Google co-founder missing for subpoena in Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit

Google Co-Founder Larry Page has been missing for over a month as government authorities attempt to serve him a subpoena related to his alleged connection to deceased child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.

Epstein, who registered as a child sex offender in 2008, owned an estate and controlled other entities on the Virgin Islands. He was arrested for the second time in 2019 on federal charges of trafficking minors for sex. The billionaire, who traveled in an elite circle of the world’s most powerful figures, was said to have committed suicide in his cell while awaiting for trial, though that claim remains thoroughly challenged.

The Government of the US Virgin Islands last month filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase for allegedly profiting from and even abetting Epstein’s trafficking operations. 

"The Government brought this civil action against Defendant JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (‘JPMorgan’) as part of its ongoing effort to protect public safety and to hold accountable those who facilitated or participated in, directly or indirectly, the trafficking enterprise of Jeffrey Epstein (‘Epstein’),” reads the lawsuit.

"The Government's investigation has revealed that JPMorgan knowingly, recklessly, and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which Epstein's recruiters and victims were paid and was indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise.”

The government further alleges that JPMorgan Chase “facilitated and concealed wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of—and were in fact part of—a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude of dozens of women and girls in and beyond the Virgin Islands. Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan.”

Authorities also believe that Larry Page is a high-net-worth individual who Epstein “may have referred or attempted to refer to JPMorgan.” A subpoena was issued on April 11th, but officials have been unsuccessful at locating Page to serve him the order personally. The government is therefore petitioning the judge to allow Page to be served through Google’s umbrella company, Alphabet, where Page remains a board member.

Authorities have also been attempting to serve Elon Musk, who rents a home in Texas, though Musk has not been hiding.

“This is idiotic on so many levels,” Musk wrote on Twitter in response to a story that he was being subpoenaed. “1. That cretin never advised me on anything whatsoever. 

"2. The notion that I would need or listen to financial advice from a dumb crook is absurd.

“3. JPM let Tesla down ten years ago, despite having Tesla’s global commercial banking business, which we then withdrew,” Musk wrote. “I have never forgiven them.”

Other individuals expected to be subpoenaed in connection with the lawsuit include Google Co-Founder Sergey Brin, Hyatt Hotels Chairman Thomas Pritzker, media magnate Mortimer Zuckerman and former CAA Talent Agency Chairman Michael Ovitz.

Many elite figures were revealed in recent weeks to have had close ties with Epstein even after he became a known child sex offender in 2008. Nearly all people who were named “deeply regret” their connections to the pedophile, though they insist their ties were innocuous.

Some, such as CIA Director William Burns, deny they even knew about Epstein’s open criminal record.