Interviews WRT various investigations into Mr. Epstein’s wealth, and his legal and financial documents in multiple
countries, showed tens of millions of dollars coursed thru his offshore companies and foundations in unusual ways.
<><> $88M appeared in Epstein’s V/I-registered company in the 2000's that normally held only small amounts.
<><> one entity sent 10's of millions to billionaire retail tycoon, Leslie H. Wexner's "charity" years after Wexner said he cut ties with Epstein.
Tens of millions of dollars flowed among Jeffrey Epstein’s dozens of bank accounts, shell companies and, charities linked to high-powered friends.
Where was the money going? What was it for? Who was actually sending and receiving it? He surrounded himself with an elite network of business and political leaders, and enjoyed the trappings of great wealth: private jets, mansions, his own island. But much remains unknown about the sources of his wealth.
Epstein's connections to Ghislaine Maxwell need to be explored. Her father, Robert Maxwell, also had a flamboyant lifestyle; he often flew in his helicopter, and sailed in his luxury yacht, the "Lady Ghislaine." In 1991, his body was discovered floating in the Atlantic Ocean, having fallen overboard from his yacht. Maxwell's death triggered the collapse of his publishing empire as banks frantically called in huge loans they had foolishly made to him. ....... then news emerged that Maxwell had stolen hundreds of millions of pounds from his own companies' pension funds.......thus cheating his loyal employees out of their full pensions.
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L/E needs to dig deeper---to determine the source of his money and the circuitous route it took, then landed back into his personal coffers. Could have happened like this:
BACKSTORY When he went to jail, investigators found Ponzi King Bernie Madoff had stashed billions offshore-----into a labyrinth of financial entities.....all unknown to his investors.
COLLUSION AND CONSPIRACIES GALORE Some $8.9 billion was funneled to Madoff through a dozen so-called feeder funds based in Europe, the Caribbean and Central America...... The labyrinth of hedge funds, management companies and service providers, to unsuspecting outsiders, seemed to compose a formidable system of checks and balances. But the purpose of this complex architecture was just the opposite: the feeder funds provided different modes for directing money to Madoff in order to avoid scrutiny.
Or maybe it would be better to say, "He was surrounded with...by persons unknown"?