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International Business Times UK
International Business Times UK
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Jim Manzon

Epstein Whistleblower Dies at 57 After FBI Declined To Investigate His Lutnick Tip Years Earlier

Simon Andriesz spent 35 years in finance before his Epstein files search put a sitting US cabinet secretary under scrutiny (Credit: clashreport/X)

Simon Andriesz, the British banker whose Epstein files search exposed Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick's undisclosed ties to Jeffrey Epstein, has died at 57, years after the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) did not investigate his 2020 warning.

His death was reported by The Banker and confirmed by Andy Agathangelou, founder of the Transparency Task Force, who said Andriesz had 'passed away last week'. The Banker reported that he died by suicide, but no official cause of death has been publicly released.

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