and the Class, and with the intent to injure such entities and individuals, Epstein actively participated in devising the TFC Ponzi Scheme by participating in acquiring assets and funds though TFC for his own personal gain or use, or the gain or use of the Defendant Entities. 119. Under the guise of acting for TFC, Plaintiff and the Class, Epstein actively participated in creating and executing several fraudulent Ponzi schemes. 120. Epstein concealed his actual intentions of converting the assets of TFC, Plaintiffs and the Class to himself or the Defendant Entities for his own personal gain or use. 121. With the knowledge that the assets of TFC were not being used for the benefit of Plaintiffs and the Class, Epstein transferred the assets to himself and/or to the Defendant Entities for his own personal gain or use. 122. Through these transfers, Epstein, by and through the Defendant Entities, intentionally converted and disposed of the cash and interest earned on the securities for the benefit 23 CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0088607 CO