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William Kennedy

Musk buys disproven World of Warcraft allegations linking Bannon to Epstein through ‘in-game gold’ sold for ‘real cash’

Elon Musk shared a viral social media post linking Jeffrey Epstein, former White House strategist Steve Bannon, and World of Warcraft (WoW) in-game gold-selling schemes, alleging Epstein laundered sex trafficking money through the game, and that Bannon helped him do so.

On Sunday, Feb. 8, 2026, Musk reshared the post, including images and text suggesting the Epstein WoW money laundering allegations, and that Bannon’s past role at a Chinese virtual gold-selling company created a financial link between the two. Musk captioned the repost: “Bannon was laundering money for evil people.”

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