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Jeff Kao

@jeffykao.bsky.social

Sr. Engineer for Data Journalism & Investigations @bloomberg.com. Prev. @propublica.org.

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The letter says 

We hereby inform you that we do not intent to maintain our relationship and notify you this day, subject to a one-month notification period, the end of our banking contract for your account in existence since December 22", 2006. that is with effect on January 21", 2008.
Consequently, after this period is over, you should retumn all unused checks still in your possession and provide us with your new banking references, in order to enable us to wire the amount remaining on your account upon closing date. If not provided, we will issue a certified check for said amount,
Furthermore, we would like to have communication of the list of drawn checks which may still be presented for payment on your account, so as to keep sufficient and useful amount in order to avoid your account to become in debit. Failing that, your checks will be rejected.
The end of our banking contract occurring at HSBC's request, no charge will be invoiced for the closing down of your account.

The letter says We hereby inform you that we do not intent to maintain our relationship and notify you this day, subject to a one-month notification period, the end of our banking contract for your account in existence since December 22", 2006. that is with effect on January 21", 2008. Consequently, after this period is over, you should retumn all unused checks still in your possession and provide us with your new banking references, in order to enable us to wire the amount remaining on your account upon closing date. If not provided, we will issue a certified check for said amount, Furthermore, we would like to have communication of the list of drawn checks which may still be presented for payment on your account, so as to keep sufficient and useful amount in order to avoid your account to become in debit. Failing that, your checks will be rejected. The end of our banking contract occurring at HSBC's request, no charge will be invoiced for the closing down of your account.

The letter says

We hereby inform you that we do not intent to maintain our relationship and notify you this day, subject to a one-month notification period, the end of our banking contract for your account in existence since December 22", 2006. that is with effect on January 21", 2008.
Consequently, after this period is over, you should retumn all unused checks still in your possession and provide us with your new banking references, in order to enable us to wire the amount remaining on your account upon closing date. If not provided, we will issue a certified check for said amount,
Furthermore, we would like to have communication of the list of drawn checks which may still be presented for payment on your account, so as to keep sufficient and useful amount in order to avoid your account to become in debit. Failing that, your checks will be rejected.
The end of our banking contract occurring at HSBC's request, no charge will be invoiced for the closing down of your account.

The letter says We hereby inform you that we do not intent to maintain our relationship and notify you this day, subject to a one-month notification period, the end of our banking contract for your account in existence since December 22", 2006. that is with effect on January 21", 2008. Consequently, after this period is over, you should retumn all unused checks still in your possession and provide us with your new banking references, in order to enable us to wire the amount remaining on your account upon closing date. If not provided, we will issue a certified check for said amount, Furthermore, we would like to have communication of the list of drawn checks which may still be presented for payment on your account, so as to keep sufficient and useful amount in order to avoid your account to become in debit. Failing that, your checks will be rejected. The end of our banking contract occurring at HSBC's request, no charge will be invoiced for the closing down of your account.

NEW/EXCLUSIVE: A French branch ofย HSBCย closed a bank account maintained by Jeffrey Epsteinย in 2007 after compliance officers flagged transactions for suspicious activity, including payments tied to a modeling agent later accused of rape & sex trafficking
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Epsteinโ€™s Emails Reveal Book Purchases About Trump, Sex, Money and Power TThe disgraced financier purchased books about making money, treating narcissism, negotiating with anyone, achieving ecstasy and understanding life

NEW: In Oct 2016, when a new book about Jeffrey Epstein came out, he bought 17 copies. In 2019, in Epsteinโ€™s last weeks of freedom, he made his final purchases: a guide to raising children, The Annotated Lolita & Nietzscheโ€™s The Birth of Tragedy
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Jeffrey Epstein Went to War Over Money Laundering Probe in 2007 Sex Case Federal prosecutors opened a financial-crimes investigation into Jeffrey Epstein in 2007 amid their larger sex-trafficking probe. The financier and his legal team waged a war against them, his emails ...

New from Epsteinโ€™s Inbox: In 2007, prosecutors moved to investigate Epstein for financial crimes as part of their sex-trafficking probe.

He and his lawyers went to war to stop them.

31.10.2025 13:56 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 37    ๐Ÿ” 15    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Jeffrey Epstein Leaned on His Elite Network for Help as Investigators Closed In A cache of 18,000 messages shows the elite support the disgraced financier got in his โ€œhour of terror.โ€

NEW: Jeffery Epstein's emails, obtained by Bloomberg news, shine a freshlight on how the disgraced financier's elite network supported him as investigators closed in.
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25.09.2025 21:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 82    ๐Ÿ” 45    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6    ๐Ÿ“Œ 5

If you are curious how we vetted the emails, we have you covered:

w/ @jeffykao.bsky.social and @suryamattu.com

11.09.2025 15:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 110    ๐Ÿ” 48    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 5    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2

All of this is brought to you by a dream team of @jasonleopold.bsky.social , @jeffkao.bsky.social , @suryamattu.com, Ava Benny-Morrison , Harry Wilson, and Max Abelson.

Itโ€™s also my first story for Bloomberg

Tips: dmehro.89 on Signal or dmehrotra11@bloomberg.net

11.09.2025 10:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1028    ๐Ÿ” 97    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 21    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3
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Jeffrey Epstein Email Trove Reveals Ghislaine Maxwellโ€™s Secrets A cache of 18,000 messages obtained by Bloomberg News reveals Maxwellโ€™s deep ties and involvement with the disgraced financier and sex offender.

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epsteinโ€™s personal Yahoo inbox โ€” more than 18,000 emails.

It shows Epsteinโ€™s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

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Friday was my last day at WIRED. Today I started a new job at Bloomberg on a dream desk with @suryamattu.com and @jeffykao.bsky.social.

Got a tip? A dataset? Something we should look at? Find me on Signal at dmehro.89

In no particular order, hereโ€™s some stuff Iโ€™d like to continue to dig in to:

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Canโ€™t wait to get started!

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Is NYCโ€™s Congestion Pricing Working? Fewer Private Cars Are On the Road (For Now) NYCโ€™s 2025 congestion pricing found fewer personal cars on Manhattanโ€™s roads and more cabs over its first five days, a Bloomberg analysis of 75,000 cars show.

Hello congestion pricing is working (for now) - incredible analysis by @agordon.me @jeffykao.bsky.social and @acookiecrumbles.bsky.social, gfx with jason kao!! ๐ŸŽ link: www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

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