The late Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, appeared to have multiple accounts on the dating site Match.com in 2012, years after he was convicted of soliciting prostitution. from child, files released by the Department of Justice suggest.
In Epstein’s files, viewed by Mashable, are several emails from Match.com dating back to 2012, which link Epstein’s Gmail and Yahoo addresses to two profiles on the site: “jeeproject” and “sultan175.” Mesh appears to have emailed the previous username “Congratulations” for signing up, a warning to resubmit the profile because part of the text was “unintelligible or repetitive,” and offers 72 hours free of the app. One account received a “Happy Birthday” from Match on the same date as Epstein’s 60th birthday.
Xbox Live, meanwhile, was permanently banned by Epstein in 2013 for being a registered sex offender.
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In addition, the files contain emails about matching and created accounts, including women in their early 20s, and emails from Match members who are “customized” to the user, including 20-year-olds.
Several credit card statements in Epstein’s files list Match.com as the payee, from 2007 (before his conviction) and 2012 (Epstein was convicted in 2008). Other files also suggest that he was on other dating apps (owned by Match and others), and that he may have invested in Match Group, the parent company of popular dating apps Tinder and Hinge.
“I’m not surprised at all based on my experience representing clients,” attorney Carrie Goldberg told Mashable. “I’m not at all surprised that a convicted rapist was using Match Group products at all.” Goldberg represents plaintiffs who sued Match Group after a serial rapist, Stephen Matthews, lived on Tinder and Hinge after multiple women reported him.
Regarding the fact that Match Group has a legal duty to conduct background checks, Goldberg said, “Match Group has a legal duty not to release unsafe products into the commercial system…It is not allowed to increase the risk of harm to other users. They themselves voluntarily undertake background checks.”
Back in 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to soliciting prostitution from a minor. He served less than 13 months and registered as a sex offender. Then in 2019, Epstein was charged with child sex trafficking and later died in his cell. The Justice Department has released more than 3.5 million files related to his crimes since Donald Trump signed the Epstein Files Transparency Act into law on November 19, 2025.
The check rules are behind the mesh, then and now
In Match.com’s Terms of Agreement from 2012, it says in bold font and all captions: “You are solely responsible for your interactions with other members. You understand that Match.com does not currently conduct criminal background checks on its members. Match.com also does not inquire about the background of all of its members or attempt to verify statements matching or representing its members as statements of war.com. members or their affiliation with any current members or tomorrow.”
It also states, however, that “Match.com reserves the right to conduct criminal background checks or other screens (such as sex offender registry searches), at any time and using available public records.” In 2011, Match announced it would begin screening users against a national sex registry following a lawsuit by a woman who alleged she was assaulted by someone she met on the site.
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Match’s current terms are the same as in 2012, as are those of Match Group brands Tinder and Hinge.
“The work referred to dates back more than a decade, at a time when security tools and registration checks were much more limited than today.”
A Match spokesperson told Mashable, “The work in question dates back more than a decade, at a time when security tools and registry checks were much more limited than they are today. Since then, the available tools and practices of Match Group’s Trust and Safety have been greatly strengthened through technology development and continued investment in security.” Mesh did not respond to Mashable’s query about “members [it] selected for you” emails.
Last year, Tinder began requiring all new US users to scan their face when signing up. However, the company says this is aimed at stopping scammers and spammers. It is not clear whether Tinder uses this technology to target sex offender registration databases. (Hinge will soon begin testing a similar feature.)
As first reported by Dallas Morning Newsthere are emails in the Epstein files from OkCupid as well, dating back to 2011, the year Match acquired them. There are also numerous emails to Epstein from the Jewish dating site JDate, which is owned by Spark Networks.
A JDate spokesperson told Mashable that as a matter of policy, the company does not comment on or disclose information about individual user accounts. They reviewed Mashable’s investigation internally and, “because the materials are related to work from 2013 and, due to our data retention practices, we cannot determine whether any associated JDate account ever existed or verify the authenticity or completeness of the documents referenced.”
Epstein’s potential investment
Within the Epstein files, there are also stock portfolio statements from Deutsche Bank from 2015 and 2016 that identify the portfolio as holding matching stocks; however, it is not clear who made those statements.
There is also an email exchange from 2018 between Epstein and his stockbroker, Paul Barrett of Alpha Group Capital, in which Barrett suggested investing in conglomerate IAC, which owned Match Group at the time. (IAC and Match Group split in 2020.) IAC currently owns several media brands, including The Daily Beast.
“Buy InterActive Corp (IAC) after the continued success of Match.com and Tinder,” Barrett wrote in a 2018 email, along with information about Tinder’s growth. It appears that Epstein responded, “OK,” to Barrett’s suggestion.
Several files mention IAC chairman and CEO Barry Diller, including a text exchange with former Trump adviser Steve Bannon, in which Epstein says Diller has been “on an island.” Little St. James, also known as “Epstein Island,” is a private island that once belonged to Epstein, and is where the alleged sex crimes took place.
Diller, who co-founded the Fox Broadcasting Company with Rupert Murdoch, has made headlines in recent weeks after expressing interest in buying CNN. He was also recognized by Page Six for his connection to Epstein, telling the publication, “I’m probably the only one who went to the island to see the buildings rather than the people who live there.”
“Regarding the stock, we have no information. This was not discussed.”
“The relationship was long-distance,” an IAC spokesperson told Mashable about Diller and Epstein. “Regarding the stock, we have no information. This was not discussed.” When asked to clarify who discussed this, the spokesperson replied, “We have no knowledge and are not aware of any discussions related to the purchase of IAC stock.”
Match Group did not respond to Mashable’s inquiry about whether Epstein owns Match stock.
Earlier this month, Mashable delved into the tech titans from the Epstein files, including Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos.
