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Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by solotronics »

freyir wrote: post #78
searcher1 wrote: post #7

I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that the simplest explanation for investigations being constantly spiked or important evidence repeatedly disappearing during Epstein's life, is that enough high-ranking officials got invited to "parties" and slept with his underage sex slaves (or worse) on video, and were then blackmailed. The fact that even after his life there aren't gobs of collaborators being arrested also…

How many billionaires and high-ranking officials could one guy set up before rumors started circulating and people caught on? And why wouldn’t they have had him knocked off sooner?

The blackmailed would worry that there would be a "deadmans switch" set up that would automatically release the material if not periodically confirmed. Obviously Epsteins deadmans switch was either someone he couldn't really trust, was flawed, or never really existed. If he was smart it would release in steps and be totally digital and dispersed around to many places. If it was me I would have incriminating videos of someone lower on the totem pole released first so that people knew you were serious if they put you in jail. This is why he was locked up then killed after a period in jail, they wanted to see if he had a real deadmans switch. You would need something automatically released and they would need to be low enough so they couldn't get you killed when you burn them. This way everyone else would have to believe you had more automatic release set up.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by claudeganon »

ars wrote: post #99
claudeganon wrote: post #88

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Of course it does, but those are still the interests that protect Wexner and I don’t think it’s controversial to say as much. I’m sure no shortage of Democrats would rush to protect Bill Gates if his ties to Epstein were more fully exposed.

So what you are saying is that the party is irrelevant, because both would do the same thing? Which means that calling out one party is making something into a partisan issue when it isn't. The only purpose in calling out a party is to imply something different about that party.

Describing reality is not a partisan issue and I am neither a Democrat nor a Republican.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by xrd »

Rebelgecko wrote: post #64
giarc wrote: post #54

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Want even more fun? You know who sold Maxwell that yacht? Emad Khashoggi... Jamal Khashoggi's cousin. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emad_Khashoggi

Another of his cousins died with Princess Diana

This thread is nuts. I can't believe the connections.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by kenneth »

arthurcolle wrote: post #83
proximitysauce wrote: post #3

Records filed by the estate on Friday indicate that Southern Country had $693,157 in assets when Mr. Epstein died on Aug. 10. Then, in mid-December, the estate transferred $15.5 million to Southern Country in two checks. Southern Country sent back $2.6 million, leaving the total it received at $12.9 million. The documents filed by the estate do not give a reason for the transfers. It’s also not clear what Southern Co…

Bank to bank transactions seem to be pretty much a wild west after you leave 1st world countries, like the US, assuming that there are limited treaties between the two countries, etc... The only reason why these major "bank hacks" (different subject, but just sharing) work is because you can transfer the money out and liquidate without real issues (until you get caught for whatever reason).

The US virgin islands are part of the US

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by readhn »

wahern wrote: post #68
tzs wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Is it actually hard to disappear if you have money?

If you want to keep the money, presumably yes. If you don't mind becoming an anonymous but financially insecure expat in the jungles of South America or Asia, then sure.

whats the going rate for a plastic face change surgery and a new US passport/identity? Will $500,000 do?

Next step is setup private offshore trust/fund with new identity being the beneficiary. money problem solved.

Ideally have all of the "new identity" paper work done well before it is needed: https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/jeffrey-...

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by ColanR »

Animats wrote: post #35

Epstein may have the record for pimping at scale. There have been pimps for several thousand years. There have been pimps using blackmail. That's not new. Becoming a billionaire with a private island that way, though - that's new.

You hope it's new. I don't think there's anything that he did that couldn't have been done by someone else in the past 2-3000 years.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by rowrowrow »

ithinkinstereo wrote: post #23
subpixel wrote: post #13

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Similar to the way con-artists go unpunished b/c their victims are too ashamed of losing face, this theory suggests that Epstein was printing money by blackmailing people who had everything to lose if their shenanigans were revealed.

The details around his relationship with Les Wexner (billionaire owner of L Brands; Victoria's Secret, Bath and Body Works, etc.) are especially bizarre. Wexner gave Epstein power of attorney; basically granting control of all of his financial assets!

Epstein was good at what he did plus he had lots of money from the ponzi scheme he was involved with.

Wexner is also widely believed to be gay. In his case, I don’t think blackmail is probable considering the power of a smart, rich, confidence artist.

I’m sure there’s no doubt that a variety of intelligence agencies and private groups targeted Epstein for information. But I’m skeptical that this all originated as anything more than ego and confidence skills.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by barry-cotter »

solotronics wrote: post #98
krn wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> The fact that even after his life there aren't gobs of collaborators being arrested also leads me to think that he wasn't even in charge of the whole thing. There are enough reasons to believe that Jeffrey Epstein might have operated a honeypot for Mossad, and Ghislaine Maxwell was his handler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21410931 That would explain why Jeffrey Epstein’s injuries look more like murder than…

It's easy to say "this is bad" but put yourself in the position of the Israeli leadership. They are a tiny country surrounded by enemies and a people who have experienced horrible atrocities in the recent past. Even though it is wrong I accept that the logical actions for them is to set up exteme measures of blackmail and espionage to further the security of their people and homeland. It's literally a survival issue…

All intelligence agencies are staffed by the morally bankrupt. To get bin Laden the CIA set back the effort to end polio decades. There are no good people in intelligence, only bad ones working for one country and bad ones working for another.

Re: Jeffrey Epstein's mystery bank came alive after his death

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Post by krick »

krn wrote: post #40
searcher1 wrote: post #7

I've reluctantly come to the conclusion that the simplest explanation for investigations being constantly spiked or important evidence repeatedly disappearing during Epstein's life, is that enough high-ranking officials got invited to "parties" and slept with his underage sex slaves (or worse) on video, and were then blackmailed. The fact that even after his life there aren't gobs of collaborators being arrested also…

> The fact that even after his life there aren't gobs of collaborators being arrested also leads me to think that he wasn't even in charge of the whole thing. There are enough reasons to believe that Jeffrey Epstein might have operated a honeypot for Mossad, and Ghislaine Maxwell was his handler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21410931 That would explain why Jeffrey Epstein’s injuries look more like murder than…

I'd like more evidence pointing specifically to Mossad.
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