Executors of Jeffrey Epstein’s Estate Accused of Hiding $13 Million
Two of Jeffrey Epstein’s closest advisors have been accused
of hiding millions of the billionaire pedophile’s assets in an investment
trust, according to a report.
Attorney Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn have been
accused of hiding nearly $13 million in a trust started by Epstein, according
to a court filing in the US Virgin Islands, cited by the New York Times Friday.
The transfer of funds to the Butterfly Trust, which Epstein
registered in 2013, took place nearly a year after Epstein committed suicide in
a Manhattan lock-up in August 2019.
The trust received a wire transfer of $13 million in April
2020 after the liquidation of another investment fund in which Epstein had a
stake, according to the newspaper. Some of that money was transferred months
later to three newly created companies, which list Indyke, Kahn and their
spouses as the beneficiaries, court papers cited by the newspaper show.
The court filing by Denise George, attorney general of the
US Virgin Islands, where Epstein infamously owned two small islands, wants the
Epstein estate to submit to discovery to make sure that other assets belonging
to the billionaire have not be transferred to his executors — Indyke and Khan.
“The government discovered that substantial funds kept
secret from the government were transferred for the benefit of the coexecutors
in an apparent effort to enrich themselves and shelter these assets from
recovery,” the filing said.
Daniel Weiner, a lawyer for the estate, told the Times that
the executors “categorically reject the baseless assertions of wrongdoing made
against them” and said they never received the $13 million.
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