{"id":39474,"date":"2025-09-26T16:05:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:05:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39474"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:05:40","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:05:40","slug":"howard-rubin-ex-nyc-financier-with-ties-to-george-soros-arrested-for-allegedly-sex-trafficking-women-to-sex-dungeon-penthouse-feds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=39474","title":{"rendered":"Howard Rubin, ex-NYC financier with ties to George Soros, arrested for allegedly sex-trafficking women to \u2018sex dungeon\u2019 penthouse: feds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A retired Big Apple financier\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2021\/07\/31\/how-george-soros-money-manager-was-accused-of-bdsm-assaults\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">who once had ties to George Soros<\/a>\u00a0was arrested Friday for allegedly sex-trafficking numerous women in a penthouse-turned-BDSM \u201csex dungeon,\u201d federal prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>Howard Rubin was picked up at his home in Fairfield, Ct., on a 10-count indictment for \u201ctorturing women beyond their consent,\u201d Brooklyn US Attorney Joseph Nocella charged in a statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37221398\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37221398\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/howie-rubin-mary-henry-attend-112190669.jpg?w=680\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 392px) 100vw, 392px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/howie-rubin-mary-henry-attend-112190669.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2391w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/howie-rubin-mary-henry-attend-112190669.jpg?resize=199,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 199w, 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https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/howie-rubin-mary-henry-attend-112190669.jpg?resize=33,50&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 33w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/howie-rubin-mary-henry-attend-112190669.jpg?resize=150,226&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 150w\" alt=\"Howie Rubin and Mary Henry attend the Center for Comprehensive Health Practice- Early Childhood Development Center Gala.\" width=\"392\" height=\"590\" data-modal-image=\"37221398\" \/><figcaption>Retired NYC financier\u00a0Howard Rubin was arrested Friday for alleged sex-trafficking.<span class=\"credit\">Patrick McMullan via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The famed former money manager \u2014 known as \u201cHowie\u201d and \u201cH\u201d \u2014 is accused of abusing the victims first at a luxury New York City hotel and then later at a two-bedroom penthouse that he morphed into a dungeon filled with BDSM equipment between 2009 and 2019, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p>His assistant, Jennifer Powers, is also facing charges of sex trafficking for allegedly helping him arrange the sickening conduct.<\/p>\n<p>Rubin is a retired Wall Street high roller who has managed money for the Soros Fund and other wealthy clients.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><button class=\"button button--modal-trigger\" aria-label=\"Open the image in a modal.\" data-modal-image=\"37221397\"><\/button><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-37221397\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/mary-henry-howard-rubin-19th-24857469.jpg?w=683\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 394px) 100vw, 394px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/mary-henry-howard-rubin-19th-24857469.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 2400w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/mary-henry-howard-rubin-19th-24857469.jpg?resize=200,300&amp;quality=75&amp;strip=all 200w, 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