Derby, Conn./WTIC Radio - Police in Derby say the body found in a city apartment this week is that of Steven Hoffenberg.
The 77-year-old onetime associate of Jeffrey Epstein was found Tuesday night in a Mount Pleasent Street apartment during a welfare check.
Police say the identity was confirmed by the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.
Hoffenberg had ties to Epstein, the financier who committed suicide in a New York jail in 2019 as he was awaiting trial on sexual assault charges.
There's no word on what caused Hoffenberg's death.
Hoffenberg had served time in prison after his conviction on charges he ran a massive ponzi scheme, bilking investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars.