Did Philippine gig workers help Jeffrey Epstein clean up his online image?
The US Justice Department has released emails showing the sex offender might have recruited a ‘Philippine team’ to boost his reputation
The Philippine Department of Information and Communications Technology’s Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Centre (CICC) confirmed to local media earlier this week that it was reviewing allegations that Epstein’s associates contracted a team of Filipino workers to remove mentions of the financier’s criminal records while boosting his reputation as a philanthropist and supporter of scientific research.
CICC Executive Director Renato Paraiso told GMA News that the investigation had begun “in anticipation of Senate and House inquiries”.
Neither the US Justice Department nor CICC has named any Philippine-based firm that might have been involved with Epstein and his associates.
Epstein was a high-profile American financier and convicted sex offender whose death while in federal custody in 2019 was ruled a suicide. He was awaiting trial on sex-trafficking charges involving minors at the time of his death.