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 Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology-Cybercrime Investigation and Coordinating Centre (DICT-CICC) confirmed to local media earlier this week that it was reviewing allegations that Epstein’s associates contracted a team of Philippine workers to remove mentions of the financier’s criminal records while boosting his reputation as a philanthropist and supporter of scientific research.
DICT-CICC executive director Renato Paraiso told GMA News that it was investigating the matter “in anticipation of Senate and House inquiries”.
The US Department of Justice and the DICT-CICC did not mention the name of 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. Before his death, he was awaiting trial in the US for sex-trafficking charges involving minors.