Richard Kahn

Richard Kahn is an accountant who worked for Jeffrey Epstein and later served as a co-executor of Epstein’s estate. Kahn had worked as Epstein’s accountant since 2005, and Epstein’s will appointed Darren Indyke, Epstein’s attorney, and Richard Kahn, Epstein’s accountant, as the executors of his estate. In 2019 both men were listed by the FBI as co-conspirators of Epstein, but neither Indyke nor Kahn were charged with any crimes and have denied all wrongdoing. Being named in connection with Epstein is not, by itself, evidence of any crime.

As co-executors, Kahn and Indyke became central figures in litigation over the estate. According to a U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice press release, the Virgin Islands settled a “law enforcement action filed in 2020 under the anti-criminal enterprise, sex trafficking, child exploitation and fraud laws of the Virgin Islands” against Epstein’s estate, the two co-executors, and ten Epstein-created entities, with the defendants agreeing to pay “$105 million in cash plus one half of the proceeds from the sale of Little St. James.” The release describes a civil settlement and does not record any admission of wrongdoing by the defendants. Law & Crime reported that the Virgin Islands attorney general’s second amended complaint, filed February 10, 2021, characterized the co-executors as “the indispensable captains of Epstein’s criminal enterprise, roles for which they were richly rewarded,” and alleged that they helped arrange sham marriages and made payments through shell companies; that same report states the complaint “did not allege either man directly participated in sexual misconduct.” Kahn and Indyke’s attorney, Daniel Weiner, denied the allegations, describing them as “false allegations” intended “to unfairly malign the co-executors’ reputation without any proof or factual basis.”

In 2026, Kahn appeared before Congress. According to CBS News, Kahn gave a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee on March 11, 2026, and testified that he “was not aware of the nature or extent of Epstein’s abuse of so many women until after Epstein’s death.” Addressing Epstein’s spending, he said, “The gifts represent a very small fraction of Epstein’s spending. I did not see them as red flags,” and added, “I did not see anything that suggested to me that Epstein was abusing or trafficking women or otherwise acting unlawfully.” His prepared statement said, “Had I learned of any of his horrific behavior, I would have quit work immediately.” The same report quotes attorney Daniel Weiner saying that “not a single woman has ever accused either Mr. Indyke or Mr. Kahn of committing sexual abuse” and that the men “have always rejected as categorically false any suggestion that they knowingly facilitated” Epstein’s crimes.

Is Richard Kahn in the Epstein files?

Richard Kahn is documented in public records and reporting tied to Jeffrey Epstein primarily as Epstein’s longtime accountant and as a co-executor of his estate. As described above and reported by CBS News, he gave a closed-door deposition to the House Oversight Committee on March 11, 2026, telling lawmakers he was not aware of Epstein’s abuse and saw no “red flags” in his spending. He and co-executor Darren Indyke were named as defendants in the U.S. Virgin Islands sex-trafficking case that was settled for over $105 million, per the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice. Available reporting indicates Kahn has not been criminally charged, that the Virgin Islands complaint “did not allege either man directly participated in sexual misconduct” (Law & Crime), and that he has denied wrongdoing. Being named in documents or testifying before Congress is not, in itself, evidence of any crime; see the sources above and the note at the bottom of this page for context.

Documents

Primary-source records that name or reference Richard Kahn. Inclusion in these documents is not, by itself, evidence of wrongdoing; Kahn was never criminally charged and has denied any wrongdoing.

• Giuffre v. Maxwell — unsealed court records (Jan. 2024) — In a deposition unsealed in this civil case (U.S. District Court, S.D.N.Y., No. 1:15-cv-07433), Kahn is named as one of the people working in Epstein’s operation, identified alongside other staff when the witness was asked who worked there.
• House Oversight Committee — Epstein records provided by the DOJ (33,295 pages, 2025) — As Epstein’s longtime accountant and an estate co-executor, Kahn appears in the financial and estate records the Department of Justice provided to Congress; he gave a closed-door deposition to the Committee on March 11, 2026.