Francisco D'Agostino
Venezuelan businessman; former partner in PDVSA-linked oil transactions; U.S.-sanctioned 2021–2025
Francisco D'Agostino — Venezuelan businessman; former partner in PDVSA-linked oil transactions; U.S.-sanctioned 2021–2025 — is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and multiple wire services, document a social and business relationship spanning 2012 to 2018. An October 2012 email from D'Agostino to Epstein confirms a personal visit to Epstein's private island, Little Saint James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in which D'Agostino wrote: "I had so much fun in Little St Jeffery." In the same email he proposed future business ventures with Epstein, writing that he would "love to continue to explore the different possibilities to make some money together." D'Agostino advised Epstein on purchasing bonds issued by Venezuela's state oil company, PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela SA); Epstein subsequently acquired at least $4.5 million in such bonds beginning in 2012. D'Agostino also provided Epstein with regular political intelligence about Venezuela — including updates on President Hugo Chávez's health and the 2012 presidential election — and proposed introductions to prominent Venezuelan business and government figures, including Baldo Sansó, a financial adviser to PDVSA. In the United States, D'Agostino was designated by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2021 for "operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy" and for providing material support for PDVSA; the designation was lifted in 2025. D'Agostino is a brother-in-law of veteran Venezuelan opposition leader Henry Ramos Allup. He is currently wanted in Venezuela on charges of money laundering and criminal association. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against him. This profile is auto-generated from public reporting and is pending editorial review; inclusion does not imply guilt or wrongdoing.
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Is Francisco D’Agostino in the Epstein files?
Yes. Francisco D’Agostino (Venezuelan businessman; former partner in PDVSA-linked oil transactions; U.S.-sanctioned 2021–2025) is named in connection with the Jeffrey Epstein files. DOJ-released Epstein files, reported by the Organised Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) and multiple wire services, document a social and business relationship spanning 2012 to 2018. An October 2012 email from D’Agostino to Epstein confirms a personal visit to Epstein’s private island, Little Saint James, in the U.S. Virgin Islands, in which D’Agostino wrote: “I had so much fun in Little St Jeffery.” In the same email he proposed future business ventures with Epstein, writing that he would “love to continue to explore the different possibilities to make some money together.” D’Agostino advised Epstein on purchasing bonds issued by Venezuela’s state oil company, PDVSA (Petróleos de Venezuela SA); Epstein subsequently acquired at least $4.5 million in such bonds beginning in 2012. D’Agostino also provided Epstein with regular political intelligence about Venezuela — including updates on President Hugo Chávez’s health and the 2012 presidential election — and proposed introductions to prominent Venezuelan business and government figures, including Baldo Sansó, a financial adviser to PDVSA. In the United States, D’Agostino was designated by the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in 2021 for “operating in the oil sector of the Venezuelan economy” and for providing material support for PDVSA; the designation was lifted in 2025. D’Agostino is a brother-in-law of veteran Venezuelan opposition leader Henry Ramos Allup. He is currently wanted in Venezuela on charges of money laundering and criminal association. No wrongdoing in connection with Epstein is alleged against him.
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