Epstein tried to buy a palace in Morocco days before his arrest in 2019
The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed.
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The disgraced financier was in talks to buy luxury abode Bin Ennakhi - but the purchase was never completed.
Jeffrey Epstein authorized nearly $27.7 million in wire transfers for the purchase of the Bin Ennakhil palace in Marrakech just days before his arrest in July 2019.
Jeffrey Epstein attempted to purchase the Bin Ennakhil palace in Marrakech just one day before his arrest in 2019, according to documents released by the US Department of Justice.
Documents reveal that Jeffrey Epstein tried to acquire a luxury mansion in Morocco on July 5, 2019, just one day before his arrest on sex trafficking charges.
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