Jeffrey Epstein Victims Found To Be Paid Through JPMorgan Accounts, New Lawsuit Claims

A recently unsealed lawsuit against the financial institution alleged that at least 20 people, who were victims of Jeffrey Epstein, were paid through JPMorgan accounts.

The portions of the lawsuit also attached 1,200 emails between Epstein and former Barclays chief executive Jes Staley from 2008 to 2012. It was during a time when Staley was a private banker for Epstein at JPMorgan, according to The Financial Times.

The lawsuit was filed by the U.S. Virgin Islands against the banking institution. Epstein had a home in the Virgin Islands.

The Virgin Islands lawsuit alleged that the two exchanged emails about young women and girls Epstein was providing, with the emails showing a "close personal relationship and 'profound' friendship."

The email they were pertaining to was an exchange between Epstein and Staley in July 2010, wherein the latter sent the convicted sex offender a message, saying, "Maybe they're tracking u? That was fun. Say hi to Snow White."

Epstein replied and asked "what character" Staley would like next. The banker replied, "Beauty and the Beast."

JPMorgan and Jeffrey Epstein Victims

Court documents noted that the women were "trafficked and abused" spanning at least 2003 and July 2019.

The lawsuit also stated that the women, who were victims of Epstein, received multiple payments between 2003 to 2013 in excess of $1 million collectively, as cited by Insider.

The emails included in the lawsuit also suggested that JPMorgan Chase CEO Jaimie Dimon had knowledge about Epstein's transaction with the bank.

An internal email in August 2008 stated that they would count Epstein's assets as "probable outflow for '08" and that it cannot stay pending Dimon's review.

The newly unredacted portion also revealed that Staley visited Epstein's home in the U.S. Virgin Islands and even maintained connections while Epstein was imprisoned for soliciting sex from a minor.

JPMorgan flagged Epstein as a "high-risk" client as early as 2006 after news reports of his arrest due to soliciting girls for sex.

A 2011 review showed that Staley was vouching for Epstein.

The lawsuit also said that internal emails showed that JPMorgan employees outlined how the bank knew Epstein was a "high-risk client" but still provided transactions for him.

In a 2010 email, a member of JPMorgan's risk management division asked if they were still "comfortable with this client who is now a registered sex offender."

Jeffrey Epstein Case

Lawyers for the U.S. Virgin Islands government noted that Epstein had also emailed Staley "photos of young women in seductive poses," with the two having discussions about sex with young women.

The current lawsuit involving Epstein is against JPMorgan, and Staley is not named as a defendant, as reported by The New York Times.

The original lawsuit was heavily redacted and first filed in December, with the attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands suing JPMorgan in Manhattan.

The attorney general said that the bank should have known about Epstein's activities on the island of Little St. James.

Epstein's estate had paid more than $125 million in settlements and agreed to pay more than $105 million to the Virgin Islands government.

Staley admitted being friendly with the disgraced financier but said he had never known any of the allegations before Epstein's guilty plea.

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Written by: Mary Webber

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