Who was Jeffrey Epstein according to public court records and government documents?

According to public court records and government documents, Jeffrey Epstein was an American financier and convicted sex offender EFTA00261828. He was born on January 20, 1953, and died on August 10, 2019 EFTA00263223. Epstein began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School in Manhattan, despite lacking a college degree, and later entered the banking and finance sector, working at Bear Stearns in various roles before starting his own firm EFTA00263107. He developed an elite social circle and procured many women and children, some of whom he and his associates sexually abused EFTA00263215. Epstein was convicted in 2008 of procuring a child for prostitution and soliciting a prostitute, and he served almost 13 months in custody with extensive work release EFTA00261990. He was arrested again in 2019 on federal charges for sex trafficking of minors but died in his jail cell before the case could proceed EFTA00264440.