Archive · 17 Sep 2026
Florida Woman Pleads Guilty to Faking Epstein Fund Records
Jennifer Percival admitted that she changed documents to get money from a fund for people abused by Jeffrey Epstein.
An earlier fund had rejected her application.
She then altered the rejection letter to make it look like she had been approved.
She used the altered letter to apply to another fund connected to JPMorgan Chase.
That fund gave her $750,000 in 2024.
Investigators later found the original records and questioned her.
Percival admitted that she also gave fabricated emails to her former lawyer.
She agreed to repay $776,031, and a judge will decide her sentence.
Jennifer Percival pleaded guilty to falsifying records to obtain $750,000 from a fund for Jeffrey Epstein victims.
She altered an Epstein estate fund rejection letter to falsely show she had been approved for $500,000.
JPMorgan Chase's compensation fund paid her $750,000 in 2024 based on those misstatements.
Percival later repeated false claims to FBI agents and provided fabricated emails to her former lawyer.
She agreed to repay $776,031 and could face three to four years in prison under sentencing guidelines.
- Who
- Jennifer Percival, a Florida Atlantic University autism-center director and scholar.
- What
- She pleaded guilty to falsifying records and misrepresentations used to obtain $750,000 from an Epstein-related compensation fund.
- When
- She applied to the JPMorgan Chase fund in 2024, was confronted by investigators in late 2025, and pleaded guilty on Monday.
- Where
- In federal court in New York; Percival lives in Boca Raton, Florida.
- Why
- She said she falsified the records to obtain money, which gave her a sense of validation.
- Defendant
- Jennifer Percival, 46
- Amount received
- $750,000
- Restitution owed
- $776,031
- Payment year
- 2024
- Compensation fund
- A fund created by JPMorgan Chase after a $290 million settlement with Epstein victims
- Potential sentence
- Federal sentencing guidelines recommend three to four years in prison, though the judge is not required to follow that recommendation
- Current status
- Released from custody while awaiting sentencing; no sentencing date was immediately set