Paul Ceglia, the self-styled co-founder of Facebook, who disappeared while on house arrest in March 2015, has said he and his family alive and well, but still fleeing a CIA plot to kill him.

In the days when Jeffrey Epstein held court like a Jay Gatsby from hell, his connection could facilitate a business venture, or show the way to tax relief – but evidence that arose after his death demonstrate that he could also set the rich and powerful with…