(Bloomberg) -- Fund manager Jeffrey Epstein, who was arrested last week on sex trafficking charges, is worth more than $500 million, federal prosecutors said in a court filing, citing records obtained from a financial institution.
“The defendant is extravagantly wealthy,” prosecutors said, seeking to hold Epstein in jail. They didn't name the financial institution.
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