Andrew Farkas**, CEO of Island Capital Group, shared private breakfasts with Jeffrey Epstein and was personally vouched for as a real estate deal partner — 1,182 documents buried in the federal archive show the full scope of their relationship.
The documents, released as part of the EFTA production, span 2012 through 2014 and include scheduling emails, calendar reminders, and direct correspondence coordinated by Epstein's longtime assistant Lesley Groff. They reveal a relationship that extended well beyond casual acquaintance.
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Breakfasts at Epstein's Home
On January 30, 2012, Groff emailed Farkas directly to confirm the morning's schedule.
"Jeffrey looks forward to seeing you this morning for breakfast at his home at 8:30."
That was Document vol00010-efta02175518-pdf. It was not a one-time visit. Two and a half months later, on April 16, 2012, Groff sent another update to Farkas at his Island Capital email address — afarkas@islecap.com — confirming an 8:30 breakfast the following morning with Epstein (vol00010-efta02171013-pdf).
A reminder saved in Epstein's calendar system, dated March 26, 2012, read simply: "Remind JE he wants to speak to Andrew Farkas." (vol00010-efta02172747-pdf). The note was flagged to appear at 10:57 AM and marked incomplete — one of dozens of scheduling artifacts preserved in the EFTA production.
The 'Real Estate Guru' Introduction
By May 2013, Epstein was deploying Farkas as a business asset. A May 28, 2013 email from Epstein's personal account introduced Farkas to a contact identified as David Stern in connection with a proposed real estate venture in China.
"david, andrew is the real estate guru and great friend. you and he should organize a plan for china, he is the perfect partner for you and our friend, a trip to china asap should be organized."
Epstein continued: "Andrew understands the who pays whom for what." The email was sent to both Farkas and Stern simultaneously (vol00010-efta01972614-pdf). In his reply, Stern confirmed he was "delighted to meet" Farkas and offered to arrange a call "to discuss this and plan a trip asap."
Epstein's framing — vouching for Farkas's understanding of financial arrangements — placed him at the center of a business network that prosecutors and federal investigators would spend years mapping.
Three Years of Scheduled Contact
The archive shows Epstein's office treating Farkas as a recurring fixture in the schedule. In March 2013, a staff email to Epstein — filed under the subject line "Andrew Farkas (again)" — asked whether to block 30 minutes or an hour for an upcoming Thursday appointment (vol00010-efta01899753-pdf). Epstein replied: "30."
A year later, in March 2014, Farkas's office reached out directly to request a 15-minute call — offering Epstein either 5:30 PM that day or 3:00 PM the following afternoon. Epstein confirmed the same evening: "530 today" (vol00010-efta01933660-pdf).
Contact continued through the fall of 2014. On September 4, Groff sent a message to Farkas on behalf of Epstein (vol00010-efta02097783-pdf). Three weeks later, on September 19, Groff was coordinating with Farkas's assistant — identified in the emails as Jenna Giacomo — to reschedule a breakfast that had already been rescheduled multiple times (vol00010-efta02095713-pdf).
On September 29, 2014, Groff forwarded a message from Farkas directly to Epstein.
"I am going in to a meeting right now that will last until 5pm...I am available between 5-5:30...starting at 5:30, I am basically a pumpkin until 10:30-11pm tonight...if I don't hear from you now, I will call you again in the morning."
Groff's note to Epstein: "Please call Andrew Farkas." (vol00011-efta02712735-pdf)
Island Capital and the Epstein Network
Island Capital Group is a real estate private equity firm Farkas founded in 1993. The firm has been involved in billions of dollars of transactions across commercial real estate, hotels, and distressed debt. Farkas himself has been a prominent donor and fundraiser in New York political and philanthropic circles.
The 1,182 documents referencing Farkas in the EFTA production do not allege wrongdoing. They establish, however, a sustained and operationally coordinated relationship with Epstein that spans at least three years — one documented through Epstein's own scheduling infrastructure, his personal email account, and the flow of correspondence that ran through his household staff.
Federal investigators seized the documents as part of the broader EFTA production during the Epstein investigation. They remain publicly accessible through the InvArchives archive.
What the Documents Show
Taken together, the filings in the EFTA production trace a pattern: private breakfasts at Epstein's Manhattan residence, direct introductions into business deals, and repeated phone contact coordinated through Groff's office.
Epstein's own words — "real estate guru and great friend" — appear in a production that spans more than a million pages of seized correspondence. That Farkas appears in 1,182 of them places him among a documented tier of business contacts who maintained consistent access to Epstein across the years of his freedom following the 2008 non-prosecution agreement.
The documents do not indicate whether federal investigators ever contacted Farkas. Island Capital Group has not commented publicly on the documents.
All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless proven guilty in a court of law.
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This analysis references publicly released documents from the Epstein case archive. All individuals mentioned are presumed innocent unless convicted in a court of law. Language such as “documents indicate” reflects what appears in source materials, not conclusions of guilt. Readers are encouraged to review the cited source documents directly.