Episode 27: Financial Crime Typologies

7 parts

Circular ownership, five-jurisdiction layering, textbook structuring, and pass-through detection — the laundering patterns in the data. Each part builds on the last — investigative analysis drawn from court filings, financial records, and released documents. Browse all episodes or the full investigation archive.

  1. Part 1 Circular Ownership: How $221,000 in 'Loan Payments' Completed the Loop Financial Crime Typologies

    Southern Financial LLC wired $7.75 million into Harlequin Dane LLC, which then sent $221,050 back to Southern Financial's Deutsche Bank account labeled...

  2. Part 2 Five Jurisdictions: How Epstein's Money Crossed State Lines by Design Financial Crime Typologies

    Epstein's financial flows traversed five U.S. jurisdictions — New York, Delaware, Florida, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico — plus Liechtenstein...

  3. Part 3 $7,500 Times 97: The Textbook Structuring Pattern Deutsche Bank Ignored Financial Crime Typologies

    An attorney servicing Epstein's accounts made 97 cash withdrawals of exactly $7,500 — Deutsche Bank's third-party withdrawal limit — at a pace of two to...

  4. Part 4 Weight-to-Value: When a 2-Pound Package Costs $1,710 to Ship Financial Crime Typologies

    Among 2,894 FedEx shipments in the Epstein corpus, several exhibit cost-to-weight ratios that match Trade-Based Money Laundering (TBML — laundering mone...

  5. Part 5 Pass-Through Detection: Finding Conduits in the Ownership Graph Financial Crime Typologies

    Script 18's ownership graph module constructs a directed network of 33 static edges (corporate registrations, officer appointments) plus dynamic wire fl...

  6. Part 6 Defensive SAR Filing: When Banks File Reports to Protect Themselves Financial Crime Typologies

    Banks are required to file Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs — reports banks must file with the government when they detect potential financial crime) w...

  7. Part 7 Kahn's $62,400: Three Cash Withdrawals Before the Arrest Financial Crime Typologies

    Richard Kahn made three cash withdrawals from HBRK Associates accounts totaling $62,400 in early 2019: $4,400 on February 1, $8,000 on April 22, and $50...