Fake Jeffrey Epstein Probe Used in Alleged Scam of New York Investment Firms
- Florida man is charged with impersonating leaders at firms
- US says he got executives to fund bogus Jeffrey Epstein probes
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A Florida man was charged with impersonating bigwigs at two New York-based investment companies — including a billionaire founder — and hoodwinking executives there into funding probes he made up of links between the firms and Jeffrey Epstein.
The name of the notorious financier, who died in 2019 facing sex trafficking charges, and the impersonation appear to have been enough to send the firms scurrying. Portfolio companies of the firms wired hundreds of thousands of dollars into at least one account controlled by the impostor, prosecutors alleged in a criminal complaint unsealed on Friday.