Jeffrey Epstein's offshore fortune traced to Paradise Papers - ICU Page I of 3 International Consortium of Investigative Journalists INVESTIGATIONS • READING TIME REPORTING BY Spencer Woodman I JOURNALISTS SLOG ABOUT • JEFFREY EPS] t IN HAS BEEN ARRESTED FOR ALLEGED SEX TRAFFICKING OF UP" IF YOU BE A V1 Paradise Papers LS P RSION AND FEEL YOU CAU. THE FOLLOWING NW CALL FBI Jeffrey Epstein's offshore fortune traced to Paradise Papers Fresh revelations raise the likelihood that sex offender Jeffrey Epstein cloaked his fortune in a series of offshore shell companies registered in notoriously secretive tax havens. The wealthy financier accused of systematically assaulting and trafficking numerous underage girls tried this week to convince a federal judge in New York to allow him to go free on bail, partially by detailing his fortune for the court. This request was rejected today, but the revelation of documents by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalist? partners McClatchy and the Miami Herald underscores the challenge the courts will face as his case proceeds. The most extensive document — amounting to 500 pages detailing the activities of an Epstein offshore vehicle — comes fmm the Paradise Papers trove, millions of files leaked from the Bermuda-founded offshore services provider Appleby. The files reportedly show that, by the mid-2000s Epstein's firm had joined a roster of the world's wealthiest people and corporations in working with Appleby, and therefore gaining a skilled group of experts to help it navigate the secretive and low-tax world of offshore finance, the new report states. From at least 2000 to 2007, Epstein chaired a company registered in Bermuda called Liquid Funding Ltd. This entity was partially owned by the investment bank Bear Steams, where Epstein had worked, according to the report. The bank's collapse would help set in motion the 2008 financial crisis. IMR-05-0211E 05:22 HI Liquid fulls