Ghislaine Maxwell, Jeffrey Epstein's alleged madam who lived in a $5 million NYC mansion, has been arrested by the FBI. Here's what we know about the British socialite's finances and assets.

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• The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested by the FBI, according to multiple reports.
• Maxwell is said to have been in the inner circle of the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died in prison last year awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy.
• She is alleged to have acted as Epstein's madam; she's accused of recruiting victims and abusing them alongside the convicted sex offender.
• Maxwell, 58, the daughter of the media mogul Robert Maxwell, moved to New York City from England in 1991, reportedly living off a $100,000-a-year trust fund.
• Maxwell integrated herself into the city's high society, attending parties, charity galas, and other events with celebrities, presidents, CEOs, and other members of the city's wealthy and powerful elite.
• For seven years she ran an ocean-conservation nonprofit, which abruptly shut down in July 2019.
• Until 2016, Maxwell lived in a 7,000-square-foot Manhattan townhouse with links to Epstein. It was sold in 2016 for $15 million.
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British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has been arrested by the FBI, according to multiple reports.

Maxwell has become one of the most prominent and mysterious figures linked to the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in prison last year while awaiting trial on charges of sex trafficking and conspiracy.

She is alleged to have acted as Epstein's madam, recruiting and abusing underage victims alongside the convicted sex offender. Maxwell has denied these allegations.

Maxwell's legal team did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Business Insider.

Born in France, Maxwell is the daughter of Robert Maxwell, the British media mogul who mysteriously drowned after falling or jumping from his yacht near the Canary Islands in 1991.

Here's what we know about how Maxwell's finances.

The British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell has become one of the most prominent and mysterious figures linked to the financier Jeffrey Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in a Manhattan prison in August 2019.

Maxwell is alleged to have acted as Epstein's madam, recruiting and abusing underage victims alongside the convicted sex offender. Maxwell has denied any wrongdoing.

Born in France, Maxwell is the daughter of the British media mogul Robert Maxwell.

Robert Maxwell was a member of Parliament from 1966 to 1970 and the owner of the British tabloid the Daily Mirror.

In March 1991, months before his death, he bought the New York Daily News.

In England, Maxwell was an Oxford-educated socialite.

Maxwell attended one of England's top private boarding schools and later graduated from Oxford University. She went on to found a social club for women in London.

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