Jeffrey Epstein and His Mystery Bank In The USVI

About This Episode

Jeffrey Epstein’s obscure U.S. Virgin Islands bank, Southern Country International, came under scrutiny after millions of dollars flowed into it from his estate following his August 2019 death. Epstein had obtained a specialized Virgin Islands banking license for Southern Country in 2014, allowing it to conduct business with offshore clients, yet the bank appeared to have conducted little or no meaningful business for years. A lawyer for Epstein had even said in 2018 that the bank had not begun