The Epstein Files: Russian Money, Oligarchs, and the Apollo Connection
- Patrick Duggan
- Jan 30
- 3 min read
The Whistleblower's Map
SEC whistleblower Christopher Dilorio filed extensive complaints documented in the EFTA release. His emails to federal agencies lay out the network in explicit detail:
The Chain: `` Leon Black (Apollo) ─────┬─── Trump/Kushner ├─── Epstein └─── Putin/RU ``
Source: EFTA00010732-EFTA00010733
Direct quotes from the documents:
"Leon Black/Apollo/Schwarzman: Trump Kushner" "Black/Apollo/Schwarzman: Epstein" "Black/Apollo/Schwarzman: Putin/RU" "Apollo's Black shares platform with Putin"
The Reuters article cited in the EFTA documents confirms: Apollo's Leon Black literally shared a platform with Vladimir Putin at a Russian investment forum.
The Full Money Laundering Chain
The whistleblower documents name a sprawling network:
Putin/Rakishev/Trump/Kushner/Alfa/Crede/Peizer/Milken/Hapoalim/SBNY/CardWorks/ESQ/WireCard
Breaking that down:
Entity | Role |
Kenges Rakishev | Kazakh oligarch with Russian ties |
Alfa Bank | Russian bank linked to Trump Organization server pings |
Signature Bank (SBNY) | US bank that collapsed in 2023 |
Bank Hapoalim | Israeli bank fined $903M for tax evasion |
WireCard | German fintech that collapsed in €1.9B fraud |
Michael Milken | The junk bond king, pardoned by Trump |
Source: EFTA00010912-EFTA00010913
Russian Money Laundering Report to SDNY
On December 16, 2019, Jean James forwarded an email to Geoffrey Berman, then US Attorney for the Southern District of New York:
Subject: "Some inside info on Russian Money laundering and the Epstein paedophile ring"
The email alleges:
Epstein blackmailed Parliament
Deutsche Bank and Barclays laundered money for Epstein
Gold bullion used in the "Laundromat" Russian money laundering operation
Danske Bank's Estonian branch underwrote trades for the Russian Mafia
Bullion sold without seals, certificates, or receipts
Source: EFTA00022172-EFTA00022173
The 15-Year-Old Russian Girl
An FBI internal email dated August 23, 2019 documents witness testimony:
"FYI...We spoke with a witness this morning who recently met with [REDACTED] who works for [REDACTED]. [REDACTED] confirmed to the witness that Epstein had been on yacht more than once to include a party in which Epstein allegedly brought a 15-year old Russian girl."
This wasn't a rumor or allegation from outside. This is FBI agents documenting witness statements about Russian minors on yachts.
Source: EFTA00037805
The Gates Blackmail Memo
On Thursday, July 18, 2013 at 11:49 AM, Jeffrey Epstein sent an email to himself:
From: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> To: Jeffrey Epstein <[email protected]> Subject: bill
The memo, written from Gates' perspective, documents blackmail material Epstein held:
"you then implore me to please delete the emails regarding your std, your request that I provide you antibiotics that you can surreptitiously give to Melinda and the description of your penis"
The "Russian girls" connection reported by Yahoo News, IBTimes, and Fox News ties directly to this STD blackmail material.
Banks Involved
The EFTA documents implicate multiple major financial institutions:
Bank | Allegation |
Deutsche Bank | Laundered for Epstein, destroyed bullion trading receipts |
Barclays | Laundered money for Epstein |
Danske Bank | Estonian branch used for Russian Mafia trades |
Signature Bank | Named in Rakishev/Trump/Kushner chain |
Bank Hapoalim | Part of the laundering network |
Jes Staley and Parliament Blackmail
The EFTA documents also reveal that Barclays CEO Jes Staley:
Visited Epstein in prison
Traveled to Epstein's island on Epstein's yacht
Was allegedly installed as Barclays CEO after Epstein blackmailed Parliament
"The Daily Mail had been leaked emails from [REDACTED] to Parliament or some connected source to blackmail Parliament into accepting Jes Staley as CEO for Barclays."
Source: EFTA00024009
The Pattern
What emerges from the EFTA documents is not a collection of isolated incidents but a system:
Russian oligarch money flows through shell companies
Private equity (Apollo, Blackstone) provides legitimacy
Banks (Deutsche, Barclays, Danske) facilitate the movement
Epstein provides kompromat (blackmail material)
Politicians and executives become compromised
The network protects itself through mutual exposure
This is how power works. The Epstein Files document it in their own words.
Methodology
OpenJPEG (opj_decompress) for JP2 to PNG conversion
Tesseract OCR for text extraction from 42,182 pages
Pattern recognition across 1.77M lines of corpus text
Cross-referencing with SEC filings and news reports
All source documents are from the official DOJ EFTA release (January 2026).
Source Documents
EFTA Number | Content |
EFTA00010732 | Apollo/Putin platform sharing |
EFTA00010733 | Black/Epstein/Kushner chain |
EFTA00010912-13 | Full money laundering network |
EFTA00022172-73 | Russian money laundering report to Berman |
EFTA00037805 | 15-year-old Russian girl on yacht |
EFTA00024009 | Staley/Barclays/yacht |
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