DEA File in Epstein Records Documents Probe Into $50M in Suspicious Wire Transfers

DEA File in Epstein Records Documents Probe Into $50M in Suspicious Wire Transfers

DEA File in Epstein Records Documents Probe Into $50M in Suspicious Wire Transfers

A Drug Enforcement Administration document included in the Justice Department's files on Jeffrey Epstein records a probe into suspicious money transfers with alleged links to illegal drugs and prostitution.

The Document

The 69-page memo is dated 2015 and is marked "law enforcement sensitive." It is heavily redacted, including the names of 14 individuals targeted alongside Epstein and much of the investigation's details. CBS News reported on the document Monday.

The document states: "DEA reporting indicates the above individuals are involved in illegitimate wire transfers which are tied to illicit drug and/or prostitution activities occurring in the U.S. Virgin Islands and New York City."

The memo appears to originate from a DEA request to an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces Fusion Center in Virginia. The request sought information from other agencies related to Epstein and the 14 other targets as part of an ongoing case.

Case Timeline

The document includes a DEA case number. It notes the case opened on Dec. 17, 2010, in New York. The memo designates the matter as "judicial pending," indicating the investigation remained active at the time the memo was drafted in 2015.

An unnamed law enforcement source told CBS News that the "judicial pending" designation suggests investigators may have been awaiting court approval for search warrants or other legal action. A separate unnamed law enforcement source told CBS News that for the DEA to open the case, there would have to be a drug nexus, and that the request to the Fusion Center indicated the matter was part of a "significant" investigation rather than a routine information inquiry.

Epstein was targeted along with 14 other individuals in the DEA probe, which lasted at least five years.

Disconnection From 2018 Sex Trafficking Case

Anonymous sources involved in the 2018 case that resulted in Epstein facing sex trafficking charges told CBS News that prosecutors in that probe were not aware of the earlier DEA investigation.

Additional Investigations Referenced

The DEA file also documents the existence of other investigations with links to Epstein. Those include:

- A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement investigation in West Palm Beach, opened in 2006 and closed in 2008 - An ICE investigation in Las Vegas, opened in 2009 and listed as "pending/01/27/2010" - An ICE investigation in Paris, opened in June 2013 and closed months later, titled Operation Angel Watch - An FBI investigation opened in 2006 that remained active as of 2015

Bank Accounts and Wire Transfers

The document identifies bank accounts linked to Epstein in the Cayman Islands, France, New York, and Switzerland.

The file notes approximately $50 million in suspicious wire transfers from 2010 to 2015. The names of the individuals linked to those transactions are redacted.

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Source

Reported by Natalia Mittelstadt for Just The News. Read original article.