Richard Kahn

Key Findings

• EFTA01266204: THE 1953 TRUST (Aug 8, 2019 — TWO DAYS before death) — Kahn and Indyke as sole trustees. Karyna Shuliak: $100M, Indyke: $50M, Kahn: $25M, Visoski: $10M
• EFTA01265973: SCHWAB INVESTIGATION — Kahn was agent on ALL THREE Schwab accounts opened April 2019. $12.7M wire to 'Marc Leon' in MOROCCO 13 days before arrest. $14.95M wire attempted 2 days AFTER arrest — CANCELED
• EFTA02347813: Southern Trust Company balance: $109,981,919 (Dec 2015)
• EFTA00531290: Wired $50K from Butterfly Trust to Karyna Shuliak: 'as per JEE instructions...please confirm receipt and thank Jeffrey'
• EFTA02312341: Wired $100K from Butterfly Trust to Shuliak stock account (Feb 2019, 5 months before arrest)
• EFTA00161836 (Jan 2023): GVI Second Amended Complaint — USVI government alleged Kahn and Indyke 'organized, controlled, and directed almost every aspect of the Jeffrey Epstein Enterprise' (¶76). They 'directed, approved, enabled, and justified millions of dollars in payments that fueled the Jeffrey Epstein Enterprise's sex trafficking' (¶77). They 'obtained large and frequent stocks of cash for Jeffrey Epstein which, based on public knowledge, would have funded Jeffrey Epstein's cash payments for "massages" — code for forced sex' (¶78). They 'participated with Jeffrey Epstein in coercing his sex trafficking victims, in at least three cases, to enter into arranged and forced marriages' to obtain immigration status (¶78). Kahn and Indyke 'signed company checks for combined value of almost $300,000 made out personally to young women' (¶95). Kahn 'gave conflicting reports' to banks about payroll recipients — once describing a person as an employee (false), another time accurately (¶93). They 'structured these transactions in order to evade the bank's reporting requirements' (¶81). Managed at least 140 different bank accounts for Jeffrey Epstein entities (¶113). Directly contradicts Kahn's claim of ignorance of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
• EFTA00104913: USVI AG — 'George brought charges against Jeffrey Epstein's estate and alleged that his lawyers, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, may have been part of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged fraud'
• EFTA01417521: Deutsche Bank KYC document — 43-page review showing Butterfly Trust, Haze Trust, Insurance Trust structures. 'RDC alerts for Richard Kahn came up but they were all false positives'
• EFTA01326054: FBI FD-302 — house manager Alfredo Rodriguez identified 'RICH KAHN (Accountant)' as key contact
• EFTA01682446: FBI network diagram shows Kahn as 'Authorized Agent' with connections to Bella Klein, Indyke, Jean-Luc Brunel
• EFTA02215904: Used Gratitude America charity to pay for Elton John dinner in London: 'bella please pay from Gratitude 30k for 2 tickets'
• EFTA02366568: Managed Jeffrey Epstein's $1M+ pre-IPO Spotify investment through Honeycomb Ventures
• EFTA01368793: Requested Deutsche Bank bid on 100,000 shares of Rothschild & Co SCA (~$3M)
• EFTA01266457: Named trustee of 2018 Trust alongside Indyke and Kathryn Ruemmler
• Schwab account numbers: #41224708 (Southern Trust, opened 04/11/2019), #11481413 (Southern Financial, 04/19/2019), #14332170 (Southern Country International, 05/13/2019, closed 07/10/2019)
• TD Ameritrade account #867730320 — transferred 263,157 APO shares, 10,000 ILMN, 3,000 GOOG, bonds to Schwab. TD Ameritrade NONCOMPLIANT with grand jury subpoena (EFTA00021311)
• Absorbed $113,527 loss on EUR/USD conversion when first $12.7M Morocco wire was recalled (EFTA01265973)
• Testified for 7 hours before House Oversight Committee (Mar 11, 2026). Claimed 'strictly professional' relationship, saw no 'red flags.' Named Jeffrey Epstein's top clients: Les Wexner, Glenn Dubin, Steven Sinofsky, the Rothschilds, Leon Black. Committee Democrats called testimony 'not credible.' Initially claimed 'Jane Doe 4' received estate settlement — attorney walked it back next day.
• FirstBank Puerto Rico filed separate SAR (07/19/2019) for Laurel Inc. (Palm Beach property) account managed by Kahn (EFTA00151544)
• EFTA01297175 / EFTA02386927 (Mar 2017): Wired $40,000 from HBRK Associates to Achrayut Leumit (Ehud Barak's political entity) at Bank Leumi, Branch 666, Ramat Gan. When DB compliance asked about the relationship, Kahn answered: "Friend." Purpose: "Contributions for public policy organization in Israel."
• EFTA00091391 (Oct 20, 2020): Jeffrey Epstein estate (Kahn and Indyke as co-executors) asserted privilege over seized device contents, blocking both prosecution and defense from accessing potentially incriminating data. Government stated prosecution team was "not legally permitted to provide the full set of non-privileged materials."
• EFTA00818213 (Sep 14, 2016): Kahn to Jeffrey Epstein: "trump making a nice move" — forwarded election polls showing Trump +5 in LA Times/USC tracking and Ohio
• EFTA02805472 (USVI v. JPMorgan): "Indyke and Kahn were paid through multiple entities, including HBRK Associates, Inc. (Kahn), Coatue Enterprises, LLC (Kahn), Birch Tree BR, LLC (Indyke), Harlequin Dane, LLC (Indyke) — functioned as shell companies"
• EFTA02805549: Coatue Enterprises listed among Jeffrey Epstein Enterprise entities with JPMorgan accounts alongside Butterfly Trust, C.O.U.Q. Foundation, Enhanced Education, Hyperion Air, JEGE
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): Kahn and Indyke characterized as "the indispensable captains of Jeffrey Epstein's criminal enterprise, roles for which they were richly rewarded."
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): Beneficiary of the Butterfly Trust AND authorized signatory — signed $1M+ in checks to non-beneficiary young women with Eastern European surnames.
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): Managed at least 140 different bank accounts for Jeffrey Epstein and entities — "many of which existed only to transfer payments to other entities and accounts."
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): As Southern Trust treasurer, oversaw accounting, invoicing, and tax reporting. Southern Trust fraudulently obtained $73.6M in USVI tax exemptions (2013-2017).
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): Authorized signatory on LSJE LLC checking account — signed company checks totaling ~$300K to young women and the immigration lawyer involved in forced marriages.
• EFTA02805492 (GVI): Pre-arranged $100K cash pickup at Deutsche Bank for Indyke on January 17, 2018.
• EFTA00088990 (Oct 18, 2019): Grand jury subpoena issued directly to Richard Kahn (separate from estate subpoena) — "calls for the production of categories of documents, records, correspondence, and other material (including electronically stored material)." Issued by SDNY. Paired subpoena to Indyke at EFTA00088997.
• TD Bank grand jury subpoena (Oct 3, 2019): Revealed 8+ HBRK Associates accounts plus an additional personal Kahn account at TD Bank. TD confirmed it could "close out the accounts referenced." Marked CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.
• Deutsche Bank KYC: Kahn had a prior NYSE Arca Equities Rule violation flagged during AML/KYC review — "Court case was dismissed and he was not barred from NYSE Arca... RDC alert found - relates to violation of NYSE Arca Equities Rule." Cleared in previous KYCs.
• EFTA01929215 (Apr 24, 2014): CASH COURIER — Kahn personally carried cash and euros to Paris for Jeffrey Epstein: "please advise on cash and euro to bring today... valdson / svet ability to withdraw euros for you in paris."
• EFTA00876637 / EFTA00963904 (Jun-Oct 2012): Compiled 93,649 expense ledger for Nadia Marcinkova — wires from JEE and Butterfly Trust (0K-0K each), Louis Fly Academy, GIV School (2,900), GII School (0,197). Notes: "this does not include value of apartment or credit card activity." Jeffrey Epstein later confirmed additional 0K/yr rent on top.
• EFTA00966384 / EFTA00966975 (Aug 2013): Coordinated Aviloop visa fraud — Kahn helped fabricate business income for Marcinkova's E-2 investor visa. Nadia: "Aviloop. As payment for services, to show income for the visa." Needed 00K to "satisfy the requirement that the E-2 enterprise generate income." Jeffrey Epstein: "i was working with rich on showing income to aviloop."
• EFTA02324888 / EFTA02328759: Managed separate cleaning arrangements for "girl's apartments" vs guest apartments — "Blanca cleaning only the girl's apartments, no laundry, no cleaning supply. The guest apartments are still on Tess and Leo."
• EFTA00163119: Replaced Ghislaine Maxwell as C.O.U.Q. Foundation treasurer in 2007, held role until charity dissolved ~2012. Also served as treasurer of Financial Strategy Group (later Southern Country International), Nautilus Inc. (Little St. James title), Poplar Inc. (Great St. James title), Southern Trust Company, and CDE Inc. (LSJ title holder, USVI S-corp).
• EFTA01265841 / EFTA01297686: Corporate roles beyond HBRK — Chairman of Arkay Capital Corp (NY Corp #2515783, filed 9/29/2000, ACTIVE) and associated with K & F Capital Corp. Background investigation records list both alongside HBRK Associates.
• EFTA01865080 / EFTA01864580: Routed 5K donation to Stockholm School of Economics through Enhanced Education on Jeffrey Epstein's instruction — "confirming that donation is to Stockholm School of Economics for 25k." Jeffrey Epstein: "25k from enhanced education." Recipient later changed payee to "Swedish-American Life Science."
• EFTA01580402: Wife Jennifer ("Jen") Kahn received wire transfers routed through Jeffrey Epstein accounts, CC'd to Harry Beller and Kahn himself.
• EFTA01789142: "Happy Birthday Bunny" email with photos sent to Jen Kahn, Karyna Shuliak, and Jeffrey Epstein — shows social relationship between Kahn family and Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend.
• EFTA02808127: Forwarded 5K fundraising request from Cecile de Jongh (wife of USVI Governor John de Jongh) to Jeffrey Epstein — "please confirm that this is to be paid from JEE personal account."
• EFTA02582196: Jeffrey Epstein directed Kahn: "Approve gemini. Asap" — shows Kahn had approval authority over financial transactions.
• EFTA01654937: Kahn and wife each donated $2,300 to Bill Richardson's presidential campaign. Indyke and wife donated matching amounts. Article notes: "Similar to Indyke, Kahn made political donations to the same candidates Jeffrey Epstein backed."
• Joscha Bach tax management (Apr 2018): Kahn forwarded Bach's tax documents to Jeffrey Epstein, noting improper Schedule C (65K income, 2K expenses), Bitcoin gains (0K), and no estimated tax payments throughout 2017. Kahn managed taxes for Jeffrey Epstein associates, not just Jeffrey Epstein entities.
• Congressional deposition (yt-LxxqmDmC3bg): Kahn testified Bella Klein "kept the QuickBooks file for Jeffrey Epstein" and "handled insurance." Kahn described group meetings at Jeffrey Epstein's townhouse with Klein, Darren Indyke, Harry Beller, Emad Hanna, William Murphy, and Lesley Groff. Klein managed petty cash safe; Kahn saw Klein "provide cash to these individuals" but claimed never saw her give cash to a minor.
• EFTA00954630: Kahn to Jeffrey Epstein: "bella sent me the latest batch of medical bills for girls just wanted to confirm that you do not want to see these and that bella should pay all medical once girls confirm for accuracy." Jeffrey Epstein: "bleaching is not acceptable. sorry, pay it but its out of hand." Bills were from Dr. Thomas Magnani DDS.
• Kahn testified Klein may have requested Deutsche Bank or JP Morgan private banking applications that were "passed off to these women for them to fill out" — giving women access to Jeffrey Epstein's private banking services (yt-LxxqmDmC3bg ~12819s).