Steven Hoffenberg was born on 12 January 1945 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Maria Santiago, and Lisa Twardowski,. He died on 23 August 2022 in Derby, Connecticut, USA.
Was the founder of New York debt collection agency Towers Financial Corporation, which in 1993 was revealed to be one of the biggest Ponzi schemes in U.S. history, bilking investors out of nearly half a billion dollars.
He pleaded guilty.