Nigeria, Feb. 4 -- Newly released documents show an email correspondence between Jeffrey Epstein, a convicted sex offender, and a certain David Stern about a potential business deal to trade in Nigerian oil.

The document, obtained by PREMIUM TIMES, forms a part of a large tranche of material released by the US FBI under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

In the email correspondence dated 20 September 2010, Mr Stern told Mr Epstein about an opportunity to make a significant profit by brokering or flipping Nigeria's crude oil.

He referenced a person "PA," who suggested he meet with individuals with both access to buy and resell the oil to China, with an estimated profit of $6 million.

"PA has asked me to see a guy who has access to Nig...