An email exchange from June 2019 between investigators regarding the 2011 deed transfer of Jeffrey Epstein's Manhattan mansion at 9 East 71st Street to Maple Inc., a Virgin Islands shell company.

This document is an email from a senior financial investigator sharing property records with federal prosecutors (AUSAs) investigating Jeffrey Epstein. The investigator obtained the last deed of record from ACRIS (NYC's public property database) showing that on December 23, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein signed both as the Grantor (seller) and Grantee (buyer), transferring his famous Upper East Side mansion from Nine East 71st Street Corporation to Maple Inc., a company registered in St. Thomas, Virgin Islands. This unusual transaction—where Epstein acted as both parties—allowed him to move the $77 million property between his own shell companies for $0, a pattern typical of his complex financial arrangements designed to obscure asset ownership.

Key Highlights

• •Jeffrey Epstein signed both sides of the 2011 deed as president of both the selling and buying companies
• •The property was transferred to Maple Inc., a Virgin Islands shell company Epstein controlled
• •Document was shared with federal prosecutors (AUSAs) as part of an ongoing investigation in June 2019
• •No mortgages from Maple Inc. appear in public records, suggesting the property was held free and clear

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