Epstein Secrets

ed above, I originally considered charging Epstein with promotion money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A). After conferring with the Money Laundering Section at the Department of Justice, it was recommended that I forego the Section 1956 charge and, instead, I should charge Epstein with aiding and abetti

osition that a defendant can be convicted as a principal, even where he uses as innocent intermediary to commit the charged offense. In this case, Commerce Bank and Western Union were the innocent intermediaries who operated the money transmitting business. Nonetheless, Epstein's directions to pay the girls caused Western Un

ed above, I originally considered charging Epstein with promotion money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A). After conferring with the Money Laundering Section at the Department of Justice, it was recommended that I forego the Section 1956 charge and, instead, charge Epstein with aiding and abetting the un

osition that a defendant can be convicted as a principal, even where he uses as innocent intermediary to commit the charged offense. In this case, Commerce Bank and Western Union were the innocent intermediaries who operated the money transmitting business. Nonetheless, Epstein's directions to pay the girls caused Western Un

ed above, I originally considered charging Epstein with promotion money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A). After conferring with the Money Laundering Section at the Department of Justice, it was recommended that I forego the Section 1956 charge and, instead, charge Epstein with aiding and abetting the un

osition that a defendant can be convicted as a principal, even where he uses as innocent intermediary to commit the charged offense. In this case, Commerce Bank and Western Union were the innocent intermediaries who operated the money transmitting business. Nonetheless, Epstein's directions to pay the girls caused Western Un

ed above, I originally considered charging Epstein with promotion money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(a)(3)(A). After conferring with the Money Laundering Section at the Department of Justice, it was recommended that I forego the Section 1956 charge and, instead, I should charge Epstein with aiding and abetti

osition that a defendant can be convicted as a principal, even where he uses as innocent intermediary to commit the charged offense. In this case, Commerce Bank and Western Union were the innocent intermediaries who operated the money transmitting business. Nonetheless, Epstein's directions to pay the girls caused Western Un