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Joe Avantario
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Joe Avantario appears in the Epstein files primarily as a financial professional working closely with Leon Black's business affairs, frequently copied on financial correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein, Brad Wechsler, and other advisors managing Black's investments and tax planning.
Avantario appears in 202 documents, predominantly as a recipient or CC on financial emails discussing Leon Black's complex business transactions, including tax planning (1031 exchanges), asset valuations, net worth statements, gaming submissions, and estate planning. He is consistently grouped with other financial professionals like Richard Joslin, John Castrucci, and Brad Wechsler in correspondence coordinating Black's financial affairs. The emails show him receiving passwords for financial documents, balance sheets from QuickBooks, and participating in discussions about art appraisals, bronze sales, and debt calculations. Most mentions are operational financial correspondence rather than personal communication.
Key Highlights
- •Appears as CFO at a single family office (likely Black's), frequently included in privileged financial correspondence between Epstein and Black's advisors
- •Received detailed financial information including balance sheets, net worth statements, tax consequences of transactions, and gaming regulatory submissions
- •Part of the core financial team managing Leon Black's complex transactions including 1031 exchanges, art sales, and debt restructuring
- •No public coverage linking Avantario to Epstein scandal; appears to be a professional accountant performing legitimate CFO duties
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Document Mentions (20 of 202)
EFTA00641541.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00641541
nd LDB 2011 LLC — my bad From: Richard Joslin Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2O15 7:11 AM To: 'jeffrey E.' <[email protected]>; Ada Clapp < > Cc: Joe Avantario < ; Richard D'Agostino Subject: RE: Attached are balance sheets from QB — as they are not month end, the values of investments are for most recent
EFTA00661326.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00661326
2016 at 6:41 PM, Brad Wechsler < wrote: MEMORANDUM ATTORNEY-CLIENT PRIVLEDGE EFTA00661326 TO: Rick Bronstein CC: John Castrucci Leon Black Joe Avantario Rich Joslin FROM: Brad Wechsler Jeffrey Epstein DATE: February 9, 2016 Leon, 1. Attached, please find the January 26th memo on the airplane whic
EFTA00671320.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00671320
From: Joe Avantario To: jeffrey E. <I Subject: Re: Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 13:03:35 +0000 Will do. On Jul 17, 2016, at 8:58 AM, jeffrey E. < wrote: good news , co
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EFTA00680654.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00680654
FW: Plane Straw Man PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL From: Barry J. Cohen Sent: Monda August 21, 2017 12:12 PM To: ; John Cook < Wimer, Ruth Cc: Joe Avantario , Bradle J. Wechsler Joseph Vinciguerra ; Richard Joslin Subject: FW: Plane Straw Man PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL • John Castrucci EFTA00680654
EFTA00695475.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00695475
From: To: CC: Subject: Date: Attachments: Richard D'Agostino C > Jeffrey Epstein i tacatic;®vi ail.com> Joe Avantario John Castrucci Gaming Submission Tue, 03 Nov 2015 15:17:01 +0000 LDB_Net_Worth_Summary_09-30-15_(JEE).pdf; GAMING_MAR_31_2015.pdf Please find atta
EFTA00695474.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00695474
Richard D'Agostino accounting From: Richard D'Agostino Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 10:17 AM To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Avantario >; John Castrucci < Subject: Gaming Submission please note The information contained in this communication is confidential, may be attorney-clie
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EFTA00695478.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00695478
From: Joe Avantario To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> CC: Brad Wechsler < k John Castrucci <1 I> Subject: Date: Wed, 01 Jun 2016 20:44:25 +0000 Pw E
EFTA00703606.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00703606
From: Joe Avantario To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2016 14:46:58 +0000 Pw lee2016 EFTA00703606
EFTA00812909.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00812909
From: Brad Wechsler To: "Michele M. Re er , John Castrucci Joe Avantario , "Richard Joslin" CC: Tom Tunin < >, Suzanne Won , Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]>, Yvonne Berger Subject: Re: 2007-2008 8865 Review
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EFTA00815335.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00815335
: Heather Gray < To: "Jeffrey Epstein Ocevacation(a:email.com)" <jeevacationggmail.com> CC: Brad Wechsler < , John Castrucci Richard Joslin < >, Joe Avantario Subject: 1031 exchanges Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 17:16:41 +0000 Attachments: AP_Narrows_LLexchangejwith_both_options)_10.12.16.pdf: LDB 2011 LLC ex
EFTA00815394.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00815394
to:[email protected] Sent: Wednesday, October 12, 2016 1:27 PM To: Heather Gray <Ma Cc: Brad Wechsler a John Castrucci c :2; Richard Joslin ; Joe Avantario Subject: Re: 1031 exchanges you need to include taxes owed on transaction, if no 1031 On Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Heather Gray < > wrote: H
EFTA00815407.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00815407
r Gray cti Date: Wed, Oct 12, 2016 at 4:31 PM Subject: RE: 1031 exchanges To: "jeffrey E." <jeevacation :mail.com> Cc: Brad Wechsler Castrucci , Joe Avantario Richard Joslin Attached are the revised spreadsheets showing the income and sales tax consequences if the 1031 exchanges are successful and if they
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EFTA00818239.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00818239
From: John Castrucci To: jeffrey E. <[email protected] - CC: Joe Avantario Subject: Question Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2016 17:18:20 +0000 JEE Is your question as of today or another time period cash balances between LDB and Trus
EFTA00818305.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00818305
From: Heather Gray To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> CC: Joe Avantario Subject: Re: possible sales 9.15.16.xlsx Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2016 12:36:41 +0000 These are net numbers. The 1031's close on November 23, 2016 and as
EFTA00818340.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00818340
From: Heather Gray <I Date: Thu, Sep 15, 2016 at 8:36 AM Subject: Re: possible sales 9.15.16.xlsx To: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Cc: Joe Avantario These are net numbers. The 1031's close on November 23, 2016 and as you know we have to have transferred title and received all payments by that d
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EFTA00823850.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00823850
From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Joe Avantario Subject: Date: Sun, 17 Jul 2016 12:57:58 +0000 good news , could you ask her to show you 550s and 5 s coming off lease. thanks please note The in
EFTA00823942.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00823942
From: "Jeffrey E." <[email protected]> To: Joe Avantario Subject: Fwd: Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2016 19:20:57 +0000 Forwarded message From: Brad Wechsler <1 Date: Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 2:27 PM Subject: Re
EFTA00826359.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00826359
age From: Heather Gray <I Date: Thu, Jun 2, 2016 at 5:19 PM Subject: bronzes To: "jeffrey E." <[email protected]> Cc: Brad Wechsler < >, Joe Avantario Hi Jeffrey, If Leon were to sell all of his bronzes for $400 million net after commission, the after-tax proceeds would be $295 million as indicat
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EFTA00826349.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00826349
From: Heather Gray To: jeffrey E. <[email protected]> CC: Brad Wechsler < >, Joe Avantario Subject: bronzes Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2016 21:19:59 +0000 Attachments: Bronzet-net_proeeeds_on_sale_at_400.xlsx Hi Jeffrey, If Leon were to sell al
EFTA00627010.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00627010
From: Richard Joslin <1 To: jeffrey E. <jeevacation®gmail.com> CC: Joe Avantario Subject: RE: Date: Thu, 31 Dec 2015 13:17:52 +0000 Phaidon Press Ltd owes to Phaidon Global LLC - principal only $15,620,310 WW1' Ltd owes to Phai
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202 docs202 co-mentions
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48 docs48 co-mentions
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48 docs48 co-mentions
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PersonIndividual referenced in Epstein documents
39 docs39 co-mentions
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34 docs34 co-mentions
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30 docs30 co-mentions
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13 docs13 co-mentions
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11 docs11 co-mentions
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11 docs11 co-mentions
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