Match.com Sent Dating Profiles to Jeffrey Epstein Years After His Offender Registration
Match.com, the popular dating service, reportedly sent Jeffrey Epstein profiles of numerous young women even after he had registered as a sex offender. This information comes from recently uncovered documents by the Justice Department.
An email from July 5, 2012, congratulated Epstein on his “first 18 matches,” expressing an eagerness to provide more. The email, addressed to the user jeeproject, featured profiles of various women under 26 from across the United States.
That July 4 email welcomed Epstein to the platform, which is part of Match Group, the parent company behind other well-known dating apps like OkCupid, Tinder, and Hinge. It read, “Welcome to the leading online dating site. Congratulations! You have joined the world’s most dynamic group of singles,” suggesting that he was, you know, looking for women.
Years earlier, this infamous investor had to register as a sex offender due to a guilty plea he made in 2008 for soliciting underage prostitutes. He was sentenced to 13 months in a minimum-security prison.
In April 2011, Match.com had announced a plan to screen its users against sex offender registries. Reports from that time highlighted the need for more comprehensive checks.
Mandy Ginsburg, the former CEO of Match.com, noted in an email that advancements in technology and improved databases made it possible to start this screening process, despite some existing flaws. The company now claims to be actively working on eliminating the use of its services by registered offenders and suspected traffickers.
A spokesperson for Match Group indicated that the emails sent to Epstein were from a time when their security measures were quite limited compared to today’s standards. They mentioned that since then, significant improvements have been made in both safety tools and practices.
In 2012, Epstein also received other marketing emails, including one linked to a deceased pedophile’s credit card account, showing payments exceeding $45 a month for the service. Additionally, records indicate he created an account on OkCupid in January 2011, right before Match Group acquired the company.
It remains uncertain whether Epstein ever reached out to or even met any of the women he was matched with through the platform.
In 2019, he was indicted by federal prosecutors on charges related to trafficking and abusing minor girls over the years. He passed away in August 2019 while under federal custody for charges involving sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit such acts.
Many believe he exploited countless women and children during his lifetime.
