Jeffrey Epstein had 17 American Express cards and 11 million Membership Rewards points, and reportedly used Amex Travel to dummy reservations in order to facilitate visa interviews for Eastern European models.
Bloomberg has gone through Jeffrey Epstein’s American Express card statements and his Amex Travel correspondence. Epstein was a ‘Member Since’ 1977 and a Black Card (Centurion) cardmember since at least 2004.
At one point, he had over 11 million Membership Rewards points even after making one million of them available to someone else.
Epstein regularly redeemed points at 1 cent apiece for gift cards. There were 17 different Amex cards on his account, includig 9 Centurion cards and 8 Gold cards.
And his staff appear to have used Amex Travel through the Centurion card to facilitate visa fraud for Eastern European models – to show roundtrip travel (ultimately leaving the U.S.) for flights they did not intend to take, and that Epstein didn’t want to be on the hook for.
Groff asked to arrange a “fully refundable” trip for an Eastern European model just before Christmas of 2012, telling Molotkova to move fast so the woman could get an itinerary for “an interview with the consulate.” Groff told her to book anything for any hotel, “we don’t care how much or what it is like,” explaining that the model would “alter the dates herself on the reservation to match the air ! (she knows how to do it with Word).”
[Amex] had a question and an offer. “Does she need the reservation only for the visa purpose? It is against AMEX policy, to be honest,” she wrote back, “but here is the option, we can hold it till tonight.” After the scheduled appointment, Groff told Molotkova to cancel the trip. She added: “You have been great.”
Molotkova, it appears, was also willing to help when Groff told her to find a flight just for show, from Rome to London, around the same time as another from Rome to Miami. “This is a decoy flight,” Epstein’s assistant told her in January 2016, “she will not really take it,” but “needs to show an itinerary for this flight.” Molotkova sent options.
That March, when Shuliak told Groff she needed quick trip reservations to bring to a visa appointment, Epstein’s assistant simply forwarded the note to Molotkova. It became routine: In March 2018, Molotkova asked if she could cancel flights booked for a Canadian visa.
Here’s Epstein being credited 60,000 points for a travel booking issue. The irony of the Amex Concierge wishing Epstein’s assistant “Happy International Women’s day!” though..!
What comes across is just how banal this all is. Epstein, through his staff, was a demanding customer. American Express worked to keep him happy because he was spending seven figures annually on the card. So they were a helpful travel agent, facilitating his flight and hotel booking needs, that just happened to be for young Eastern European models who might overstay their visas!
The Department of Justice 2019 indictment alleges that Epstein sexually exploited “over 250 underage girls,” and abused some as young as 14. He pled guilty in 2008 to felony solicitation of prostitution and procuring a person under 18 for prostitution. Yet most of the correspondence, including with American Express, is fairly banal, akin to booking a ticket to get past TSA security to meet someone at a gate or use a lounge on a day they weren’t flying.
Did he have a subscription of InsideFlyer magazine delivered to any residential or office address he had? Did he check out FlyerTalk or some other such forums to up his game on using points and maybe even the Amex card benefits?
Alleged sex predator & adult film actor Ron Jeremy — last name Hyatt of all things — was known to be into InsideFlyer (and maybe also FlyerTalk).
Ah, lifestyles of the rich and slimy.
So, did we go to war against Iran to distract from the Presidents ties with Epstein, or are we now reverting back to Epstein because we need a distraction from how badly the war (I mean, special military operation) is going? Just two more weeks…
@1990
We are now reverting back to Epstein mode for the reason you cited. However, I think that Trump has forgotten the game that he is trying to play. Iran made it’s peace plan offering yesterday. As long as the plan involved opening the Strait of Hormuz, Trump could have accepted it and the Iran war headlines would disappear quickly. By flexing his muscles as he rejected the Iranian offer, he has positioned himself to have to deal with the negativity of both the Iran crisis and the Epstein crisis at the same time. Can Trump play these games and still keep whatever is left of his sanity? I fully expect that by mid June, his poll approval numbers, which are in the mid 30’s, will fall to around 30.
@Jim6555 — And, regardless of their President flailing, the GOP seems to think it can still gerrymander its way to keeping control of Congress. I applaud Democrats for at least trying, but they are not going to ‘win’ when the other side will just move goal posts. Relatedly, I think Callais, that 4-3 conservative VA state supreme court, Tennessee, Florida, Texas, and elsewhere are overreaching, and potentially ‘dummy’-mandering (as they say), especially if the real economy (no, not the stocks) remain bad for most Americans (mass layoffs, expensive gas/food, lack of healthcare subsidies, etc.) While some Republicans may argue that they are by law ‘de jure’ not discriminating against non-whites (so long as they literally, explicitly, officially don’t say they intend to), in reality, de facto, they are are, and people will notice. Jim Crow 2.0, neo-confederacy, neo-fascism, etc. is simply not popular or beneficial. Not to mention, what willful blindness to history and human decency. Likewise, anyone with a conscience does not like to see their fellow citizens murdered by the federal government, as in Minneapolis earlier tis year (which, honestly, gave me ‘Kent State’ vibes). Yes, maybe there are 30% of us who always were authoritarian followers, which is a real shame (and a problem we need to keep in check, as with the extremes of any party/ideology). Even with right-wing tech oligarchs controlling the media, their propaganda hopefully will not trick the rest of us, again. 47s failures are getting too big to ignore or scapegoat onto others. Time will tell. If he gets the Fed to drop rates; if oil companies drop prices into October (only to skyrocket by December); look over there (trans bathrooms!); there are ways the people could be tricked again.
You get a near 6-figure bill, and they threatened you with a “late fee of up yo $38.00” [for those who can read between the lines, yes, I know interest kicks in.]
Gary – why would someone, anyone, need 9 Centurion cards? Serious question.
@1990 and Jim6555: Folie à deux
@Mark F — Easy there, Joker…
@1990 Yeah, uncharacteristically pointed comment for me. But the Biden DOJ had those files before the 2024 election. We would have heard anything substantive long ago. But no worries, there are many other reasons to dislike the man.
@Mark F — The damning evidence has been out long-before, but tens of millions of Americans are apparently okay with the President being a pedophile, convicted of sexual assault in the civil case, and convicted felon otherwise. I think yet another example of something worthy of impeachment and removal, but I guess the tax cuts and bigotry are that compelling to folks like yourself. The thing is… if the hamburgers don’t get him, the economy will, even with gerrymandering. The myth that Republicans are good for the economy is just that… a lie. Only good for the already rich, and most people aren’t.
The additional user Centurion and Gold cards on his account were perhaps given to some of his associates, employees or relatives?
Each additional user card on the account could have its spending limited by the account holder of his (master) account.
Epstein was the golden child of the left and Democrats he was also the one that pushed them to embrace the trans ideology.
Funny how lefties like to paint him as a trump ally when Epstein hates trump and the Democrats were trying to get him to use his power and money to help defeat trump.
Pedophilia is also a cornerstone of the lgbt movement. A disproportionate amount of pedos are lgbt.
Harvey Milk was a massive one.
God 1990 you have massive TDS. I’m doing wonderful and that is all I care about. It actually makes me happy to see how upset and concerned you are.
BTW if you think the current redistricting is something wait until after the 2030 census when Ca, NY and IL will lose at least 5 congressional seats to TX, Fl and maybe NC. More red votes. The long term trend is wonderful.
Retired gambler is either a bot or delusional.