Simon Andriesz, the whistleblower who brought Howard Lutnick’s Epstein business emails to Congress, has died in an apparent suicide, reports confirm.
The 57-year-old former British banker and Wall Street managing director was reported dead by The Banker on Friday, and the death was confirmed by Andy Agathangelou, head of the Transparency Task Force. The Daily Caller detailed the account on October 5, 2026.
Andriesz had worked for Lutnick’s orbit at BGC Partners, part of the Cantor Fitzgerald group, and later went public with claims about the commerce secretary’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein. He took documents to the House Oversight Committee before Lutnick was set to meet with the panel in May.
Agathangelou, who had hosted whistleblowing events with Andriesz, issued a brief statement after the death.
"It is with great sadness that we share the news that Simon Andriesz, a valued member of our community, passed away last week,"
Agathangelou said. The Banker described the death as an apparent suicide. No city, official medical examiner ruling, or further cause details appear in the available reporting.
Andriesz said he uncovered a previously undisclosed business relationship between Lutnick and Epstein. Central to his account was a 2018 email chain between the two men discussing plans for a startup business they were working on together. He later summarized those findings and shared them with House Oversight.
BBC reporting covered his claims about that relationship. Andriesz also said Lutnick’s firms had planned to go into business with then-Prince Andrew in 2013. Epstein’s longtime associate Ghislaine Maxwell was later convicted of sex trafficking.
While locked in a dispute with former employer BGC Partners, Andriesz had given interviews to the FBI. He said he was completely shocked to find his own name in the Epstein files in material tied to those interviews.
On August 9, while laying out his findings, Andriesz described the personal cost.
"The personal consequences of whistleblowing, and the retaliation I say followed, have been devastating for my family and me,"
he wrote. He did not spell out the specific acts he called retaliation in the material cited.
Rep. Thomas Massie posted about the case on October 4, 2026.
"Simon Andriesz, the British banker who uncovered 2018 emails linking Howard Lutnick to Jeffrey Epstein’s Adfin investment and took them to House Oversight, has died at age 57. BBC reported his findings. Lutnick later admitted to visiting the island but not the business dealings."
Lutnick, now U.S. secretary of commerce, has publicly condemned Epstein. The Banker carried his response to the broader controversy.
"I unequivocally condemn the conduct attributed to Jeffrey Epstein and everyone who participated in his illegal activities,"
Lutnick said, adding:
"The survivors of his crimes deserve our respect and support."
He testified February 10, 2026, before a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies in Washington, D.C. The record cited here does not resolve what became of the planned May session with House Oversight, or what the committee did with Andriesz’s submission.
The timeline runs from a 2013 planned business tie involving then-Prince Andrew, through the 2018 Lutnick-Epstein startup emails, to Andriesz’s outreach to Congress and his August statement on family damage. Then came the report of his death last week and The Banker’s Friday notice.
Key gaps remain. Reporting has not identified where Andriesz died. It has not produced a named police agency or medical examiner determination beyond the “apparent suicide” description. The full text of the 2018 email chain is not reproduced in the account. The precise content of his FBI-interview material inside the Epstein files is not laid out. And the concrete form of the “retaliation” he alleged is not itemized.
Epstein died in federal custody in 2019 amid lasting public distrust over his network, his crimes, and the powerful people who stayed in his orbit. Maxwell’s trafficking conviction did not close that book for many Americans. Against that backdrop, a former managing director who said he carried Lutnick-Epstein business emails to the House Oversight Committee is now dead at 57.
Lutnick holds one of the top economic posts in the federal government. Taxpayers fund that office. Voters expect clean lines between public trust and the late sex offender’s world of favors, islands, and private deals. Andriesz claimed those lines were blurred in 2018 business traffic and in earlier firm plans. He took that claim to Congress. He is not alive to answer follow-ups.
Whistleblowers who surface primary documents about powerful men and Jeffrey Epstein deserve a full public record, not a quiet fade when the messenger is gone.
