Jeffrey Epstein Routinely Tipped Instacart Drivers Just £2 Despite His £450 Million Fortune, per Newly Released Instacart Receipts

The Department of Justice just dropped another batch of Epstein files, and buried among the 3.5 million documents is something that tells you everything you need to know about who Jeffrey Epstein really was. The man had nearly half a billion quid to his name, owned two private islands in the Caribbean, and kept a 33-carat diamond in his collection. But when it came to tipping the person who delivered his cat litter? Two dollars. Every single time.

A post on X from @Furbeti first highlighted the detail that's now making the rounds: 'Despite being worth nearly a billion, Jeffrey Epstein routinely tipped Instacart drivers just 2 or 3 dollars.' The receipts are right there in the files, and they're damning.

The Receipts Don't Lie

Look at the numbers. January 24th, 2019: Epstein orders Fiji water. The delivery person, Aeisha, brings him two six-packs of bottled water totalling $36.58 (£27). His tip? Two dollars flat. Fast forward to April 17th, and it's the same story. Mariaeugenia delivers a 15-pound bag of SoPhresh cat litter for $35.99 (£26). Tip? Another two dollars.

Anyone who's ever used Instacart knows the drill. You're supposed to tip 15-20 per cent, bare minimum, and most people throw in at least a fiver even on small orders because these workers are using their own cars, their own petrol, their own time. Epstein's £2 didn't even hit 6 per cent on either order.

Here's what makes it properly mental. This bloke owned property worth over £100 million. His real estate portfolio: a £36 million Manhattan townhouse, a £9 million Palm Beach mansion, a £12.5 million New Mexico ranch, and a £6.3 million Paris flat. That's before you even get to Little St James and Great St James, the two Caribbean islands he bought for a combined £86 million. But apparently shelling out a proper tip on a £30 grocery order was too much to ask.

How a College Dropout Became Worth £420 Million

Epstein's will, signed two days before he killed himself in August 2019, put his total wealth at $580 million (£423 million). The itemised list included that massive diamond, multiple private jets (including a Boeing 727 that became infamous), and enough cash and investments to make your head spin.

So where did all that money come from? Two men, mainly. Les Wexner, who ran Victoria's Secret, and Leon Black from Apollo Global Management. Between them, they paid Epstein £270 million over the years for what was supposedly financial advice. Wexner alone handed over £145 million between 1991 and 2007. Black chipped in another £124 million from 2012 to 2017. For a college dropout who'd been sacked from his teaching job, Epstein had somehow convinced billionaires to pay him obscene fees. But the person delivering his water? They got two quid.

The Tax Dodger Who Saved £218 Million

Epstein based his companies in the US Virgin Islands specifically because it's a tax haven. Over nearly 20 years, that move saved him £218 million that would've otherwise gone to the taxman. He set up the Financial Trust Company and Southern Trust Company there, routing all his money through these entities to dodge as much tax as legally possible.

Then there's the 1953 Trust, named after the year he was born. This thing was designed to hide where his money went after he died. Court documents show it had over 40 beneficiaries whose names were kept secret. We know Ghislaine Maxwell got £7.3 million. His girlfriend at the time, Karyna Shuliak, was set to receive £73 million plus that enormous diamond. His lawyers and accountants? £36 million and £18 million respectively.

What the Receipts Reveal

These receipts are from January and April 2019. Epstein was arrested that July on federal sex trafficking charges. By then he'd already done time back in 2008-09 for soliciting prostitution from a minor, though he only served 13 months where he was allowed out six days a week for 'work release'. The new charges were far more serious. On August 10th, 2019, guards found him dead in his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan. Suicide, according to the official report.

The Instacart receipts might seem like a footnote compared to everything else Epstein did. But they're also a perfect little window into how this man's mind worked. Everyone was either a mark or a servant. The billionaires were marks he could squeeze for millions. Everyone else was there to serve him, and he wasn't about to pay them any more than he absolutely had to.

A billionaire sexual predator who saved £218 million in tax, charged his clients £270 million in fees, and lived in obscene luxury whilst tipping delivery workers pocket change. He saw people as things to be used, whether they were vulnerable young girls or working-class delivery drivers just trying to earn enough to pay their rent. The only difference was how much he thought he could get away with taking from them.