David Enrich

Hmm.

There's no evidence that any oil deal existed.

And Stroll loses virtually all of his money and keeps pestering Epstein saying, where is my money?

You promised me we would get this kind of payout.

Epstein rebuffs him over and over again.

At one point sends him a pint of crude oil to convince him that the oil deal actually does exist.

But the money is just gone, ultimately.

And so this is one of Epstein's huge first killings.

He walks away with what appears to be several hundred thousand dollars of money that he just stole from this guy.

And nothing really happens.

And Stroll files a lawsuit against him.

It bounces around the federal court system for years.

Ultimately, Epstein prevails on technical grounds.

And so...

Epstein is now two for two.

He cheated and lied at Bear Stearns and essentially got away with it.

Now he's cheating and lying with this video game executive and walking away with his money once again with impunity.

And for someone like Epstein, the message there is very clear, which is that if you lie and cheat well enough and often enough and are sufficiently manipulative, you can make a real living doing this.

Yeah, that's right.

And Epstein is nothing if not a very good student of fraud and thievery.