New shocking report says Jeffrey Epstein stashed photos and hard drives in a half dozen storage units around US

Disgraced financier, Jeffrey Epstein, hid hard drives and photos from authorities in multiple storage lockers across the country, a report said. The pedophile rented at least six units, the majority of which were in Florida, paying thousands between 2003 and 2019, according to an investigation by The Telegraph.  The lockers remained uncovered by US authorities, suggesting they held never-before-seen evidence in Epstein's long string of horrific crimes. The outlet obtained files and credit card statements detailing Epstein's various secret hiding places for computers, CDs, pictures, and files. His lockers could point to answers after authorities long suspected that Epstein received insider information about raids of his properties. Former Palm Beach Police Chief Michael Reiter told NBC that during a 2005 search, the sex offender's place 'had been cleaned up.' Epstein allegedly recruited detectives to move documents, photographs, and computers to one of his multiple storage lockers. Uncovered credit card statements suggested that he paid private detective agency Riley Kiraly $38,500 from January to May 2010 alone.Storage contents included computers from his private Caribbean island, Little Saint James, which investigators were reportedly told to move and wipe. Staff discussed taking computers and CDs from his private island and placing them in secret vaults. Emails revealed with the Department of Justice's latest releases made mention of storage unit transfers between Epstein and his associates. In August 2009, a representative for the private detective agency Riley Kiraly asked Epstein for advice on what to do with the contents locked in a unit.   'Over the weekend I learned that plaintiff's counsel are looking to get from me the computers and paperwork I took from Jeff's house prior to the Search Warrant,' it read. 'I have them locked in storage and would like to know what to do with them. They are no longer needed in the criminal case, I assume. Is it possible to give you these items for your review and safekeeping or give it to Darren Indyke [Epstein's lawyer] or back to Jeff, etc.?'In 2009, Epstein emailed Bill Riley, of Riley Kiraly, asking about an unnamed person's picture. 'You were going to send me a copy of [redacted's] picture,' Epstein said. 'I thought I had a copy of it on my computer but it is in storage with everything else. I will get it out next time I go to the storage unit,' Riley replied.Florida units were traced just miles from his Sunshine State home outside of Palm Beach and Delray Beach. Epstein began leasing one locker at Uncle Bob's in Florida in 2003, paying $374.13 per month until March 2015. Smaller payments continued until 2016. At least one Florida unit, which he used between 2009 and 2011, was accessible to patrons 24 hours a day and was capable of storing vehicles. Payments pointed to more units in Florida, which Epstein leased across a decade. One detailed monthly payment of $140 for a Royal Palm Beach location until 2019.He also asked Riley Kiraly investigators to rent out a unit on his behalf in New York beginning in 2010 at around $500 per month. Another unit, just five minutes from his New York City mansion, mainly contained furniture, equipment and computers. Pictures taken by staff in 2012 from one of the units showed furniture and cardboard boxes jammed in the cluttered unit. Files also suggested Epstein was interested in a 'secret storage unit' near his New Mexico ranch. Epstein owned five properties in the United States and France. Photographs taken in 2019 of police raids showed that many had additional sprawling storage spaces, which begs the question of why Epstein needed additional hiding places. It's unclear what happened to the contents of each unit after Epstein died by suicide in 2019. In Florida, storage facility owners can auction off abandoned materials after 90 days without payment.The post New shocking report says Jeffrey Epstein stashed photos and hard drives in a half dozen storage units around US appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.