Former CEO of Bear Stearns. RECIPROCAL FIDUCIARY relationship: Cayne named executor of Jeffrey Epstein's will across five codicils (2003-2007), removed only when the January 2012 will replaced the executors with Indyke, Pagano, and Newman; Jeffrey Epstein served as TRUSTEE of 'James E. Cayne Trust No. S' (EFTA01583819). Named in victim interrogatory: 'Knowledge of defendant's sexual desire for minor girls.' Regular post-conviction contact 2010-2018. May 2018 note: 'dersh, jes, ian, ghis, forrrester cayne' - innermost circle. Endorsed Jeffrey Epstein publicly post-conviction, provided sworn affidavit. Jeffrey Epstein's office contained 'ESTATE PLAN JAMES CAYNE.' 168 true positive docs (of 1,112 total, 944 false 'Biscayne' matches).
Key Findings
EFTA01583819: EXPLOSIVE, Jeffrey Epstein was TRUSTEE of 'THE JAMES E CAYNE TRUST NO 5 UAD 12/27/04 JEFFREY EPSTEIN TRUSTEE' - reciprocal fiduciary relationship
EFTA00089546: Named executor of Jeffrey Epstein's will (2003 codicil), 'I appoint HENRY JARECKI and JAMES CAYNE as Executors of this will'
EFTA01742815: May 2018 note subject: 'dersh, jes, ian, ghis, forrrester cayne' - innermost circle 14 months before arrest, alongside Maxwell, Dershowitz, Staley
EFTA00727684: Named in victim interrogatory: 'Knowledge of defendant's sexual desire for minor girls'
EFTA00366186: Jeffrey Epstein used 'worked for Jimmy Cayne' as Russian visa employment reference (July 2014)
EFTA00696156: Personal notes, 'cayne' alongside 'ghislane', 'dersh', 'wexner' (June 2014)
A March 17, 2010 email from Lesley Groff with the subject Jimmy Cayne says "Suzette from Jimmy Cayne's office called...Jimmy is wondering if you tried to call him this morning around 7am?" (EFTA02429346)
Named on a JEGE, Inc. passenger manifest flying with Jeffrey Epstein from London (Luton) to New York on 3 March 2006 (N908JE, trip 364), alongside Jean-Luc Brunel, John Phelan, Theodore Serure, Craig Overlander, Brian Higgins. Six further passengers were redacted in the estate production. Source: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_007243.
MANIFEST SPELLING (#917, 2026-08-04): flight manifests carry him as 'Jim Cayne' on 6 legs as well as 'Jimmy Cayne'. Recorded as an alias so both resolve to this record and the co-passenger graph does not treat them as two men (data/flight_index.json).
Source: flight-log database (private aircraft, 1995–2015), cross-referenced against the unified flight index. Protected victims appear as REDACTED so counts stay correct without identifying anyone.
The 10 most frequent of 14 co-passengers who have a page here. Manifest entries with no page, initials and redacted passengers are counted in the flight totals above but cannot be drawn.