The Epstein Files: The Al Capone Approach - Simple Crimes That Stick
- Patrick Duggan
- Jan 30
- 4 min read
Stamp #1: SEC Dropped Apollo Investigation After White House Meeting
The Timeline:
SEC investigating Apollo Global Management
Josh Harris (Apollo founding partner) meets with Kushner Jr. at White House
Harris considered for "White House job" (CNBC, documented in EFTA)
Apollo gives Kushner Companies $180 million loan (NY Post, March 2, 2018)
SEC drops investigation
The Documents:
"SEC dropped probe month after firm aided Kushner company" — NY Post headline, March 2, 2018 (cited in EFTA00010721)
"Josh Harris was considered for a White House job" — CNBC (cited in EFTA files)
The Pattern:
Investigation → White House access → Investigation dropped
Company under investigation → $180M loan to President's son-in-law → Investigation dropped
What This Looks Like:
Quid pro quo. Obstruction of justice. Bribery.
The Provable Crime:
Apollo was under SEC investigation
Harris met with Kushner at White House
Apollo gave Kushner $180M
Investigation was dropped
All four are documented. Public records. News reports cited in the EFTA files themselves.
Source: EFTA00010721, EFTA00010747
Stamp #2: The ESWW Money Laundering Shell
The Setup:
Environmental Solutions Worldwide Inc (ESWW) - a penny stock on NASDAQ/OTCM that "went dark" (stopped filing financial reports).
Who's Connected:
"ESWW: A money laundering NASDAQ/OTCM shell. Milken degenerate Leon Black/Joshua Harris: Apollo. AND Jeffrey Epstein."
"The ONLY SEC filing of Epsteins' Financial Trust Company Inc is in....wait for it....Leon Black/Apollo Environmental Solutions Worldwide"
Source: EFTA00010316
What This Means:
Epstein's "Financial Trust Company Inc" - the entity that managed his supposed billions - filed exactly ONE SEC document. That document was in connection with a penny stock shell company connected to Leon Black and Apollo.
The SEC's Own Words:
"If a company is a dark company and listed in the OTC market and hasn't put out financials for six months, maybe it shouldn't be quoted or offered to retail investors" — SEC official (Bloomberg, Oct 2018, cited in EFTA)
The SEC flagged these shells as suspicious. ESWW is one of them. Epstein's entity filed in it. Apollo founders connected to it.
The Provable Crime:
Securities fraud. Money laundering. Filing false financial statements.
The paper trail exists. The SEC filings are public. The connections are documented.
Source: EFTA00010806, EFTA00010316
Stamp #3: The BV70 → Epstein Pipeline ($50.5 Million)
The Money Trail:
Date | From | To | Amount | DB Reference |
2015-10-14 | BV70 LLC | Gratitude America | $10,000,000 | DB-SDNY-0004999 |
2017-03-31 | BV70 LLC | Plan D, LLC | $22,500,000 | DB-SDNY-0006113 |
2017-04-17 | BV70 LLC | Plan D, LLC | $8,000,000 | DB-SDNY-0006197 |
2018-10-02 | Plan D, LLC | BV 70th LLC | $10,000,000 | DB-SDNY-0007669 |
Total Documented: $50,500,000
What's BV70?
Bloomberg reported Leon Black controls BV70 LLC.
What's Plan D, LLC?
Epstein's aircraft company. Managed by Larry Visoski (Epstein's pilot). Owned the Gulfstream G550 that flew to Little Saint James.
What's Gratitude America?
Epstein's Virgin Islands charity. Banking at Deutsche Bank. "Activity of particular interest to prosecutors."
The Simple Question:
Why did Leon Black pay $30.5 million for Jeffrey Epstein's airplanes?
Why did $10 million flow to Epstein's VI charity?
Why did $10 million flow BACK from Epstein's entity to Black's entity?
The Provable Crime:
Proceeds from illegal activity
Transaction designed to disguise origin
Knowledge of illegal source
The circular flow ($10M out, $10M back) suggests structuring. The use of shells (BV70, Plan D, Gratitude America) suggests disguise.
Source: EFTA Financial Network Analysis
Stamp #4: Whistleblower Intimidation
Apollo/Epstein/Kushner connection
ESWW money laundering shell
SEC obstruction
What Happened Next:
"This was a blatant attempt to intimidate a whistleblower. 'HE' (I think a male although very effeminate voice) was an anonymous, coward, scumbag who threatened me. AND then called me another 11/12 times after that. This is a VERY serious matter. Felony. I intend to see 'him' prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Within weeks of filing a complaint against the SEC."
Source: EFTA00010715
The Pattern:
Whistleblower files complaints about Apollo/Epstein/Kushner
Within weeks, receives threatening calls
Calls continue (11-12 times)
Documented in contemporaneous email to SEC IG
The Provable Crime:
18 USC 1513 - Retaliating against a witness, victim, or informant
Federal felony. Up to 20 years.
The whistleblower documented it in real-time. The emails are in the EFTA release.
Why These Crimes Stick
Al Capone Principle:
Witness availability
Statute of limitations
Jurisdictional issues
"He said, she said"
Paper trails
Bank records
SEC filings
Contemporaneous documentation
What the EFTA Files Provide:
Crime | Evidence Type | Witnesses Needed |
SEC investigation dropped after $180M loan | Public filings, news reports | Zero - documents speak |
ESWW money laundering shell | SEC filings | Zero - filings are public |
BV70 → Epstein $50.5M pipeline | Deutsche Bank records (in EFTA) | Zero - bank records speak |
Whistleblower intimidation | Contemporaneous emails (in EFTA) | One - Dilorio himself |
The Question for DOJ
If these simple crimes are documented in your own release:
Why hasn't Apollo been re-investigated for the SEC quid pro quo?
Why hasn't ESWW been prosecuted for securities fraud?
Why hasn't the $50.5M BV70 → Epstein pipeline been traced?
Why hasn't the whistleblower intimidation been prosecuted?
These aren't complicated trafficking cases. These are paper crimes. The paper is IN YOUR FILES.
What Capone Teaches Us
You don't always get the crime you want. Sometimes you get the crime you can prove.
Al Capone: Wanted for murder. Got for taxes.
Epstein Network: Wanted for trafficking. Available for financial crimes.
The stamps are there. The paper trails exist. The evidence is public.
Someone just has to pick it up.
This analysis uses the tautological epistemic method: reasoning from what the documents themselves say. All sources are from the official DOJ EFTA release (January 2026).
Analysis conducted by DugganUSA Threat Intelligence Platform.
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Her name was Renee Nicole Good.
His name was Alex Jeffery Pretti.
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