Exclusive-A palace in Marrakesh: How Schwab moved $27.7 million in payments for Epstein days before his arrest

Late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein is seen in this image from the U.S. Justice Department’s file of Epstein, released by the House Oversight Committee Democrats Washington, D.C., U.S., on December 18, 2025. House Oversight Committee Democrats/Handout via REUTERS

LONDON/WASHINGTON/TORONTO, Feb 19 (Reuters) - Charles Schwab wired about $27.7 million on behalf of Jeffrey Epstein ⁠to a realtor in Morocco as the disgraced financier tried to purchase a palace in the 10 days before his 2019 arrest, including one transfer from an account which lacked sufficient funds, files released by the U.S. Department of Justice show.

Details of the transactions, reported by Reuters for the first time, ⁠show how the U.S. brokerage handled funds for Epstein over the course of several months at a time when he was under intense public scrutiny after reports in the Miami Herald in 2018.