Business Basics VI LLC

Business Basics VI LLC (USVI 582110), registered 01/26/2012, resident agent Erika Kellerhals. Currently IN GOOD STANDING (last AR 2025). Served as registered agent for at least 15 Epstein entities in USVI: LSJE LLC (581737), STC (581871), Poplar Inc (581872), Maple Inc (581976), Nautilus Inc (581975), Laurel Inc (581980), Cypress Inc (581974), JEGE LLC (582953), Plan D LLC (582954), Hyperion Air LLC (582952), Southern Financial LLC (583164), Southern Country Intl (584624), Southern Country Opportunity Fund (DC0102285), Prytanee LLC (586644), Freedom Air Petroleum (581842). BBVI operates from Royal Palms Professional Building, 62-3a and 62-3b Estate Thomas Suite 101, Charlotte Amalie. BBVI is the single chokepoint for the entire USVI corporate infrastructure — Kellerhals controlled all registered agent functions.

Gratitude America Ltd received IRS 501(c)(3) tax-exempt determination (EFTA01365895) dated Sept 27, 2012, addressed to 9100 Havensight Port of Sale Ste 15, St Thomas VI 00802 -- the BBVI/Kellerhals Ferguson LLP address. Effective date April 25, 2012. Classified as private foundation under section 509(a). Contact: Sherry Q Wan (IRS). Separate Fedwire records (EFTA01273131-32) show Gratitude America received wires at this address: $150,000 (Dec 11, 2017) and $233,087.94 (date unclear, annotated 'TO CLOSE DB ACCOUNT'). Originator: Gratitude America Ltd C/O HBRK Associates Inc, 575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor, New York NY 10022 (Indyke/Kahn entity). Wire routed from Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas to FirstBank Puerto Rico. This confirms BBVI's address served as the official IRS and banking address for Epstein's primary charitable vehicle.

Zero financial transactions found for Business Basics VI LLC, Brett Geary, or Kellerhals in the DS10 Deutsche Bank dataset (579 transactions, $304M total). This is investigatively significant: it means BBVI fees and Kellerhals legal fees were NOT paid through the Deutsche Bank accounts captured in the SDNY grand jury subpoena. Payments likely flowed through separate banking channels (FirstBank VI is documented for Laurel Inc, EFTA01269393) or through inter-entity transfers within the STC ecosystem. Combined with zero results for bizusvi email addresses in DOJ Vol 11, this suggests BBVI's operational communications and financial dealings were deliberately segregated from Epstein's personal email accounts and DB banking.

Business Basics VI LLC operates a three-entity corporate services ecosystem at 9053 Estate Thomas Suite 101: (1) BBVI itself - entity formation, registered agent services, business licensing, annual compliance filings, tax preparation (via Brett Geary EA); (2) Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC - law firm handling tax planning, EDC program, corporate transactions, litigation, real estate, banking; (3) West Indies Title LLC - title insurance company (Carrie de Leon principal, operating since 2003). BBVI's website (bizusvi.com, SSL expired) explicitly states it is 'an affiliate of the law firm Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC and the title insurance company West Indies Title, LLC.' KFK also has NY office at 40 Wall Street 35th Floor (212-267-7600). KFK is affiliated with Solomon Blum Heymann LLP (AV-rated Wall Street firm). This three-entity structure provides full-service corporate lifecycle management: formation (BBVI), legal counsel/tax strategy (KFK), and real estate closings/title insurance (West Indies Title).

Business Basics VI LLC (USVI entity 582110) serves as the central registered agent hub for the entire Epstein USVI corporate infrastructure. Registered Jan 26, 2012. Resident agent: Erika Kellerhals. Agent email: all@bizusvi.com (general), brett@bizusvi.com (Brett Geary, co-incorporator of Poplar Inc and Laurel Inc). Physical address: Royal Palms Professional Building 62-3a and 62-3b Estate Thomas Suite 101, Charlotte Amalie VI 00802. Mailing address: 9053 Estate Thomas Suite 101. Currently IN GOOD STANDING with last annual report filed April 7, 2025 -- the entity is actively maintained 6+ years post-Epstein death. Business Basics VI served as registered agent for a minimum of 20 Epstein USVI entities including Southern Trust Company, LSJE LLC, all island holding companies, vehicle/air entities, and financial entities. The continued good standing of Business Basics VI alongside Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC and Southern Financial LLC indicates ongoing estate administration or successor operations. CRITICAL: New entity Cypress Hill LLC (DC0128296, Mar 2024) was registered with Business Basics VI as agent, suggesting the infrastructure continues to onboard new entities.

BBVI appears in ZERO federal litigation as a party despite managing 28+ Epstein USVI shell entities. Comprehensive CourtListener search across all federal courts found: zero cases naming 'Business Basics VI' as plaintiff, defendant, or party. Search for 'Business Basics' returned 20 results, all unrelated (Design Basics copyright cases, Kitchen Basics bankruptcy, etc.). Cases search returned 20 results with zero matches. Opinions search returned 10 results with zero matches. This is investigatively significant: a registered agent company managing a M+ corporate infrastructure with 28 entities has zero federal court footprint, suggesting effective legal insulation.

The Royal Palms Professional Building at 9053 Estate Thomas, St Thomas VI 00802 is a multi-tenant professional office building located behind the hospital in Estate Thomas. Google Maps link shared by Kellerhals in EFTA02606182. Other tenants include: COG RESTORE (Suite 206) - Comprehensive Orthopaedic Global physical therapy/orthopedics (Dr. Brian C. Bacot), St. Thomas Dental, and other healthcare providers. Suite 101 houses KFK/BBVI/Gratitude America. Suite 102 was previously used for some Epstein entities (EFTA01296058 shows Prytanee LLC at Suite 102). The building physical address uses lot identifiers 62-3A and 62-3B Estate Thomas. Ownership of the building was NOT identified in available sources -- no ACRIS records (not NYC jurisdiction) and USVI property records were not accessible. The building appears to be a standard professional/medical office complex, not a Kellerhals-owned property.

Synthesis across 5+ Deutsche Bank and corporate documents reveals Kellerhals occupied a precise structural position in the Epstein USVI corporate hierarchy: she held officer titles (Secretary/Treasurer) across multiple entities but was explicitly denied signing authority over financial accounts per Richard Kahn (EFTA01373347). In DB KYC filings, she was grouped with inner-circle members (Beller, Indyke, Kahn) for Contact Information only, while Indyke and Kahn were listed for Current ID (account access level). She was the local USVI touchpoint for DB relationship managers (EFTA01386745 re Butterfly account opening, Oct 2018). This is a deliberate compartmentalization: Kellerhals provided the local legal infrastructure and government relations while Kahn/Indyke retained exclusive financial control from New York. BBVI and KFK PLLC functioned as the USVI service layer of a NY-controlled financial operation.

SYNTHESIS: Business Basics VI LLC (USVI 582110) is a single-client captive service entity — NOT a general registered agent. All 14+ entities in registry.db with BBVI as agent are confirmed Epstein entities (the only exception is KFK Strategic Holdings LLC, the law firm's own holding company). BBVI operated as part of a coordinated three-entity platform at Suite 101 Royal Palms: BBVI (formation/compliance/tax via Brett Geary, IRS Enrolled Agent), KFK PLLC (legal/EDC via Kellerhals), and West Indies Title LLC (closings). Kellerhals functioned as a triple-role intermediary: (1) corporate infrastructure (28+ entities, IDC tax benefits), (2) political conduit (arranged Epstein meetings with both USVI governors Mapp and Bryan, maintained Plaskett relationship, conducted DC Hill meetings, facilitated endorsement-linked wire transfers), (3) operations manager (utilities, construction, staffing, real estate acquisitions). Yet she had NO financial signing authority — Kahn/Indyke retained all financial control from NY. BBVI fees were NOT paid through captured Deutsche Bank records — payment channel remains unknown. Brett Geary (female, IRS Enrolled Agent, self-employed consultant) was the operational backbone handling entity formations and tax compliance. Marcel Kellerhals remains a documentary ghost — zero results across all databases except DugganUSA corporate filings (possibly OCR artifacts). The BBVI infrastructure remains active: BBVI In Good Standing 2025, Geary confirmed at same address via 2024 FEC donation, Cypress Hill LLC formed Mar 2024, Kellerhals Law P.C. formed Jan 2026. Zero federal court exposure, zero FARA/LDA registrations despite documented political activity, zero offshore leak appearances — consistent with deliberate operational security.

BBVI infrastructure continues active operations as of February 2026 with three distinct operational threads: (1) ONGOING MAINTENANCE: BBVI itself (582110) In Good Standing with AR 2025 filed Apr 7 2025. Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin PLLC (583297) In Good Standing with AR 2025. (2) ACTIVE ESTATE OPERATIONS: Southern Financial LLC (583164) was administratively dissolved FOUR TIMES in 2024-2025 but restored each time, most recently Feb 21 2025 (agent email Brett@bizusvi.com). J. Epstein Virgin Islands Foundation (551494) voluntarily dissolved Nov 6 2024. (3) NEW ENTITY FORMATION: Cypress Hill LLC (DC0128296) registered Mar 26 2024. Kellerhals Law P.C. (DP0137481) registered Jan 28 2026 -- just 2 weeks ago -- as Erika Kellerhals sole professional corporation at 9053 Estate Thomas. The pattern shows: wind-down of legacy Epstein entities (Foundation dissolved), persistent maintenance of financial entities (Southern Financial repeatedly rescued from dissolution), and new entity formation through the same infrastructure. Kellerhals has rebranded her legal practice from partnership (Kellerhals Ferguson Kroblin) to solo P.C., suggesting either partner departure or strategic restructuring.

BBVI website (bizusvi.com, SSL certificate expired as of Feb 2026) markets itself as a general corporate services company: 'locally owned and operated corporate services company in the USVI' offering 'business formations, obtaining necessary licenses, preparing all annual statutory filing requirements as well as providing resident agent services.' Website has About, Services, Affiliates, Contact pages. Also has Twitter/X account @BizUSVI. However, investigation database finding #2822 confirms zero non-Epstein clients identified across ALL search sources. The public-facing website creates an appearance of a legitimate multi-client corporate services firm, but all available evidence points to a captive single-client entity. The expired SSL certificate (HTTP-only, no HTTPS) suggests minimal ongoing web presence maintenance. ZoomInfo lists BBVI at 9053 Estate Thomas Ste 101 but details are paywalled.

Registry database confirms 14 entities with BBVI as registered agent -- ALL are known Epstein entities. Zero non-Epstein clients identified across all search sources (DOJ Vol 11, DugganUSA, LMSBAND, Unified DB, Epstein 20K, USVI registry, investigations DB). The 14 entities: Cypress Hill LLC (active), Cypress Inc (dissolved), Gratitude America Ltd (dissolved), IGO Company LLC (dissolved), J. Epstein VI Foundation Inc (dissolved), Jeepers Inc (admin dissolved), Laurel Inc (dissolved), LSJ Emergency LLC (dissolved), LSJE LLC (dissolved), Maple Inc (dissolved), Nautilus Inc (dissolved), Poplar Inc (dissolved), Southern Trust Company Inc (active), Zorro Management LLC (dissolved). This is consistent with BBVI being a single-client captive service entity, not a general-purpose registered agent. The 'business consultant' designation on STC's license may have been used to justify EDC tax benefits rather than reflecting actual multi-client consulting practice.

BBVI confirmed absent from all offshore leak databases and sanctions lists. OCCRP Aleph: 20 results for 'Business Basics' but ZERO matches for BBVI (all unrelated companies). OpenSanctions: zero results for both 'Business Basics' and 'Kellerhals.' ICIJ database not searchable (Neo4j not installed), but Aleph (which includes ICIJ data) returned no matches. CourtListener: zero results for BBVI as a party. GDELT news search: zero results for 'Kellerhals Epstein' and 'Business Basics Epstein' in the 3-month rolling window. EpsteinExposed API returned HTTP 500 errors (service down). The absence from ICIJ/Aleph is expected since USVI is a US territory (not a traditional offshore jurisdiction tracked by ICIJ) and BBVI is a domestic entity, not an offshore intermediary. However, the absence from news databases is investigatively significant -- BBVI has maintained near-total media invisibility despite managing 28+ entities for the world's most notorious sex trafficker.

Brett Geary (full name Brett A. Geary) is confirmed female per notarized Articles of Organization for multiple Epstein USVI entities. Multiple formation documents state 'personally appeared Brett Geary, who, being by me first duly sworn, declared that she is the person who signed the foregoing document as the Organizer.' Geary is described as a 'business consultant' (not attorney) in Virgin Islands Daily News reporting (May 7, 2019). Personal address: 2-11B St. Joseph & Rosendahl, St. Thomas, V.I. 00802. She served as organizer (incorporator) for at least 7 Epstein USVI entities including Zorro Management LLC, Prytanee LLC, and others alongside Erika Kellerhals and Gregory Ferguson.

Nicole Miller of St. Thomas, USVI is identified as a third incorporator alongside Brett Geary and Greg Ferguson in the Articles of Incorporation for at least one Epstein USVI entity (EFTA01387097). This entity lists three incorporators (Brett Geary, Greg Ferguson, Nicole Miller) with initial board of directors: President Jeffrey E. Epstein, Treasurer Darren Indyke, Secretary Erika A. Kellerhals. Minimum 3 directors required. Nicole Miller has zero prior findings or connections in the investigation database. Her role appears limited to satisfying USVI corporate law minimum incorporator requirements.

Southern Trust Company Inc (STC) USVI business license (EFTA01297594) names Brett Geary as the primary business contact. License details: Business Name: SOUTHERN TRUST COMPANY INC, Organization Type: C CORP, Contact: Brett Geary, Physical Address: 18A-1, 18B-1, E 188 EST SMITH STE B3-3 6B-6 (Red Hook), Mailing Address: 6100 RED HOOK QUARTER STE 8.3, Business Activity: BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT CONSULTING, License period: 12/01/2011 - 12/31/2018. This confirms Brett Geary was the operational contact for STC (not just a formation agent) and that STC's licensed business activity was formally classified as consulting, not banking or trust services.

BBVI contact details from USVI Resident Agent Forms (multiple EFTAs): Phone: (340) 776-8812, Email: info@bizusvi.com, Physical: Royal Palms Professional Building, 62-3A & 62-3B Estate Thomas, Suite 101, St. Thomas VI 00802, Mailing: 9053 Estate Thomas Suite 101, St. Thomas VI 00802. Earlier address (pre-move, circa 2012): 9100 Havensight, Port of Sale, Suite 15-16, St. Thomas VI 00802 (shared with Kellerhals Ferguson LLP). A second phone (340) 779-2564 appears on earlier agent forms (Sept 2012). The address migration from Havensight to Royal Palms correlates with the firm's evolution from Kellerhals Ferguson LLP to standalone BBVI operations.

Formal corporate resolution for Nautilus Inc (EFTA01266733) documents the deliberate transition from Kellerhals Ferguson LLP to Business Basics VI LLC as registered agent. The resolution, signed by Jeffrey E. Epstein (President) and Darren Indyke (Secretary), states: 'the current agent for service of process of the Corporation, Kellerhals Ferguson LLP, hereby resigns as agent for service of process' and 'the Corporation hereby appoints, Business Basics VI LLC, as the new agent.' This was executed on September 13, 2012, with BBVI's initial address at 9100 Havensight, Port of Sale, Ste 15-16, St. Thomas VI 00802 (same as Kellerhals Ferguson LLP). The transition was notarized by Harry I. Beller, Notary Public State of New York (Commission No. 01814853924, Rockland County). This shows BBVI was purpose-built to replace the law firm as registered agent.

Prytanee LLC Articles of Organization (EFTA01296058-60, Corp No. 586644) show Brett Geary as sole organizer, with BBVI as resident agent. Registered July 22, 2016, certified same date by Lt. Gov. Osbert E. Potter. Initial manager address is '6-04 Avenue Evenement' — a French address consistent with Prytanee being the art acquisition vehicle for Etienne Binant in Paris. The LLC was member-managed with initial capital of One Thousand Dollars (,000.00). Physical/mailing address: Royal Palms Professional Building, 62-3A & 62-3B Estate Thomas, Suite 101. This confirms Brett Geary personally organized entities with operational addresses in France, not just USVI.

Brett Geary appears on USVI Division of Corporations personnel list (EFTA01363319) as 'GEARY, BRETT A A' at position #6, alongside TRAYNOR, CARA / ROBINSON, CARA (#5) and THOMAS, WILLIAM AVERY (#7). Separate document (EFTA01363318) lists FERGUSON, GREG J / FERGUSON, GREGORY J (#2), HANRATTY, THOMAS E (#3), and ROBINSON, KELLY M / TRAYNOR, KELLY (#4). These appear to be authorized corporate contacts associated with BBVI-serviced entities, listing all persons with signing authority or corporate roles. The presence of multiple individuals beyond the Kellerhals-Ferguson-Geary triad suggests BBVI maintained a small staff for managing entity filings.

Cross-database document inventory for BBVI: LMSBAND identifies 'Business Basics VI' as an ORG entity appearing in 60 files (67 total mentions). DugganUSA returns 1,000 hits for 'Business Basics' and 277 for 'Brett Geary.' LMSBAND returns 20+ documents for Brett Geary and 1 for Marcel Kellerhals. The Marcel Kellerhals reference (EFTA01269393) is a FirstBank banking form — the OCR renders 'Email' as 'Emit Marcel' — likely a false positive rather than a genuine Marcel Kellerhals reference. Marcel Kellerhals returns zero results in DOJ Vol 11, zero in Epstein 20K, and zero in Unified DB, despite 661 DugganUSA hits (per earlier finding #1367). This indicates Marcel appears primarily in DugganUSA-exclusive corporate filings, NOT in Epstein's personal correspondence or seized documents.