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Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Fund for Jeffrey Epstein Victims
Jennifer Percival admitted falsifying records and fabricated emails to secure a $750,000 payment from a JPMorgan Chase compensation fund for Epstein victims.
- On Monday, Florida autism scholar Jennifer Percival pleaded guilty in New York federal court to falsifying records and securing $750,000 from a compensation fund for victims of Jeffrey Epstein.
- Percival, director of Florida Atlantic University's Center for Autism and Related Disabilities, applied to the Epstein estate fund in 2020 but was rejected; she then fabricated records claiming $500,000 approval to qualify for the JPMorgan Chase fund in 2024.
- Federal agents began investigating after discovering the deception; Percival brought a check for $776,031 to her plea hearing for restitution. She faces three to four years in prison under sentencing guidelines.
- "The purpose of these actions was to obtain money, which gave me a sense of validation," Percival told a magistrate judge on Monday. She accepted full responsibility but did not speak about Epstein.
- Percival remains free while awaiting sentencing, which has not yet been scheduled. Her defense lawyer is expected to argue for leniency based on her career as an "award-winning researcher in disability studies.
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Florida woman pleads guilty to defrauding fund for Jeffrey Epstein victims
A Florida woman who was paid $750,000 by a fund for people sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein has pleaded guilty to falsifying records she used in her application for the money.
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