Guerman Aliev, also known as Gerald Banks: business history, Ford Models, litigation and the Epstein records
Guerman Aliev, also known as Gerald Banks: Ford Models, finance, litigation and the Epstein records
Snapshot
Guerman Aliev’s personal website guermanaliev.com explicitly identifies him as Gerald Banks. Public records also use Gerald T. Banks. These names refer to the same financier.
His career connects international investment banking, Russian corporate finance, American private equity, Ford Models, cryptocurrency investment management and British brokerage services. Released Epstein records contain references to Aliev in December 2017 and arrangements for Banks to visit Epstein in January 2018.
| Subject | Principal finding |
|---|---|
| Identity | His own biography acknowledges both names. Litigation records also connect them. |
| Banking | His career includes Renaissance Capital, Merrill Lynch, Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and Rosbank. |
| Interros | He held a senior position within Vladimir Potanin’s investment group. |
| Altpoint | He led an investment firm associated with Ford Models, telecommunications infrastructure, energy and data centers. |
| Ford Models | Contemporary reporting identifies him as chairman. California court records identify Banks as chief executive during the events alleged in a February 2017 trip. |
| Epstein correspondence | A correspondent named Aliev as a woman’s former employer. Vincenzo Iozzo separately asked Epstein about Aliev and Altpoint. |
| Epstein appointment | Jeremy Rubin introduced Banks concerning a cryptocurrency volatility fund and exchange project. An appointment was arranged for January 29, 2018. |
| Banking records | Altpoint appears in Deutsche Bank review material containing separate Epstein accounts. This does not establish transactions between the clients. |
| Civil litigation | Jane Doe alleged misconduct involving Banks, Ford Models and Jordan Doner. Appellate rulings addressed arbitration rather than liability. |
| Reported settlement | Bekah Day reports that Banks settled and was dismissed from Doe’s case in May 2026. That development remains attributed to her reporting. |
| Recent business activity | GBM Securities identifies Banks as chief executive. Companies House records a majority ownership and voting interest. |
The public record establishes substantial business connections and documented contact arrangements with Epstein. It does not establish that Banks participated in Epstein’s criminal operation.
Identity, name change and public biography
The biography published under Guerman Aliev’s name resolves the identity question directly. It states that he is also known as Gerald Banks and describes his work at Altpoint and Cipher Technologies.
The Society Model Management litigation record trellis.law includes the designation “Guerman Aliev a/k/a Gerald T. Banks.” This supplies an additional connection between the names outside his promotional biography.
Bloomberg’s April 2019 profile of his cryptocurrency business www.advisorhub.com also identifies Banks as having previously changed his name from Guerman Aliev.
The precise legal instrument and reason for the change are not established by these sources. A name change should not automatically be characterized as evidence of concealment.
The distinction nevertheless matters for research. December 2017 Epstein correspondence generally uses Guerman Aliev, while January 2018 scheduling correspondence uses Gerald Banks or the display name GB Altpoint.
Education, nationality and international background
Aliev’s personal biography says he traveled from Russia to Tokyo in 1988 to study Japanese and economics. It describes a subsequent move to Britain, graduation from London Business School and residence in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife and three children.
The biography mentions aviation, philosophy of science and investments involving Lyft and Zoom. These are statements from his own website. They do not provide transaction dates, investment amounts or the legal entities through which those investments were made.
GBM Securities’ biography gbmsecurities.com similarly describes studies in Tokyo and London. It also states that Banks holds a master’s degree in the philosophy of physics from Columbia University.
Companies House’s significant control record GOV.UK records Banks’s birth month and year as August 1970, nationality as British, and country of residence as Japan.
Those details describe the public company filing. They should not be read as disproving earlier reporting about American citizenship or historical residence in Connecticut. Citizenship and residence can change, and a person can hold more than one nationality.
The manuscript Making Past Hypothesis More Robust bears Aliev’s name and a Columbia affiliation. A second manuscript, Laws of Nature and Symmetries in Physics, addresses another philosophy of physics topic. Their availability supports his stated academic interest, without establishing peer reviewed publication.
Investment banking and Rosbank
Rosbank’s offering circular data.cbonds.info identifies Aliev as deputy chairman of its management board responsible for investment banking from April 28, 2003.
It records earlier work at:
- Gulf Oil in Canada.
- Renaissance Capital in Moscow, in fixed income sales.
- Merrill Lynch International in London, in derivatives and equity capital markets.
- Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein in London, covering Western European markets.
His Merrill Lynch responsibilities included Russia, South Africa, Israel and Eastern Europe.
The October 2008 report reproducing Interros’s announcement www.oreanda-news.com supplies additional dates:
| Period | Position described |
|---|---|
| 1995 to 1996 | Fixed income sales at Renaissance Capital |
| From 1996 | Derivatives and equity capital markets roles at Merrill Lynch |
| March 2001 to April 2003 | Equity capital markets director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein |
| From April 2003 | Deputy chairman at Rosbank |
| October 2008 | Interros deputy chief executive elected to its board |
These institutional sources establish a finance career preceding his American private equity and modeling activities.
Interros, Potanin and other Russian corporate roles
Interros’s October 2008 board announcement identifies Aliev as a deputy chief executive and records his election to the board. This places him within the investment group associated with Vladimir Potanin.
MirLand’s capital raising announcement shareprices.com identifies Aliev as a Rosbank deputy chief executive included in MirLand’s board. The announcement presents his Russian market knowledge as relevant to the property development business.
SEC voting disclosures concerning Norilsk Nickel sec.gov record resolutions concerning the election of Guerman R. Aliev to the company’s board. These are voting records and should be distinguished from a complete account of his tenure.
The corporate history connects Aliev to banking, property development and metals investment. The records do not establish that he personally owned each business or controlled every decision made by those companies.
Stone Tower and Altpoint Capital
Seth Hettena’s June 2019 investigation Trump / Russia describes Potanin’s American investments through Stone Tower Equity Partners, Aliev’s subsequent management of those interests and the firm’s transition to Altpoint Capital.
Hettena reports that Potanin began investing through Stone Tower in 2006 and that Aliev took over management following the financial crisis. His article also describes the difficulty of tracing investments through private fund structures.
Bloomberg’s 2019 interview with Banks identifies Potanin as an Altpoint investor and Banks as a former senior Interros executive.
Reporting on Natalia Potanina’s American discovery proceedings rapsinews.com describes efforts to obtain information about investments and transactions involving Potanin’s corporate network. Aliev and other Altpoint personnel were among the subjects of requested discovery.
Those proceedings concerned asset identification in a marital dispute. Inclusion in discovery requests does not itself establish wrongdoing.
Altpoint’s investments must also be distinguished from Banks’s personal holdings. A managing partner’s involvement does not mean that all fund assets belong to that individual.
Energy, telecommunications and data center investments
The August 2013 Sanchez transaction agreement contracts.justia.com contains Aliev’s signature as an Altpoint director. It concerns oil and gas interests in Louisiana and Mississippi and consideration that included Sanchez Energy shares.
The TowerCo transaction documentation contracts.justia.com identifies Aliev as chief executive of an Altpoint entity participating in a telecommunications infrastructure transaction.
The Fairfax County opinion in the Lynnwood Technology dispute www.fairfaxcounty.gov describes Altpoint’s ownership of 3,925 of ByteGrid’s 4,000 Class A units and its right to appoint four of six board members. It names Aliev among the investment committee participants.
| Business | Documented connection |
|---|---|
| Sanchez interests | Altpoint director signature in an energy transaction |
| TowerCo | Executive role in an Altpoint transaction entity |
| ByteGrid | Ownership structure, board appointment rights and investment oversight |
| Ford Models | Corporate leadership and investment ownership |
| Cipher Technologies | Digital asset investment management |
| GBM Securities | Executive leadership and significant ownership |
These records show responsibilities across several industries. They do not constitute a complete personal asset declaration.
ByteGrid and Maryland election infrastructure
The Senate’s August 2018 ByteGrid announcement www.vanhollen.senate.gov records Senators Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin’s request for federal scrutiny of ByteGrid’s ownership and Potanin’s investment.
Ann Costantino’s October 2018 investigation whowhatwhy.org explains the connections among Altpoint, Banks and ByteGrid. The controversy concerned ownership of a contractor supporting parts of Maryland’s election infrastructure.
The March 2019 Senate announcement www.vanhollen.senate.gov states that the Department of Homeland Security found no information had been compromised. It also states that Maryland had ended its ByteGrid relationship and moved to an American owned provider reviewed by federal law enforcement.
The documented issue was foreign investment and ownership transparency in an election infrastructure contractor. The cited records do not establish that Banks manipulated votes or directed a breach.
Ford Models ownership and leadership
Contemporary March 2011 reporting Business Insider identifies Aliev as Altpoint’s chief and states that the firm held 93 percent of Ford Models.
The agency’s ownership history Wikipedia places Stone Tower’s initial investment in December 2007, the Altpoint transition in 2009 and the increase to a 93 percent interest in January 2011.
The California appellate record identifies Banks as Ford’s chief executive during the February 2017 trip alleged in Doe’s lawsuit. Contemporary reporting elsewhere describes him as chairman.
These titles should be attached to their dates and sources. A complete start and end date for every Ford leadership position is not established by the available material.
Ford’s May 2021 corporate announcement prnewswire.com describes the May 2020 incorporation of Ford Inc. by Ford Models Brazil and identifies Decio Ribeiro as chief executive of the Ford Models Group.
The May 2020 ownership transition means that Altpoint’s historical ownership should not be presented as Ford’s current ownership.
| Date | Ownership or leadership development |
|---|---|
| December 2007 | Stone Tower investment in Ford |
| 2009 | Stone Tower investment business becomes associated with Altpoint |
| January 2011 | Altpoint’s Ford stake reported as 93 percent |
| 2011 | Aliev publicly associated with Ford leadership and its art venture |
| February 2017 | Banks identified as chief executive in the later civil litigation |
| May 2020 | Ford Models Brasil acquisition and new group structure |
| 2021 | Corporate announcement identifies Decio Ribeiro as group chief executive |
fordPROJECT and the art business
Observer’s January 2011 report observer.com describes fordPROJECT, the Manhattan contemporary art venture associated with Ford and Altpoint.
The venture sought to expand the Ford brand beyond modeling. It placed Aliev within an art and fashion business strategy as well as investment management.
Business Insider’s 2011 interview records Aliev saying that he had “no interaction with the models” and that the two companies operated separately.
That statement describes his public account in 2011. It does not resolve allegations about events years later.
Commercial litigation involving Society and Elite
The Society Model Management court listing records New York County proceedings under index number 650180/2017.
The listed parties include Society, Elite entities, Christopher Michael Williams, Kwok Kan Chan, Ford Models, Altpoint and Aliev. A November 2018 filing concerns a request to amend the complaint.
The case listing marks the proceedings disposed. It does not, by itself, establish a judgment against Aliev, the terms of a settlement or the final resolution of every claim.
This was a separate commercial dispute. It should not be merged with Doe’s California allegations or the Epstein correspondence.
Josée Neron’s dispute with Ford
Newsweek’s August 2019 report describes Ford’s lawsuit against former operations executive Josée Neron.
Ford alleged that Neron obtained release from her employment arrangement through misrepresentations, joined a competitor and retained confidential information. The reported material included corporate financial and operational documents.
The New York Post’s September 2019 report describes Neron’s opposing affidavit. She accused Banks of reckless expenditure and alleged that Ford struggled to pay models, suppliers, taxes, rent and payroll.
The report attributes to her an emergency funding requirement of approximately $1 million in December 2018 and debt exceeding $8 million by July 2019.
These are competing litigation accounts. Neron’s allegations do not establish embezzlement or an audited debt figure. Ford’s allegations against Neron likewise should not be presented as proven findings.
The financial dispute is relevant to Banks’s leadership history, but the reporting does not supply a complete final judgment.
Ford Models Paris and judicial reorganization
French company notices reproduced by Rubypayeur rubypayeur.com record judicial reorganization proceedings concerning Ford Models Paris, with cessation of payments dated June 1, 2017.
The notices record an eight year recovery plan in 2018.
Company register information reproduced by Societe.com www.societe.com records closure of the procedure after execution of the continuation plan in April 2021.
This is a corporate financial history concerning the French entity. It does not establish Banks’s personal insolvency or personal liability. Ford Models Paris and Ford Models, Inc. must remain distinct when interpreting court records.
Jane Doe’s allegations
The opinion in Banks v. Doe CaseMine recounts allegations concerning a February 2017 trip presented as a European sportswear assignment.
Doe alleged that she traveled to New York and boarded a private plane to London with Banks, photographer Jordan Doner and another model. Her complaint described unwanted sexual conduct, pressure for sexual gratification and circumstances that made her fear trafficking.
She sued under California’s civil human trafficking remedy and unfair competition law.
The opinion recounts the complaint. It does not determine that the alleged conduct occurred.
The action was filed in January 2021 as Los Angeles Superior Court case 21STCV01747. The plaintiff’s pseudonym should be preserved.
The arbitration decisions
The August 3, 2023 decision in Doe v. Ford Models, Inc. CaseMine concerns Ford’s effort to compel arbitration.
The Court of Appeal affirmed denial in B318923. Ford had forfeited its appellate argument concerning the Federal Arbitration Act by failing to raise it in the trial court.
The October 29, 2024 decision in Banks v. Doe concerns Banks’s separate arbitration motion. The court affirmed denial in B323543, concluding that the claims fell outside the agreement’s scope.
Banks was not a signatory to Doe’s agreement with Ford. The appellate decision addressed whether the dispute should be arbitrated, rather than finding him liable.
| Proceeding | Decision | Significance |
|---|---|---|
| Ford’s arbitration motion | Denied January 28, 2022 | Trial court declined to require arbitration |
| Banks’s arbitration motion | Denied August 22, 2022 | Separate denial concerning Banks |
| Ford’s appeal | Affirmed August 3, 2023 | Ford’s federal arbitration argument was forfeited |
| Banks’s appeal | Affirmed October 29, 2024 | Claims were outside the arbitration agreement |
Neither appeal was a trial on the underlying allegations.
The reported May 2026 settlement
Bekah Day’s September 2026 investigation bekahdayyy.substack.com reports that Banks settled and was dismissed with prejudice in May 2026.
Day also reports that claims against Ford and Doner remain pending, with a jury trial scheduled for September 2027. Those later developments are attributed to her account; the underlying dismissal and scheduling filings have not been independently verified.
The reported settlement does not establish an admission of wrongdoing. The payment amount, terms and any confidentiality provisions are not established by the accessible reporting.
Day’s article refers to an appellate development in March 2025. The Banks appellate opinion cited here is dated October 29, 2024. Those dates should not be treated as interchangeable.
December 2017: Aliev is named to Epstein
EFTA00922115 records Epstein asking a correspondent to identify a woman’s “patron.” The reply names Guerman Aliev as her former employer and says she had worked as a full time nanny for his three children in Connecticut.
The exchange occurred late on December 17, 2017, in New York time. The UTC header falls on December 18.
EFTA00922123 preserves a subsequent message quoting the identification. Other copies contain it within longer chains.
The record establishes what a correspondent told Epstein. It does not establish that Aliev wrote to Epstein, initiated the introduction or knew about the discussion.
EFTA01014394 contains the December 20 follow up. The correspondent reported that the woman had met her former employer, who agreed to provide rent, spending money and tuition assistance.
The correspondent suggested that this support would affect whether she sought work with Epstein.
These messages describe financial dependency through a third party’s account. They are not payment records, an employment contract or Aliev’s own explanation.
The woman’s identity is unnecessary to establish the chronology and is omitted. The documents do not establish that Aliev sent her to Epstein or participated in trafficking.
December 22: Iozzo asks about Altpoint
EFTA01001064 records Vincenzo Iozzo asking Epstein whether he knew Altpoint Capital or Guerman Aliev. Iozzo described the fund as allegedly managing Russian money.
EFTA02596238 preserves Epstein’s response: “Only yesterday.”
EFTA02594699 contains Iozzo’s follow up associating the money with Potanin after an internet search.
Independent corporate and financial sources provide the stronger basis for describing Potanin’s relationship to Altpoint. Iozzo’s email establishes a contemporaneous discussion.
The chronology leaves a question. Aliev’s name had appeared in Epstein’s correspondence five days earlier, yet Epstein answered “Only yesterday.” He may have been referring to the fund rather than first hearing the individual’s name. The reply does not explain.
No investment by Epstein is established by this exchange.
January 25: Jeremy Rubin introduces Banks
EFTA02235703 contains Jeremy Rubin’s January 25, 2018 email to Banks and Epstein under the subject “Intro Gerald <> Jeffrey.”
Rubin identified Banks with Altpoint and said they were working on a cryptocurrency volatility fund and exchange project. He suggested a New York meeting.
Epstein forwarded the introduction to his office.
The email identifies:
- The intermediary: Jeremy Rubin.
- The proposed contact: Gerald Banks.
- The firm: Altpoint Capital.
- The business subject: Cryptocurrency volatility and an exchange project.
- The requested next step: A meeting with Epstein in New York.
The wording indicates that Rubin had already mentioned the project to Epstein. The earlier discussion is not identified in the cited chain.
The introduction does not establish a completed investment, a launched exchange or the legal identity of a later fund.
January 29: The appointment
EFTA02237055 provides the address for the proposed appointment at Epstein’s Manhattan home, 9 East 71st Street.
EFTA00468111 records the initial arrangement for 4:30 p.m. on January 29, 2018.
EFTA02236942 preserves the rescheduling chain. The office proposed 4:45 p.m., which Banks accepted. Banks then offered approximately 6:30 p.m. as another possibility. The office offered 5:30 p.m., which he accepted.
| Stage | Time |
|---|---|
| Original arrangement | 4:30 p.m. |
| First revision | 4:45 p.m. |
| Alternative offered by Banks | Approximately 6:30 p.m. |
| Final accepted arrangement | 5:30 p.m. |
EFTA00468477 contains a schedule reflecting the final time.
These records document one appointment and its revisions. Multiple copies do not represent multiple meetings.
Banks agreed to attend. The identified records do not include a verified postmeeting account establishing attendance, discussion or a resulting transaction.
Deutsche Bank’s Altpoint review
EFTA01382228 contains Deutsche Bank review material listing Altpoint Capital Partners, LLC and separate Epstein entities.
Altpoint’s entry records a review dated March 10, 2017, with Andrew Gallivan and customer owner Brian Convey. The note places Altpoint in a small accounts exit project and says account closure was planned.
Epstein’s entities appear under a different customer owner and review date.
The rows are organized by customer owner and client name. Their proximity reflects spreadsheet organization, rather than a documented relationship between the clients.
The bank material establishes:
- An Altpoint banking relationship.
- Inclusion in the bank’s review population.
- A planned account exit.
- Separate Epstein accounts within the same review material.
It does not establish shared accounts, transfers, common beneficial ownership or a financial partnership.
EFTA01398793 and EFTA01398855 contain additional copies within longer internal correspondence.
EpsteinWiki’s business empire article provides related context for the Epstein entities named in banking records.
Cipher Technologies
Bloomberg’s April 2019 Cipher profile describes Banks as chief investment officer of Cipher Technologies Management LP, based in Greenwich.
The business focused on cryptocurrency options, futures and structured products. Bloomberg reported a target of $250 million in assets under management, rather than confirmation that the target had been achieved.
Banks described Cipher as legally separate from Altpoint, with its own regulatory registrations.
The later business provides context for Rubin’s January 2018 introduction. The sources do not establish that Epstein financed Cipher or owned an interest in it.
GBM Securities and current ownership records
Bloomberg’s July 2024 acquisition report news.bloomberglaw.com describes a consortium involving Banks acquiring the British unit of Russian brokerage BCS through GBM Holdings.
GBM Securities’ leadership page gbmsecurities.com identifies Banks as chief executive and board member.
Companies House’s control register records Banks as an active person with significant control, notified on June 27, 2024. It lists:
- More than 50 percent but less than 75 percent of shares.
- More than 50 percent but less than 75 percent of voting rights.
The same register records Oleg Mikhasenko’s control as ending on June 27, 2024.
The filing history GOV.UK includes updated Banks control details filed in January 2026 and company accounts filed in May 2026.
GBM’s November 2025 custody announcement gbmsecurities.com announces a relationship involving BNY Pershing EMEA and quotes Banks as chief executive.
These records document continued business activity beyond Ford and Altpoint.
Bekah Day’s investigation
Bekah Day’s video, The Ford Models CEO With a Secret Identity, accompanies her investigation into Banks’s identity, business connections and appearance in Epstein records.
Her written investigation, The Russian Oligarch Behind Ford Models, connects the December correspondence, January appointment and separate California allegations. It also supplies the reported May 2026 settlement update.
The identity connection is independently supported by Banks’s own website and litigation records. The appointment chronology is supported by released correspondence.
Interpretations of motive or criminal involvement require additional evidence. The title’s reference to an oligarch should also be distinguished from the established relationship between Banks and Potanin.
Evidence appearances
The identified corpus searches returned eight page matches for the exact phrase “Guerman Aliev,” thirteen for “Guerman,” and forty five for “Gerald Banks.”
These are page matches. Repeated chains, quoted messages and duplicate productions substantially increase the totals.
December employment correspondence
- EFTA00922115 contains the original identification of Aliev as the woman’s former employer.
- EFTA00922123 contains an immediate follow up quoting that identification.
- EFTA00922848 contains the exchange within a longer December chain.
- EFTA02233901 preserves another copy of the former employer identification.
- EFTA02233931 contains a copy with damaged extracted spelling.
- EFTA02544998 contains quoted December correspondence.
- EFTA02546311 contains another chain with extraction damage.
- EFTA02546479 contains a further copy.
- EFTA01014394 preserves the December 20 discussion concerning support.
- EFTA02611904 contains a related December 20 reply.
- EFTA02612615 contains the correspondent’s additional account.
Iozzo’s Altpoint inquiry
- EFTA01001064 contains Iozzo’s December 22 question.
- EFTA02596238 contains Epstein’s reply.
- EFTA02594699 contains Iozzo’s Potanin follow up.
Rubin’s introduction
- EFTA02235703 contains the substantive introduction.
- EFTA02535241 contains an incomplete copy with limited body content.
Initial appointment arrangements
- EFTA02236800 contains acceptance and an address request.
- EFTA02237055 supplies appointment address information.
- EFTA00468096 preserves the acceptance and address request.
- EFTA00468108 contains an address response.
- EFTA00468109 contains another address response copy.
- EFTA00468135 contains Banks’s confirmation.
- EFTA00468111 records the initial confirmed schedule.
- EFTA00468114 contains an Epstein schedule response.
- EFTA00468166 contains a schedule copy.
- EFTA00468189 contains another initial schedule.
Contact information exchange
- EFTA02235510 contains a contact request and response.
- EFTA02235548 contains an acknowledgment.
- EFTA00468141 preserves a contact request.
- EFTA00468143 preserves Banks’s response.
- EFTA00468144 contains an acknowledgment.
Rescheduling correspondence
- EFTA02235337 contains the proposed 4:45 p.m. revision.
- EFTA02234786 contains Banks’s acceptance.
- EFTA02234893 contains the office acknowledgment.
- EFTA00467730 contains another acknowledgment.
- EFTA00468286 contains Banks’s later time suggestion.
- EFTA00468294 contains the 5:30 p.m. offer.
- EFTA00468300 contains acceptance of 5:30 p.m.
- EFTA00468303 contains the final acknowledgment.
- EFTA02236942 consolidates the rescheduling chain.
Daily schedules and quoted appointment references
- EFTA00467740 contains the original January 29 schedule.
- EFTA00467741 contains an Epstein response to that schedule.
- EFTA00468281 includes an appointment reference in office correspondence.
- EFTA00468308 contains related schedule correspondence.
- EFTA00468477 reflects the later appointment.
- EFTA02235323 contains a later schedule.
- EFTA02236548 contains another later schedule.
- EFTA00285530 includes the appointment in consolidated scheduling material.
- EFTA00904089 quotes the schedule within other appointment correspondence.
- EFTA00904093 contains another quoted schedule.
- EFTA00904103 contains a related follow up.
- EFTA00467751 quotes the appointment in breakfast scheduling correspondence.
- EFTA00467755 contains another copy of that correspondence.
- EFTA00467776 contains a further schedule reference.
- EFTA02291307 contains sparse header material.
- EFTA00499450 contains another limited copy.
House Oversight copies
- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_002709 preserves the initial schedule.
- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_002714 contains another initial schedule copy.
- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_002717 reflects the later appointment time.
Deutsche Bank material
- EFTA01382228 contains Altpoint’s client review and planned account exit.
- EFTA01428714 contains related review material.
- EFTA01398793 preserves the review within internal correspondence.
- EFTA01398855 contains another review chain.
- EFTA01399609 contains a review list naming Altpoint.
- EFTA01398741 contains an additional review list.
Chronology
| Date | Development |
|---|---|
| August 1970 | Birth month and year recorded at Companies House |
| 1988 | Tokyo studies described in his biography |
| 1995 to 1996 | Renaissance Capital employment |
| From 1996 | Merrill Lynch roles |
| 2001 to 2003 | Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein role |
| April 2003 | Rosbank appointment |
| 2007 | Stone Tower investment in Ford |
| October 2008 | Interros board appointment |
| 2009 | Altpoint transition described |
| January 2011 | Altpoint’s Ford stake reported as 93 percent |
| 2011 | fordPROJECT venture |
| 2013 | Altpoint energy and telecommunications transaction signatures |
| February 2017 | Trip later described in Doe’s allegations |
| March 2017 | Altpoint Deutsche Bank review |
| June 2017 | Ford Models Paris financial proceedings |
| December 17, 2017 | Aliev named as a woman’s former employer |
| December 20, 2017 | Correspondent discusses support |
| December 22, 2017 | Iozzo asks about Aliev and Altpoint |
| January 25, 2018 | Rubin introduces Banks to Epstein |
| January 29, 2018 | Appointment arranged for 5:30 p.m. |
| 2018 | ByteGrid ownership attracts official scrutiny |
| April 2019 | Cipher strategy profiled |
| 2019 | Ford and Neron dispute reported |
| May 2020 | Ford Models Brasil ownership transition |
| January 2021 | Doe’s civil action filed |
| August 2023 | Ford arbitration denial affirmed |
| June 2024 | Banks’s GBM control notification |
| October 2024 | Banks arbitration denial affirmed |
| November 2025 | GBM custody announcement |
| May 2026 | Settlement and dismissal reported by Day |
| September 2026 | Day’s investigation and video published |
Questions raised by the records
- Did Banks attend the January 29 appointment? The correspondence confirms agreement to attend, without an identified record documenting the meeting itself.
- Did Epstein invest in the proposed cryptocurrency project? No completed investment is established by the cited records.
- Was the December employment discussion connected to Rubin’s introduction? The chronology does not establish a connection.
- What did Epstein mean by “Only yesterday”? His brief reply does not distinguish knowledge of the fund from knowledge of Aliev.
- What were the reported settlement terms? The amount, agreement and any confidentiality provisions are not established here.
- What were the exact dates of Banks’s Ford leadership roles? The sources establish roles at particular times, without a complete appointment history.
- Why did he change his name? The identity connection is established; the reason remains undocumented.
- Do the bank records establish an Epstein partnership? They establish separate client reviews, without a shared account or transaction.
- Do the records establish participation in Epstein’s crimes? The identified documents do not establish that proposition.
Sources
- Guerman Aliev’s personal website supplies his acknowledgment of the Gerald Banks name and stated biography.
- Rosbank’s offering circular documents banking roles.
- Interros’s board announcement reporting supplies career dates and the board appointment.
- MirLand’s capital raising announcement identifies his involvement in its board.
- SEC Norilsk voting disclosures document director election resolutions.
- Seth Hettena’s June 2019 investigation supplies Stone Tower, Altpoint and Potanin context.
- Potanina discovery reporting describes American asset discovery proceedings.
- The Sanchez agreement contains an Altpoint director signature.
- The TowerCo documentation documents an executive role.
- The Fairfax County opinion documents ByteGrid governance.
- The August 2018 Senate statement records the ByteGrid investigation request.
- Ann Costantino’s investigation examines the ownership controversy.
- The March 2019 Senate statement records the reported absence of compromised information.
- The March 2011 Aliev profile documents the reported Ford stake and his public statement.
- Observer’s fordPROJECT report describes the art venture.
- Ford’s 2021 announcement describes the ownership transition and new leadership.
- The Society litigation record identifies the commercial proceedings.
- Newsweek’s Neron report presents Ford’s allegations.
- The New York Post’s financial dispute report presents Neron’s allegations.
- French company notices and register information document the Paris entity’s proceedings.
- Doe v. Ford Models, B318923 documents Ford’s appellate decision.
- Banks v. Doe, B323543 documents Banks’s appellate decision.
- Bloomberg’s Cipher profile supplies the cryptocurrency business account.
- Bloomberg’s brokerage acquisition report describes the British transaction.
- Companies House’s control register documents Banks’s disclosed ownership.
- Companies House’s filing history supplies subsequent filing dates.
- GBM’s biography, leadership page and custody announcement supply recent corporate information.
- Bekah Day’s written investigation supplies her reported settlement update.
- Bekah Day’s companion video presents the investigation.
- EFTA00922115 anchors the December former employer exchange.
- EFTA01014394 anchors the December support discussion.
- EFTA01001064, EFTA02596238 and EFTA02594699 document the Altpoint inquiry.
- EFTA02235703 anchors Rubin’s introduction.
- EFTA02236942 anchors the appointment chain.
- EFTA01382228 anchors the Deutsche Bank review.
- The evidence appearances section identifies the additional copies and related released records.