Howard Rubin, ex-NYC financier with ties to George Soros, arrested for allegedly sex-trafficking women to ‘sex dungeon’ penthouse: feds

A retired Big Apple financier who worked for years at George Soros’ investment firm allegedly “tortured” former Playboy models and other women in a Midtown penthouse-turned-BDSM “sex dungeon” for about a decade, federal prosecutors said.

Howard Rubin, 70, was busted by the feds at his Fairfield, Conn., home Friday morning on sex-trafficking charges for allegedly luring “dozens” of women to New York City between 2009 and 2019 — where he restrained, beat and electrocuted them, the Brooklyn US Attorney’s Office said.

The famed former money manager – known as “Howie” or “H” and worth at least tens of millions of dollars – even appeared to revel in the stomach-turning encounters in text messages with his personal assistant, Jennifer Powers, who is also facing sex-trafficking charges tied to the scheme.

https://nypost.com/2025/09/26/us-news/howard-rubin-arrested-for-allegedly-sex-trafficking-women-to-sex-dungeon-penthouse-feds/