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Western Union
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American financial services and communications company
Western Union appears in the Epstein documents primarily as the payment method used to send Christmas bonuses to massage providers, with at least one documented $200 transfer from Jeffrey Epstein in December 2004.
Western Union is mentioned in police investigation records documenting how Epstein sent cash payments to massage providers, with detectives subpoenaing Western Union records that confirmed Jeffrey Epstein sent money on December 23, 2004. The company also appears in references to cryptography history (the 'Black Chamber' telegraph monitoring), business books about payment methods, and mentions of InfoSpan (a competitor money transfer service). Several mentions appear in federal subpoena records from 2019, where prosecutors sought Western Union transaction records as part of the investigation. The company itself had no organizational relationship with Epstein—it simply processed payments he made.
Key Highlights
- •Police subpoenaed Western Union records showing Jeffrey Epstein sent at least one $200 Christmas bonus payment on December 23, 2004
- •Multiple massage providers told investigators they received payments from Epstein via Western Union locations in Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee Blvd
- •Federal prosecutors in 2019 subpoenaed Western Union for transaction records related to the investigation
- •Most other mentions are unrelated references in books and documents about the telegraph company's history or competing money transfer services
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EFTA00007157 - EFTA00007252
5 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
d her to leave as she was ruining his massage. I asked her if she had any contact with Epstein's organization, she stated she received $200.00 from Western Union in Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee Blvd as a Christmas gift. advised she had no formal training in provide any massages. also stated she was six
Page: EFTA00007209 →d her to leave as she was ruining his massage. I asked her if she had any contact with Epstein's organization, she stated she received $200.00 from Western Union in Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee Blvd as a Christmas gift. advised she had no formal training in provide any massages. also stated she was six
Page: EFTA00007209 →d her to leave as she was ruining his massage. I asked her if she had any contact with Epstein's organization, she stated she received $200.00 from Western Union in Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee Blvd as a Christmas gift. advised she had no formal training in provide any massages. also stated she was six
Page: EFTA00007209 →EFTA00009440 - EFTA00009447
2 mentionsSource: DOJ EFTA Records
14 Services seeking documents and records related to Jeffrey 15 Epstein. It was served on February 26, 2007, and we 16 received items back from western Union on two separate 17 dates, and two packages, the first on April 9, 2007, and 18 the second on April 11, 2007. 19 Q And those sought records of
Page: EFTA00009443 →14 Services seeking documents and records related to Jeffrey 15 Epstein. It was served on February 26, 2007, and we 16 received items back from western Union on two separate 17 dates, and two packages, the first on April 9, 2007, and 18 the second on April 11, 2007. 19 Q And those sought records of
Page: EFTA00009443 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_018872 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019085
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
any massages. stated although she had a falling out with Epstein, she still received a Christmas bonus from Epstein. stated she was wired money from Western Union for her Christmas bonus. Subpoena results from Western Union revealed money was sent from Jeffrey Epstein on December 23, 2004. [__ received $200.00
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Epst_9780451494566_2p_all_r1.z.indd
1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019477 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_019844
Source: House Oversight Committee
f the famous cryptographer Herbert O. Yardley, a team of twenty code breakers was employed in what was called the Black Chamber. Yardley arranged for Western Union, which had the telegraph monopoly in America, to provide the Black Chamber with all the telegrams coming into the United States. “Its far-seeking eye
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1 mentionHOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020153 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020436
Nov 16, 2015Source: House Oversight Committee
team of 20 code-breakers was employed in what was called the “Black Chamber.” Yardley arranged for HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020306 --- PAGE BREAK --- 155 Western Union, which has the telegraph monopoly in America, to provide the Black Chamber with all the telegrams coming into the United States. “Its far-seeking eye
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_020307 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026005 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026007
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
nd other low-wage jobs, offering a ready-made market for SpanCash. InfoSpan aimed to allow migrants to transfer money back home far more cheaply than Western Union or hawala, a traditional Middle Eastern broker-to-broker money transfer system. A study from McKinsey & Co., cited in court records, projected annua
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_026005 →Sponsored
HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030098 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030100
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
nd other low-wage jobs, offering a ready-made market for SpanCash. InfoSpan aimed to allow migrants to transfer money back home far more cheaply than Western Union or hawala, a traditional Middle Eastern broker-to-broker money transfer system. A study from McKinsey & Co., cited in court records, projected annual
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030099 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030101 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030104
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
d other low-wage jobs, offering a ready- made market for SpanCash. InfoSpan aimed to allow migrants to transfer money back home far more cheaply than Western Union or hawala, a traditional Middle Eastern broker-to-broker money transfer system. A study from McKinsey & Co., cited in court records, projected annual
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030102 →HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030105 - HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030108
1 mentionSource: House Oversight Committee
nd other low-wage jobs, offering a ready-made market for SpanCash. InfoSpan aimed to allow migrants to transfer money back home far more cheaply than Western Union or hawala, a traditional Middle Eastern broker-to-broker money transfer system. A study from McKinsey & Co., cited in court records, projected annual
Page: HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_030106 →Sponsored
1 mention
any manages. agM^vmted although she had a falling out with Epstein; she still received a Christmas bonus from Epstein: stated she was wned money from Western Union for her Christmas bonus’. Subpoenaresults fiom Western Union revealed money was sent fiom Jeffrey Epstein'on December 23. 2004 tKSv received $200.00
BOP_Epstein_Records_Part_2_of_4
1 mentionSource: Bureau of Prisons FOIA
replaces BP-292(52) dated AUG 2011. Date: 08/19/2019 Time: 01 :40 PM Money Sent Transaction Date Loe rrans Type 81712019 12:04:45 PM NYM Western Union User ID: TF14688 Federal Bureau of Prisons TRUVlfW Outside Person Center Report Sensitive But Unclassified Amount Reg# Inmate Nm $200.00 763
Page: BOP_Epstein_Records_Part_2_of_4_p120 →Epstein_Part_03_Redacted
1 mentionSource: FBI Vault
ny massages. stated although she had a falling out with Epstein, she still received a Christmas bonus from Epstein. stated she was wired money from Western Union for her Christmas bonus. Subpoena results from Western Union revealed money was sent from Jeffrey Epstein on December 23, 2004. _ _ received $200
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Epstein_Part_08_Redacted
1 mentionSource: FBI Vault
L :.:.:.-1 r 1 I:: : :-. "!_._I(, :, --- ·--- This is a true copy from the records of the Money Transfer Processing Center, Custodian of Records, Western Union Financial Services BEST COPY AVAILABLE 07/26/17 Page 61 of 81 Public Records Request No.: 17-295 HOW TO INTERPRET PAID MONEY TRANSFER COMPUTER
Page: Epstein_Part_08_Redacted_p60 →Epstein_Part_19_Redacted
1 mentionSource: FBI Vault
d her to leave as she was ruining his massage. I asked her if she had any contact with Epstein s organization, she stated she received $200.00 from Western Union in and Okeechobee Blvd as a Christmas gift. ___ advised she had no formal training in provide any massages. also stated she wis sixteen year
Page: Epstein_Part_19_Redacted_p52 →Epstein_Part_23_Redacted
1 mentionSource: FBI Vault
d her to leave as she was ruining his massage. I asked her if she had any contact with Epstein's organization, she stated she received $200.00 from Western Union in Royal Palm Beach and Okeechobee Blvd as a Christmas gift. ' advised she had no formal training in provide any massages. - also stated she w
Page: Epstein_Part_23_Redacted_p53 →Sponsored
1 mention
Au ust 15 2019 5:08 PM To: Cc: • , , • • , Subject: Subpoenas Re Please pre are and return to me subpoenas for Wells Fargo, CITI, MoneyGram, Western Union and Experian regarding I have attached the riders for the subpoenas. I will serve the subpoenas. Additionally, please utilize the following text i
Page: EFTA00019959 →1 mention
ited States Attorney One St. Andrew's Plaza New York, New York 10007 Telephone: EFTA00019962 --- PAGE BREAK --- RIDER (Grand Jury Subpoena to Western Union, dated August 16, 2019) For the period of inception through the present, please provide any and all available information regarding money transfers
Page: EFTA00019963 →1 mention
Subject: Subpoenas Re Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 21:07:45 +0000 Attachments: Please pre are return to me subpoenas for Wells Fargo, CITI, MoneyGram, Western Union and Experian regarding I have attached the riders for the subpoenas. I will serve the subpoenas. Additionally, please utilize the following text i
Page: EFTA00020166 →Sponsored
1 mention
ceived Transaction Date 8/7/2019 12:04:45 PM 7/31/2019 9:04:12 AM 7/8/2019 10:04:21 AM Loc Wane Type NYM Western Union NYM Western Union NYM Western Union Amount Sender Nm Addrects $200.00 $300.00 $200.00 City St lin Phone HO NW) (bX7an Money Sent Transaction Date Loc Trans Type Amount Rec
Page: EFTA00030468 →1 mention
m: Sent: Thursday. August 15 2019 5:08 PM To: C Subject: Subpoenas Re Please pre are and return to me subpoenas for Wells Fargo, CITI, MoneyGram, Western Union and Experian regarding I have attached the riders for the subpoenas. I will serve the subpoenas. Additionally, please utilize the following text i
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PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
19 docs19 co-mentions
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PersonThird child of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born 1960)
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Sarah Kellen
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PersonBritish socialite and sex trafficker, daughter of Robert Maxwell, accomplice of Jeffrey Epstein
7 docs7 co-mentions
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LocationCountry located primarily in North America
7 docs7 co-mentions
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PersonPresident of the United States from 2009 to 2017
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PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
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Joe Recarey
Person7 docs7 co-mentions
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OrganizationAmerican daily newspaper covering the Greater Los Angeles area
7 docs7 co-mentions
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LocationTown in Palm Beach County, Florida, United States
6 docs6 co-mentions
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LocationMost populous city in the United States
6 docs6 co-mentions
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Organization6 docs6 co-mentions
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Ace Greenberg
Person6 docs6 co-mentions
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OrganizationDaily newspaper in West Palm Beach, Florida
6 docs6 co-mentions
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OrganizationPolice agency
6 docs6 co-mentions
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6 docs6 co-mentions
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OrganizationDivision of General Motors
6 docs6 co-mentions
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PersonVenezuelan baseball player
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PersonAmerican billionaire businessman (born 1973)
6 docs6 co-mentions
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OrganizationAirline
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