File 029680
Email Chain: Maldives Political Campaign and Alleged Financial Scam Warning (File 029680)
Email correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and Mohamed Waheed Hassan (President of Maldives) regarding political campaign organization and Epstein's warning about a potential financial fraud scheme involving a 4 billion dollar deposit proposal.
Summary
This email chain from January 2013 documents correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein and Mohamed Waheed Hassan, President of Maldives, primarily focused on organizing Hassan's political campaign. Epstein provides advice on assembling a campaign team and recommends contacts including Lisa Svensson (Swedish ambassador) and others. Hassan describes a suspicious proposal from an anonymous funds manager offering to deposit 4 billion dollars with the Central Bank in exchange for government promissory notes through a special purpose vehicle. Epstein identifies this as a scam, explaining the typical fraud pattern where scammers use provided information to defraud other entities by falsely claiming government endorsement.
From: Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com]Sent: 1/27/2013 4:15:30 AMTo: Mohamed Waheed HassanSubject: Re:it is a scam.. what they will' tell you is the only thing they want is a vehicle and a bank acct and that you haveno risk in setting it up. if the money doesn't come in , you lose nothing„ afterwards howver they use all theinfo you provide to try to defraud other people, saying, see , the govt of the maldives is our client and for only250 k , we can get you a piece of the action. there is a treasury fraud site , at the us treasury web page, . verysimilar deals.On Sat, Jan 26, 2013 at 10:49 PM, Mohamed Waheed Hassan wrote:Jeffrey,Need your advice.My finance minister is telling me that he has an anonymous funds manager who is willing to deposit 4 billiondollars in Maldives and that they are willing to lend a percentage of that in exchange for governmentpromissory notes. The 4 billion would be deposited in the Central Bank. But they want us to set up a specialpurpose vehicle, a construction company fully owned by the government to receive the loan. Such a companycan only be set up under a presidential decree.I am also told that the funds manager would be charging Maldives upfront a certain percentage of the amountlent.I don't feel I have enough information on this. I don't know who is this funds manager. They always want thefinance minister to meet them in Bangkok or some place outside. Why would anyone want to deposit such alarge amount here when we don't have a credit rating and public debt is so high. I feel very uncomfortableabout this.What do you think I should do. I am very uncomfortable. In addition to the finance minister, a leadingpolitician and leader of the coalition parliamentary group is behind it. He could be my leading contender forpresidency.Does this sound all ridiculous to you. I have a strange feeling about this whole thing.Best regardsWaheedSent from President's iPadOn Jan 18, 2013, at 5:06 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:as chairman of the council of europe , he is really mr human rights, Im sure that if he can be of help, he willOn Fri, Jan 18, 2013 at 5:27 AM > wrote:I remember meeting Jagland at your place when I came with Sultan.Sent from Windows MailFrom: Jeffrey EpsteinSent: 18 January, 2013 2:40 AMHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029680To: Mohamed Waheed HassanSubject: Re:also be advised that thorbjorn jagland is a great friend.On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 3:26 PM, Mohamed Waheed Hassan <.> wrote:Hi,Would be great if Lisa could visit us. She sounds like the right person to help us get organized.Maldives just got elected Vice President of International Renewable Energy Agency. We are also Vice Chairof the UN Human Rights Council. Not too bad considering we had so much bad coverage this yearinternationally.Best regards,WaheedSent from President's iPadOn Jan 17, 2013, at 7:01 PM, Jeffrey Epstein <jeevacation@gmail.com> wrote:my friend in sweden, lisa svensson, would be perfect as your right hand orgainzing your team„ she hasdiplomaitc experieince and is currently amabssador to the oceans for swedenOn Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:00 AM, Mohammed Waheed Hassan ___________________________ wrote:Hi,The campaign team is starting to come together. We are continuing discussions with Jim and tomorrowwe will meet him face to face on skype. We will brief him on the situation here so that he will be able toadvice us more effectively. Already he has sent some very useful suggestions and we are working on them.Getting the right people to head various aspects on the campaign is difficult here but we should be able topull the team together shortly.We will need some more help from Ian and Rory because we are still weak on internationalcommunication. Some old negative stuff keeps coming up in the Guardian newspaper in England. But mostof the international media is not paying much attention to Maldives right now.I have asked Rory to help find a full time communications guy to stay here for about a year to work withme. He doesn't have to be an expert, just a good graduate student would do. Some really positive stuff isalso happening now and we need the world to know about them.World Energy Forum and CGI guys are here. I am meeting Clinton people in a few minutes.I have some funding now but will ask all friends to help raise more later when things start happening in fullswing. Election is now scheduled to early September.Hope all is well and look forward to seeing you here in the not too distant future.Warm regards,WaheedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029681On Jan 9, 2013, at 6:03 PM, Jeffrey Epstein wrote:how is it shaping up? what are the biggest hurdles.***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved--***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029682Jeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved--***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reserved--***********************************************************The information contained in this communication isconfidential, may be attorney-client privileged, mayconstitute inside information, and is intended only forthe use of the addressee. It is the property ofJeffrey EpsteinUnauthorized use, disclosure or copying of thiscommunication or any part thereof is strictly prohibitedand may be unlawful. If you have received thiscommunication in error, please notify us immediately byreturn e-mail or by e-mail to jeevacation@gmail.com, anddestroy this communication and all copies thereof,including all attachments. copyright -all rights reservedHOUSE OVERSIGHT 029683