(08-09-2019, 07:05 PM)Mystic Wanderer Wrote:Convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has quite a network in St. Thomas, VI, from a tax attorney setting
up a microwave radio transmission for private comms to Little St. James Island, to owning 50% of a marina
with billionaire Andrew Farkas...
Epstein is singing alright and considering the vast financial groups that are involved -not necessarily the underage
girls situation, his time on this planet will dwindle quickly.
Quote:Real Estate Tycoon Andrew Farkas, Deutsche Bank The Latest To Be Caught Up In Jeffrey Epstein Scandal.BisNow.com
'No one wants to be associated with Jeffrey Epstein right now, but as legal proceedings continue against him,
more of his connections are coming to light.
Epstein & Farkas.
In May 2007, Epstein entered a joint venture agreement for ownership of a small marina on St. Thomas in the
U.S. Virgin Islands -a short boat ride from Epstein's private island Little St. James -with Island Capital Group
founder and CEO Andrew Farkas, Bloomberg reports.
Farkas renovated the marina to accommodate luxury yachts through his company Island Global Yachting.
At that point, Epstein had already been arrested over activities at his Palm Beach mansion in the case that
would result in him registering as a sex offender, serving 13 months in a state penitentiary over prostitution
charges and signing a Non-Prosecution Agreement precluding the possibility of more federal charges in 2008,
Bloomberg reports.
The NPA, brokered by former U.S. Attorney Alexander Acosta, was nullified this February by a federal judge
because Epstein's victims were not notified of the deal. Acosta recently resigned as Secretary of Labor over
the controversy surrounding the NPA.
Farkas, who reportedly sits on the board of at least six companies, was one of the earliest investors into
commercial real estate listing platform Cadre, co-founded by Jared Kushner. Farkas' connection to Kushner
and willingness to do business with Epstein even after allegations of sex with underage victims had surfaced
are both shared by German investment giant Deutsche Bank AG, the Wall Street Journal reports.
Epstein and Deutsche Bank began a financial relationship in 2013 when his longtime bank, JPMorgan Chase,
severed ties with him due to concerns over his reputation, the WSJ reports.
The relationship with Deutsche continued, and deepened, until the Miami Herald published its investigation into
Epstein's activities and deal with Acosta in October. At that point, Deutsche Bank began the process of shutting
down Epstein's accounts, only to discover that he had dozens of them set up through various intermediaries,
some of which seemed to serve the purpose of moving money overseas, the New York Times reports.
The issue of Epstein's complex finances was compounded by an antiquated record-keeping system that made
it difficult for anybody at Deutsche Bank to gain a full picture of its relationship with Epstein.
Compliance officers at the bank based in New York and Jacksonville, Florida, raised multiple concerns in 2015
and 2016 that Epstein may be laundering money through Deutsche Bank, according to the Times.
Deutsche Bank did not take any action at the time, and only in June did it complete the process of closing out
Epstein's accounts.
Deutsche Bank's reputation has taken hit after hit in recent years as it has been connected to money laundering
investigations involving The Trump Organization, the Panama Papers, Kushner Cos. and others.
Since 2012, the bank has reportedly lost 95% of its market value, a spiral that has led to the planned layoffs of
up to 20,000 jobs and a smaller-than-anticipated new headquarters in New York. Its plans for a new London office
have not been affected so far...'
So what can you do except fight back.
Quote:Deutsche Bank and Wall Street banks reportedly just gave Congress thousands of documentsBusinessInsider:
related to Russians with possible ties to Trump.
*Six banks including Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, and Morgan Stanley, have been providing
Congressional committees thousands of documents related to an investigation into Trump's Russia
ties, according to the Wall Street Journal.
*The investigation is reportedly looking into whether there was potential foreign influence on Trump
and his family.
*In April, it was reported that the President, his children, the Trump Organization, and the Trump family
trust filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to bar them from complying with
congressional subpoenas.
'Deutsche Bank, JPMorgan Chase, Bank of America, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo have
been giving thousands of documents to congressional committees investigating whether Trump had links
to Russia, according to The Wall Street Journal, which cited people familiar with congressional probes.
The Journal also said that some banks were giving documents related to the President's own business,
the Trump Organization, to New York state investigators. Investigators for the House Financial Services
Committee and the House Intelligence Committee are reportedly working on a joint probe into whether
there was potential foreign influence on Trump and his family.
The Journal said that more information will likely be handed over in coming weeks as the banks respond
to subpoenas sent in April. Trump has reportedly received around $2 billion in loans from Deutsche Bank
over two decades.
The Financial Times reported that the German Bank and Trump have had a complicated relationship,
suing one another in 2008 over loans to build Trump International Hotel & Tower in downtown Chicago.
In April, it was reported that President Donald Trump, his children, the Trump Organization, and the Trump
family trust filed a lawsuit against Deutsche Bank and Capital One to bar them from complying with
congressional subpoenas.
Trump's lawsuit, according to The New York Times in April, claims the subpoenas "have no legitimate or
lawful purpose" and were issued to "harass" him and "to rummage through every aspect of his personal
finances, his businesses, and the private information of the President and his family, and to ferret about
for any material that might be used to cause him political damage."
Since then Deutsche Bank, Trump's primary bank, according to the Journal, has turned over emails, loan
agreements, and other documents related to the Trump Organization office of New York Attorney General
Letitia James, in response to a civil subpoena sent earlier this year.
According to the Journal, the congressional and state investigations are looking for different types of
information. The congressional probe, which is reportedly being contested in court, is looking at a wide
range of financial documents from the Trump family.
The state investigation comparatively, is looking at loans to the Trump Organization, according to people
familiar with the New York investigation, the Journal wrote...'
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