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Just repeating what I'm hearing on CNN currently.

dem4decades
(12,985 posts)alwaysinasnit
(5,470 posts)Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and some of his staffers have seen confidential files related to the massive sums of money Epstein moved through the banking system to fund his sex trafficking network, and the senator said his probe has taken on new urgency after the Trump administration has refused to release information seized by the FBI which has angered many of his MAGA followers, reported The New York Times.
We felt from the beginning this was a follow-the-money case, Wyden told the newspaper. This horrific sex-trafficking operation cost Epstein a lot of money, and he had to get that money from somewhere.
High-dollar transfers to individuals, foreign countries or obscure companies are typically flagged by banks as potentially suspicious, and Wyden's staff have reviewed filings on thousands of wire transfers involving artwork sales, fees paid to Epstein by wealthy associates and payments to numerous women, and some of those transfers involved accounts at two Russian banks for as much as $100 million.
"Even before the Justice Department announced last week that it was closing the door on the Epstein investigation," the Times reported, "Mr. Wyden had been pressing Attorney General Pam Bondi to turn over bank reports along with other information about wealthy individuals and financial institutions in Mr. Epsteins network."
Irish_Dem
(72,580 posts)Where did the massive amounts of money come from?
Johonny
(24,200 posts)Because they didn't come from the working class voters he pretend to support.
alwaysinasnit
(5,470 posts)Irish_Dem
(72,580 posts)Too many powerful people involved in the crimes.
And all roads lead back to a sitting US president heavily involved in a sex trafficking ring
involving minors and funded by US enemies
alwaysinasnit
(5,470 posts)
Irish_Dem
(72,580 posts)Wicked Blue
(8,139 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(104,171 posts)Supposedly for "financial advice".
Wyden Releases New Information on Financing of Jeffrey Epsteins operations by Billionaire Leon Black, Seeks Documents from Trump Administration
Continuing His Investigation of Billionaire Financier Leon Blacks Ties with Epstein, Calls on DOJ, Treasury and FBI to Lift the Veil on Epsteins Sources of Financial Support
Washington, D.C. Continuing his investigation of billionaire financier Leon Blacks extensive and unexplained financial ties with Jeffrey Epstein, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, D-Ore., sent a letter yesterday to the Department of Justice, Treasury and FBI referring information obtained through his investigation and requesting documents that would shed light on the financing of Epsteins activities.
Wyden is also releasing the $62 million settlement between Leon Black and the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands, which provided Black immunity from criminal prosecution in the USVI for his financial support of Jeffrey Epstein. Blacks settlement with the USVI explosively acknowledges that Jeffrey Epstein used the money Black paid him to partially fund his operations in the Virgin Islands. As part of the settlement, Black paid $62 million to obtain criminal immunity from Epstein matters not just for himself, but also for his attorneys and individuals acting as his agents.
Wyden referred the following findings of his investigation to the DOJ and Treasury:
The Finance Committee obtained evidence that payments from Black to Epstein were used to fund Epsteins operations.
The Finance Committee discovered documents stating that the true amount Black paid to Epstein totaled $170 million, $12 million higher than previously identified by the Apollo boards investigation. There has been no explanation why the Apollo boards investigation failed to identify these payments.
The Finance Committee found that a major U.S. bank waited seven years to report Blacks payments to Epstein to the Treasury Department, potentially violating federal money laundering laws in the process.
Senator Wyden wrote: In light of Attorney General Bondis recent claims that the Department of Justice intends to pursue accountability and transparency for those involved with Jeffrey Epsteins sex trafficking network, I write to request any documents in the possession of DOJ and the U.S. Treasury Department related to individuals, financial institutions, attorneys and agents that may have known about or facilitated the financing of Epstein's illegal activities.
As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Finance and now Ranking Member of the Committee, members of my staff have been conducting an investigation into at least $158 million in payments made by financier Leon Black to Jeffrey Epstein for purported tax and estate planning advice. Over the course of the ongoing Finance Committee investigation, my staff have uncovered new evidence, including through review of federal government records, indicating that money paid by Black to Epstein was used to finance Epsteins sex trafficking operations and that the true amount Black paid Epstein is actually significantly higher than previously known. My staff further discovered that a major U.S. financial institution failed to do legally required due diligence on the payments from Black to Epstein and waited nearly seven years to report the transactions to the Treasury Department.
I am concerned that Attorney General Bondis February 27th release of documents related to the Epstein case failed to provide any meaningful new information, and that many of these documents were already in the public domainsimilar concerns have been raised by Democrats and Republicans alike. It is crucial that your agencies provide the Committee with the requested documents in order to further its ongoing investigation, and to ensure that the Trump Department of Justice does not sweep any case against high profile individuals associated with Epsteins activities under the rug.
The full text of Senator Wydens letter is available here. His investigation into Blacks ties with Epstein began in 2022 with an inquiry into a report commissioned by Apollo Global Management, the firm Black co-founded and led as CEO, and it continued in 2023 with questions about the value of work Epstein reportedly performed and Blacks own tax planning. The investigation has also looked at a major financial institutions potential violations of the Bank Secrecy Act stemming from its failure to conduct due diligence and make timely filings related to large transactions between accounts belonging to Epstein and Black.
https://www.finance.senate.gov/ranking-members-news/wyden-releases-new-information-on-financing-of-jeffrey-epsteins-operations-by-billionaire-leon-black-seeks-documents-from-trump-administration
(I'm presuming there's no copyright issue posting all of Senator Wyden's public page here)
Wexner has been accused of failing to take action when complaints were raised against Epstein, after executives of L Brands reported in the mid-1990s that Epstein was abusing his power and connection to Wexner by posing as a recruiter for Victoria's Secret models.[21] Maria Farmer contacted local and federal authorities about an assault she allegedly endured by Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell while working as an artist-in-residence on Wexner's Ohio property in 1996. Within a year of Farmer's complaint, actress Alicia Arden filed a police report in Los Angeles detailing that Epstein had misrepresented himself as a recruiter for Victoria's Secret prior to another alleged assault.[21]
In early 2006, Epstein was charged in Florida with "multiple counts of molestation and unlawful sexual activity with a minor".[21] The New York Times reported that 18 months after the charges were filed, Wexner cut his ties with Epstein.[21]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Les_Wexner#Jeffrey_Epstein_association
gab13by13
(28,899 posts)the one's that Krasnov likes.
Is it true that Epstein introduced Melania to Krasnov? I know I could Google it.
Johonny
(24,200 posts)Traildogbob
(11,530 posts)Hoaxs Hoaxs Hoaxs.
Liberal witch hunts.
Its all on the hard drive of Hunters Laptop.
usonian
(19,218 posts)Senator Ron Wyden has found that four banks waited until Mr. Epsteins arrest on federal charges to flag $1.5 billion in suspicious transactions. Mr. Wyden wants the documents made public.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/business/epstein-banks-wyden-trump.html
https://archive.is/kGcOD
In particular, filings by four big banks flagged more than $1.5 billion in transactions including thousands of wire transfers for the purchase and sale of artwork for rich friends, fees paid to Mr. Epstein by wealthy individuals, and payments to numerous women, the senators office found. The filings came after Mr. Epstein was arrested in 2019 on federal sex trafficking charges.
Large money transfers to individuals, foreign countries or obscure companies are the kind of things banks are supposed to be examining as potentially suspicious. Some of the Epstein money transfers disclosed in a report from JPMorgan Chase involved accounts at two Russian banks before those institutions were subject to U.S. sanctions. A few transactions red-flagged were for as much as $100 million.
dem4decades
(12,985 posts)BoRaGard
(6,441 posts)
Buckeyeblue
(5,967 posts)Like last year. Or during the course of the last 4 years?