Corporate Entity Registry: Epstein Shell Companies

From: Various State and Territory Corporate RegistriesTo: Public Record
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CORPORATE ENTITY REGISTRY FILINGS — EPSTEIN PROPERTY HOLDINGS Subject: Shell Companies and LLCs Holding Epstein Properties Jurisdictions: New York, Florida, U.S. Virgin Islands, New Mexico Source: Corporate Registry Filings / Court Records CORPORATE STRUCTURE OVERVIEW: Jeffrey Epstein used a network of shell companies and limited liability companies to hold title to his various properties. This structure obscured the ownership chain and provided asset protection. IDENTIFIED ENTITIES: NEW YORK: - 9 East 71st Street Corporation — Held title to Manhattan townhouse - Various associated entities for financial management FLORIDA: - NYJL, Inc. — Entity associated with Palm Beach property - Additional Florida-registered entities U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS: - L.S.J., LLC — Held Little St. James Island - Plan D, LLC - Hyperion Air, Inc. — Aircraft holding company - Southern Trust Company, Inc. — Financial entity - Financial Trust Company — USVI-registered trust company - Additional entities registered in the USVI NEW MEXICO: - Zorro Ranch LLC — Held the Stanley, New Mexico property - Associated ranch management entities AIRCRAFT ENTITIES: - JEGE, Inc. — Boeing 727 registration (N908JE) - Additional entities for Gulfstream and helicopter registrations PURPOSE OF CORPORATE STRUCTURE: The shell company structure served multiple purposes: 1. Asset protection from potential litigation 2. Privacy in property ownership records 3. Tax planning across multiple jurisdictions 4. Separation of personal assets from business entities 5. Facilitation of complex financial transactions The USVI Attorney General's office identified over 30 Epstein-related entities during its investigation, many of which were registered in the USVI to take advantage of favorable tax treatment under the Economic Development Commission program. Source: Corporate Registry Filings / USVI AG Investigation Available at: https://www.courtlistener.com/

The Epstein Case in 2019

The year 2019 was the most consequential in the Epstein case. In July, Epstein was arrested by the FBI on federal sex trafficking charges in the Southern District of New York. He was found dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center on August 10, 2019, in a death ruled a suicide by the medical examiner but disputed by independent pathologist Dr. Michael Baden. The documents from 2019 are among the most extensive in the archive, including the indictment, bail hearing transcripts, autopsy reports, Bureau of Prisons records, and the beginning of the Maxwell investigation.

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Source: Corporate Registry Filings

This record is archived under Property Records: Real estate records, property documents, and asset information related to Epstein's holdings.

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