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Edmond de Rothschild Group

Swiss private banking group that had business relationships with Epstein
Tracked because Swiss private banking group that had business relationships with Epstein · 7 documented connections
Facts on record20
Connections mapped7
Sources cited17
Evidence: 18P+10 2S
Stated vs Revealed
No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN government agency → [regulatory filing] → government agen... 709× PATTERN person → [legal] → person → [legal] → company 112× PATTERN institution → [oversight] → government agency → [oversigh... 104× PATTERN person → [affiliation] → company → [subsidiary] → company 88× PATTERN government agency → [oversight] → company 79×
Connection Map
Oversight gaps detected (1) The Oversight Wall →
med · primary · enforcement gap
No documented enforcement against Edmond de Rothschild Group
Key Connections
→ Southern Trust Company company
Business Contract / Transaction
A Letter of Agreement dated 5 October 2015 between Epstein's Virgin Islands-based Southern Trust Company and Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A. committed the Rothschild entity to pay £18.6 million ($25 million) for 'risk analysis and algorithms-related services'.
← Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A. company
affiliation
The entity settled litigation with Rothschild & Co before the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, agreeing to end a trademark dispute over use of the Rothschild family name.
← Ariane de Rothschild person
legal
Fortinvest Investments Holding S.A. v. Vladimir Oblonsky et al., case 655263/2020, filed in New York State Supreme Court alleging Edmond de Rothschild Group conspiracy involving over $100 million.
→ Jeffrey Epstein person
affiliation
The CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Group, Ariane de Rothschild, corresponded dozens of times with Jeffrey Epstein over about five years before his 2019 arrest and agreed to multiple meetings, as per US Justice Department documents.
→ Virgin Islands Economic Development Commission (EDC) government agency
oversight
The bank was raided on 20 March 2026 in Paris as part of a financial investigation linked to the Epstein cases, targeting one of its former employees, French diplomat Fabrice Aidan.
Facts (20)
Data Freshness
Ageing Last update: 161d ago · Avg age: 807d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (19)
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✓ verified Primary Source Documents released by the US Justice Department show CEO Ariane de Rothschild corresponded dozens of times with the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and agreed to multiple meetings over about five years before his 2019 arrest
Date: 2026-02-15 Added: 12 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Edmond de Rothschild
✓ verified Primary Source The bank was raided on 20 March 2026 in Paris as part of a financial investigation linked to the Epstein cases. The investigation notably targeted one of its former employees, the French diplomat Fabrice Aidan
Date: 2026-03-20 Added: 12 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Edmond de Rothschild Group — Grokipedia
✓ verified Primary Source For decades prior to and through 2013, EdR Switzerland aided and assisted U.S. clients in opening and maintaining undeclared accounts in Switzerland and concealing the assets and income they held in these accounts
✓ verified Primary Source The Justice Department announced that EdR Switzerland agreed to cooperate in any related criminal or civil proceedings, demonstrate its implementation of controls to stop misconduct involving undeclared U.S. accounts and pay a penalty in return for the department's agreement not to prosecute EdR Switzerland for tax-related criminal offenses
Date: 2015-12-18 Added: 12 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Edmond de Rothschild Group - Wikipedia
✓ verified Primary Source The settlement was one among 75 agreements the Justice Department finalized that year as part of a program for Swiss banks to resolve potential criminal liabilities in the United States
✓ verified Primary Source Central to the disclosures is a Letter of Agreement from 5 October 2015, between Epstein's Virgin Islands-based Southern Trust Company and Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A. It committed the Rothschild entity to pay £18.6 million ($25 million) for services described as 'risk analysis and the algorithms-related services'
✓ verified Primary Source Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) SA and Edmond de Rothschild (Lugano) SA reached a joint resolution under the Justice Department's Swiss Bank Program and agreed to pay a penalty of more than $45 million
✓ verified Primary Source UK tribunal ordered costs of £800 to be paid within seven days, with appeal rights to High Court in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Date: 2022-02-15 Added: 12 Apr 2026 ↗ SOURCE: Edmond de Rothschild Group - Wikipedia
✓ verified Primary Source Edmond de Rothschild Asset Management (UK) Limited successfully obtained an order from the UK Company Names Tribunal against Edmond de Rothschild Group Limited and Adrian Stuart Hunt for company name infringement
✓ verified Primary Source Case number: Fortinvest Investments Holding S.A. v. Vladimir Oblonsky et al., 655263/2020, New York State Supreme Court, County of New York (Manhattan)
✓ verified Primary Source New York State Supreme Court Justice Joel Cohen dismissed the Bogdanchikov lawsuit on November 11, 2021, ruling that the U.S. was the wrong forum since most evidence, defendants and transactions were overseas
✓ verified Primary Source Luxembourg financial regulator CSSF previously fined Edmond de Rothschild Europe nearly €9 million in 2017 for procedural failings related to the 1MDB case
✓ verified Primary Source Federal Supreme Court dismissed trademark infringement appeal in Swiss case between Benjamin et Edmond de Rothschild holding company and Fondation Edmond et Nadine de Rothschild
✓ verified Primary Source Rothschild & Co and Edmond de Rothschild Group ended litigation before the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris through a comprehensive settlement agreement on naming rights
✓ verified Primary Source Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) SA and Edmond de Rothschild (Lugano) SA entered a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, paying $45,245,000 in penalties under the Swiss Bank Program for tax-related offenses
✓ verified Primary Source Luxembourg court stated: 'This is the first time that a Luxembourg banking institution has been convicted of money laundering'
✓ verified Primary Source Edmond de Rothschild Europe became the first Luxembourg banking institution ever convicted of money laundering, paying €25 million in criminal penalties related to the 1MDB scandal
✓ verified Primary Source Sergey Bogdanchikov filed a $100 million lawsuit against Edmond de Rothschild in New York state court seeking damages for alleged conspiracy to defraud him
✓ verified Partially Corroborated Edmond de Rothschild Group filed filing with the SEC on 2013-02-25. Accession number: N/A.
Raw Filing Records (1) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Search scope note: No usaspending contracts found for "Edmond de Rothschild Group" in automated database search as of 2026-04-12. This reflects search coverage limits, not confirmed absence from public record.
Added: 12 Apr 2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — USASpending contracts (no results)
All Connections (7)
→ Jeffrey Epstein person
affiliation primary since 2026
The CEO of Edmond de Rothschild Group, Ariane de Rothschild, corresponded dozens of times with Jeffrey Epstein over about five years before his 2019 arrest and agreed to multiple meetings, as per US Justice Department documents.
Business Contract / Transaction primary since 2015
A Letter of Agreement dated 5 October 2015 between Epstein's Virgin Islands-based Southern Trust Company and Edmond de Rothschild Holding S.A. committed the Rothschild entity to pay £18.6 million ($25 million) for 'risk analysis and algorithms-related services'.
oversight primary since 2026
The bank was raided on 20 March 2026 in Paris as part of a financial investigation linked to the Epstein cases, targeting one of its former employees, French diplomat Fabrice Aidan.
subsidiary, parent_subsidiary secondary
Edmond de Rothschild (Suisse) S.A. is part of the broader Edmond de Rothschild Group private-banking franchise.
affiliation secondary since 1995
Lynn Forester de Rothschild's surname indicates affiliation with the Edmond de Rothschild Group
affiliation primary since 2015
The entity settled litigation with Rothschild & Co before the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Paris, agreeing to end a trademark dispute over use of the Rothschild family name.
legal primary since 2020
Fortinvest Investments Holding S.A. v. Vladimir Oblonsky et al., case 655263/2020, filed in New York State Supreme Court alleging Edmond de Rothschild Group conspiracy involving over $100 million.
Sources (17)
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026-05-09 UNVERIFIED SEARCH_ERROR: Edmond de Rothschild Group not found in opencorporates claim_flag Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — Court records (no results) court_document Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 ↗ Edmond de Rothschild Group — Grokipedia parliamentary_record Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed 📜 Receipt
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Edmond de Rothschild Group — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed 📜 Receipt