{"id":499230,"date":"2026-01-07T15:54:17","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499230\/"},"modified":"2026-01-07T15:54:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T15:54:17","slug":"a-prominent-essex-n-y-man-tipped-off-the-fbi-about-epstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/499230\/","title":{"rendered":"A Prominent Essex, N.Y., Man Tipped Off the FBI About Epstein"},"content":{"rendered":"

Among the tens of thousands of documents that the federal government released last month related to the late sex offender and financier Jeffrey Epstein is an August 2020 tip to the FBI from someone who lives in Essex, N.Y.<\/p>\n

The person\u2019s name is redacted, but, based on the description of this tipster, it\u2019s clear who it is: Sandy Lewis. For decades, the cantankerous \u2014\u00a0but at times generous \u2014 former Wall Street maverick has lived full time in the Adirondacks, where he owns an organic beef farm \u2014 a property that is now for sale.<\/p>\n

The FBI\u2019s Epstein document says the tipster described himself as someone who had worked \u201cwith prominent business figures such as Leslie Wexner\u201d \u2014 once a major client at Epstein\u2019s money management firm \u2014\u00a0and been \u201cpardoned by a U.S. president.\u201d Lewis, who was convicted of financial crimes while working on Wall Street during the 1980s, was pardoned by president Bill Clinton in 2001 and later exonerated by a judge.<\/p>\n

The tipster told the FBI that he was in touch with an Epstein victim who \u201cknew about criminal activity which happened in multiple states, on airplanes, etc.\u201d The person said there were \u201cfilms of men recorded,\u201d including of \u201cEpstein, President Bill Clinton and President Donald Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reached on Monday, Lewis couldn\u2019t recall the name of the Epstein victim who had contacted him \u2014 or whether he\u2019d actually called in the tip.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if I did,\u201d said Lewis, who turns 87 later this month.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wexner, a billionaire businessman who created the Limited, Bath & Body Works, and Victoria\u2019s Secret, was a client of his, Lewis acknowledged, but he never met Epstein \u2014 or Trump, for that matter.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cGod knows, I never spoke to him,\u201d Lewis said of Epstein, \u201cbut I certainly heard about him.\u201d<\/p>\n

In 2018, Lewis was the subject of a Seven Days cover profile, in which he detailed a troubled childhood. As an adult, he\u2019s taken a particular interest in helping kids, especially those in difficult circumstances. That, perhaps, is why the Epstein case, in which young women were trafficked for sex, has touched a nerve for Lewis.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m for children, and I\u2019m not for this kind of thing at all,\u201d he told Seven Days. \u201cAnd I think this is just dead wrong all the way around.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read the full FBI tip below.<\/p>\n

The original print version of this article was headlined \u201cDropping a Dime\u201d<\/p>\n

This article appears in Jan 7-13 2026<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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