Epstein’s Brokerage Trail: Fidelity and the Millions That Moved Before His Arrest (6/3/26)

The Epstein Chronicles · Jun 3, 2026 · 12m

Fidelity opened a brokerage account for a Jeffrey Epstein-owned company in mid-April 2019, just months before Epstein’s July 2019 arrest and at a time when public outrage over his earlier sweetheart deal was already intensifying. The account was opened for Southern Trust Company, Epstein’s Virgin Islands-based entity, and it received more than $5 million before Fidelity apparently moved to restrict it to “closing transactions only” in late May 2019. The account was disclosed in a suspicious activity report filed after Epstein’s arrest, and the details came from a Justice Department file that…