JAMES PATTERSON * * * Whatever the reasons for his resignation, Epstein still gets his annual bonus of around $100,000 (roughly $275,000 in today's dollars). The SEC never brings charges against him or any other Bear Stearns employee. And so the particulars of Epstein's depar- ture get folded up into the greater mystery surrounding the man. Did Epstein crash the rocket ship that Ace Greenberg had given him to pilot? Or did he take it and fly it out, over the horizon? Either way, Epstein was out on his own. For him, the future would only get brighter. Ana ObregO Ana Obr c and we. ishe firsi roles—in the the star a run Spanish Playbc As for forti Ana's fathe had serious pr bond-trading fi that it was goir off a subsidiar3 And in May, Di ed on Treast ad dragged do 100 'TERSON signation, Epstein still gets his )0 (roughly $275,000 in today's harges against him or any other ae particulars of Epstein's depar- :r mystery surrounding the man. ip that Ace Greenberg had given Lid fly it out, over the horizon? on his own. nly get brighter. Ana ObregOn: 1982 CHAPTER 24 na ObregOn was one of the world's most beautiful women and well on her way to becoming famous as such when she first met Jeffrey Epstein. For her, there would be film roles—in the 1984 Bo Derek vehicle Bolero, Ana ObregOn gives the star a run for her money—and appearances on the covers of Spanish Playboy and Spanish Vanity Fair. As for fortune, ObregOn had that already. Ana's father was a very wealthy investor in Spain. But he also had serious problems. On June 15, 1982, a venerable stock- and bond-trading firm, the Drysdale Securities Corporation, announced that it was going out of business. Just that year, Drysdale had spun off a subsidiary operation called Drysdale Government Securities. And in May, DGS defaulted on $160 million in interest payments it owed on Treasury securities that it had borrowed. In doing so, DGS had dragged down its parent company.