A Jeffrey Epstein whistleblower has died by suicide aged 57. Simon Andriesz, a British former Wall Street banker, flagged United States Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick’s alleged links to the convicted sex offender. He was living in Cornwall as of July but was confirmed dead last week.
Mr Andriesz exposed the reported relationship earlier this year when he shared an email chain from 2018. The emails appeared to show Lutnick and Epstein discussing Adfin, a digital advertising company in which both men had invested.
The emails were found among the Justice Department’s release of millions of Epstein files and Mr Andriesz shared them with House Oversight Committee lawmakers. It was previously reported that he searched the files for "HWL", Lutnick's initials, which uncovered materials showing a reported relationship between Lutnick and Epstein.
It came despite Lutnick, an American businessman and government official who has served as the 41st United States commerce secretary since 2025, claiming he cut off contact with Epstein shortly after first meeting him in 2005. The email chain reportedly shows that the pair remained in contact until at least 2018.
As reported by The Banker, this was a decade after Epstein was convicted of soliciting prostitution and soliciting prostitution from a minor. He was jailed in 2008 and released around 13 months later, in July 2009.
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