Maxwell's New Hampshire Hideout Funded by Swiss Bank

0:00It's March 27th. Welcome in. This is U.S. News Today, where America meets AI. I'm Cory with the story. New documents from the Department of Justice reveal how Galaine Maxwell funded her new Hampshire hideout. In December 2019, she bought a 156-acre estate, called Tucked Away for $1.1 million. The cash came from Swiss bank UBS, which transferred nearly $8 million on her behalf through a series of trusts just weeks earlier. Despite a U.S. grand jury subpoena in August that year, demanding her financial records amid a child-sex trafficking probe, UBS kept processing the transfers. The bank had warned Maxwell a month before that it would end their relationship, but the money still flowed to buy the secluded property near. Bradford. Experts and lawmakers point out banks often overlook red flags with wealthy clients like Maxwell, Epstein's key associate. Also crime specialists note lenders prioritize retaining big accounts, even after learning

1:01of criminal inquiries. Senator Ron Wyden highlighted how major firms continued servicing Epstein-linked finances well after his 2008 conviction. Federal files trace the funds from a Maxwell-linked trust, with her then-husband as a trustee, through TD Ameritrade to the home purchase. Suspicious activity reports later flagged the deal as tied to human trafficking proceeds. Maxwell hid there under an alias with heavy security until FBI agents raided in July 2020. She's now serving a 20-year sentence for recruiting and abusing teen girls alongside Epstein. The case exposes ongoing questions about bank's roles and handling high-risk fortunes as her remaining wealth and property sales stay under scrutiny.