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Lawmakers Question Bank of America About Leon Black's Payments to Epstein


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Key Focus

  • Epstein's "extraordinary compensation" package and the specific details of the tax avoidance strategies Mr. Epstein designed for Mr. Black.. . Mr. Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr ...
  • Senate committee investigating the tax avoidance work that Jeffrey Epstein, the registered sex offender, did for the private equity mogul Leon Black has questioned Bank of America over Mr ...
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    Challenge supporting factors

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    Supporting narratives:

    Please refer to knowledge diagram for a complete set of supporting narratives.

    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Senate committee investigating the tax avoidance work that Jeffrey Epstein, the registered sex offender, did for the private equity mogul Leon Black has questioned Bank of America over Mr. Black's hefty payments to Mr. Epstein, according to a letter viewed by The New York Times ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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        • Inferred entity relationships (38)
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    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". . A spokesman for Bank of America declined to comment.. . When the federal authorities raided Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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        • (america,laws)
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    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • . A spokesman for Bank of America declined to comment.. . When the federal authorities raided Mr. Epstein's residence in the U.S ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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        • Inferred entity relationships (21)
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    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Epstein to review a draft of the billionaire's 1,700-page federal tax return in 2018. Mr. Epstein, according to the documents, gave him advice on hedge fund investments, distribution of Apollo partnership interests, trust and estate work, and art deals - including the sale of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture in which Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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    • challenge - Back to HLA
      • Black's decades-long business dealings and personal relationship with Mr. Epstein have dogged him ever since Mr. Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019. (Mr. Epstein hanged himself in a federal jail a month after his arrest.) Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Senate committee investigating the tax avoidance work that Jeffrey Epstein, the registered sex offender, did for the private equity mogul Leon Black has questioned Bank of America over Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein's "extraordinary compensation" package and the specific details of the tax avoidance strategies Mr. Epstein designed for Mr. Black.. . Mr. Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,america,avoidance)
        • (bank,america,strategies)
        • (bank,strategies)
        • (america,strategies)
        • Inferred entity relationships (22)
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". . A spokesman for Bank of America declined to comment. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (america,taxes)
        • (bank,america,taxes)
        • (bank,taxes)
        • Inferred entity relationships (18)
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
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        • Inferred entity relationships (42)
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    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Virgin Islands in 2019, shortly after his death, they found a raft of Bank of America bank statements belonging to Mr. Black, according to documents from Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (america,shortly)
        • (bank,shortly)
        • (bank,america,shortly)
        • Inferred entity relationships (18)
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        • (america,bank,brian_moynihan,epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,laws) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,taxes) [inferred]
        • (bank,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,federal) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,solutions) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,strategies) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein's "extraordinary compensation" package and the specific details of the tax avoidance strategies Mr. Epstein designed for Mr. Black.. . Mr. Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,america,executive)
        • (america,executive)
        • Inferred entity relationships (17)
        • (america,bank,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,brian_moynihan,epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,laws) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,taxes) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,federal) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,solutions) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,strategies) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Lawmakers Question Bank of America About Leon Black's Payments to Epstein. . A Senate committee sent a letter asking the bank whether it had adequately followed procedures before clearing $158 million in payments. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,senate)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Virgin Islands in 2019, shortly after his death, they found a raft of Bank of America bank statements belonging to Mr. Black, according to documents from Mr. Epstein's estate that were reviewed by The Times. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,the_times)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation spread the bank statements out on the floor to photograph them.. . The estate documents reviewed by The Times also show that an employee of Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,the_times)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein, according to the documents, gave him advice on hedge fund investments, distribution of Apollo partnership interests, trust and estate work, and art deals - including the sale of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture in which Mr. Epstein was a stealth buyer.. . For many years, Bank of America was the main provider of art loans to Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,sale)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • In the letter to Mr. Moynihan, Mr. Wyden also asked whether the bank had done any internal review into the sale of artwork that raised concerns about whether "Epstein was acting as a straw purchaser or seller." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (bank,sale)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Virgin Islands in 2019, shortly after his death, they found a raft of Bank of America bank statements belonging to Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,america,shortly)
        • (epstein,bank,shortly)
        • (epstein,federal,bank)
        • (epstein,bank,america,shortly)
        • Inferred entity relationships (45)
        • (america,bank,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,taxes) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal_bureau) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,registered) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,solutions) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,taxes) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,federal) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,senate) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,executive) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,brian_moynihan,epstein) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,solutions) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,laws) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (america,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (america,bank,strategies) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Lawmakers Question Bank of America About Leon Black's Payments to Epstein. . A Senate committee sent a letter asking the bank whether it had adequately followed procedures before clearing $158 million in payments ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,bank,senate)
        • (epstein,senate)
        • Inferred entity relationships (12)
        • (bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,taxes) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (epstein,senate) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal_bureau) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein's estate that were reviewed by The Times. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation spread the bank statements out on the floor to photograph them. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,bank,investigation)
        • (epstein,bank,federal_bureau)
        • Inferred entity relationships (14)
        • (bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,taxes) [inferred]
        • (epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (epstein,investigation,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal_bureau) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,senate) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black made to Mr. Epstein from 2012 to 2017 for that tax work.. . The letter also asked whether any bank employees had raised concerns about the purpose of those payments. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,bank,employees)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black's decades-long business dealings and personal relationship with Mr. Epstein have dogged him ever since Mr. Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking)
        • (epstein,trafficking,arrested)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The estate documents reviewed by The Times also show that an employee of Mr. Black's family office asked Mr. Epstein to review a draft of the billionaire's 1,700-page federal tax return in 2018 ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,the_times)
        • (epstein,federal,the_times)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein came up with to help Mr. Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,taxes)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (federal,taxes) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • When the federal authorities raided Mr. Epstein's residence in the U.S. Virgin Islands in 2019, shortly after his death, they found a raft of Bank of America bank statements belonging to Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,shortly)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein, according to the documents, gave him advice on hedge fund investments, distribution of Apollo partnership interests, trust and estate work, and art deals - including the sale of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture in which Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (federal,sculpture)
        • (federal,sale)
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture)
        • (epstein,federal,sale)
        • Inferred entity relationships (12)
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein, according to the documents, gave him advice on hedge fund investments, distribution of Apollo partnership interests, trust and estate work, and art deals - including the sale of an Alberto Giacometti sculpture in which Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,partnership)
        • (federal,partnership)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black, a co-founder of Apollo Global Management, with a net worth of $13 billion, ultimately stepped down from all leadership posts because of the controversy. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,leadership)
        • Inferred entity relationships (9)
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,federal,laws)
        • (epstein,taxes,laws)
        • Inferred entity relationships (10)
        • (epstein,federal,sale) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,leadership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (federal,laws) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,sculpture) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,shortly) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,investments) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,the_times) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,partnership) [inferred]
        • (epstein,federal,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black "has paid all taxes owed to the government" and provided detailed information to the committee.". . The role of big banks in facilitating Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,trafficking,taxes)
        • (epstein,trafficking,government)
        • (epstein,taxes,government)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (epstein,government,taxes) [inferred]
        • (epstein,government,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein's sex trafficking of teenage girls and young women came under scrutiny last year when JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $290 million to more than 100 of his victims, and Deutsche Bank reached a $75 million settlement with many of those victims. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,trafficking,settlement)
        • (epstein,trafficking,deutsche_bank)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The role of big banks in facilitating Mr. Epstein's sex trafficking of teenage girls and young women came under scrutiny last year when JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $290 million to more than 100 of his victims, and Deutsche Bank reached a $75 million settlement with many of those victims ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,trafficking,jpmorgan_chase)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Virgin Islands to avoid a lawsuit arising from the territory's investigation into the financing of Mr. Epstein's sex trafficking operation. . ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,trafficking,investigation)
        • (epstein,investigation)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (epstein,investigation,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black "has paid all taxes owed to the government" and provided detailed information to the committee.". . The role of big banks in facilitating Mr. Epstein's sex trafficking of teenage girls and young women came under scrutiny last year when JPMorgan Chase agreed to pay $290 million to more than 100 of his victims, and Deutsche Bank reached a $75 million settlement with many of those victims ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,trafficking,information)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (epstein,information,taxes) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr. Epstein came up with to help Mr. Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws." ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,solutions)
        • (epstein,taxes,solutions)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (epstein,solutions,taxes) [inferred]
        • (epstein,solutions) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black more than $1 billion in taxes. Banks are required to file suspicious activity reports, or SARs, with financial regulators for any transaction they consider questionable. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,regulators)
        • (epstein,taxes,financial)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black "has paid all taxes owed to the government" and provided detailed information to the committee.". . The role of big banks in facilitating Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,information)
        • (epstein,taxes,banks)
        • Inferred entity relationships (2)
        • (epstein,taxes,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (epstein,information,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr. Epstein came up with to help Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,brian_moynihan)
        • (epstein,taxes,executive)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (epstein,taxes,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr. Epstein came up with to help Mr. Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,dollars)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (epstein,taxes,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • They included fees paid to Mr. Epstein for advising on a sophisticated trust that saved Mr. Black more than $1 billion in taxes. Banks are required to file suspicious activity reports, or SARs, with financial regulators for any transaction they consider questionable ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,banks)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (epstein,taxes,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Wyden, in the letter to the Bank of America chief executive, Brian Moynihan, said the committee was trying to determine whether the solutions Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,taxes,bank)
        • Inferred entity relationships (12)
        • (bank,epstein,jeffrey_epstein) [inferred]
        • (epstein,taxes,trafficking) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,leon_black) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,investigation) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,shortly) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,equity) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,executive) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,federal_bureau) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,senate) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,registered) [inferred]
        • (bank,epstein,solutions) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black, according to documents from Mr. Epstein's estate that were reviewed by The Times. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation spread the bank statements out on the floor to photograph them. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,investigation)
        • Inferred entity relationships (1)
        • (epstein,investigation,trafficking) [inferred]

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black asked Apollo's board to hire the law firm Dechert to review the appropriateness of all his dealings with Mr. Epstein. The 22-page Dechert report, issued in early 2021, cleared Mr ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,dechert)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • The committee had said it wanted to learn more about Mr. Epstein's "extraordinary compensation" package and the specific details of the tax avoidance strategies Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,avoidance)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Black, according to documents from Mr. Epstein's estate that were reviewed by The Times. Agents with the Federal Bureau of Investigation spread the bank statements out on the floor to photograph them ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,the_times)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein's "extraordinary compensation" package and the specific details of the tax avoidance strategies Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (epstein,strategies)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein came up with to help Mr. Black avoid billions of dollars in taxes were "executed in a manner consistent with federal tax laws.". . A spokesman for Bank of America declined to comment. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (federal,dollars)
        • (federal,taxes)

    • WIP - Back to HLA
      • Epstein have dogged him ever since Mr. Epstein was arrested on federal sex trafficking charges in July 2019. (Mr. Epstein hanged himself in a federal jail a month after his arrest.) Mr. ...
      • High Level Abstractions:
        • (federal,hanged)