BusinessPostCorner.com
No Result
View All Result
Tuesday, June 3, 2025
  • Home
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Crypto News
  • Human Resources
BusinessPostCorner.com
  • Home
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Crypto News
  • Human Resources
No Result
View All Result
BusinessPostCorner.com
No Result
View All Result

JPMorgan: U.S. Virgin Islands helped Jeffrey Epstein

May 24, 2023
in Business
Reading Time: 2 mins read
A A
0
JPMorgan: U.S. Virgin Islands helped Jeffrey Epstein
ShareShareShareShareShare

JPMorgan Chase defended itself on Tuesday against a lawsuit by the U.S. Virgin Islands accusing it of empowering Jeffrey Epstein to abuse teenage girls by arguing in court papers that it was the islands, not the bank, that enabled the financier to commit his crimes.

Lawyers for the bank said in the Manhattan federal court filing that the government of the Virgin Islands was complicit, letting high ranking officials be bought off by Epstein and actively working with him while “reaping the benefits of his wealth.”

“He gave them money, advice, influence, and favors. In exchange, they shielded and even rewarded him,” providing lucrative tax breaks worth millions of dollars, they wrote.

Most troubling, they said, was that officials from the islands “protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein’s criminal conduct to continue undetected.”

The lawyers added: “For two decades, and for long after JPMC exited Epstein as a client, the entity that most directly failed to protect public safety and most actively facilitated and benefited from Epstein’s continued criminal activity was the plaintiff in this case — the USVI government itself.”

The Virgin Islands, where Epstein had an estate, sued JPMorgan last year, saying its investigation revealed that the financial services giant enabled Epstein’s recruiters to pay victims and was “indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise.”

In their filing Tuesday, the bank’s lawyers said Virgin Islands officials looked the other way when Epstein went through its airports with girls and young women as he donated generously to political campaigns. The lawyers said officials were lenient with requirements that he register as a sex offender, doing inspections of his residence that were “cursory at best.”

“In sum, in exchange for Epstein’s cash and gifts, USVI made life easy for him,” the lawyers said. “The government mitigated any burdens from his sex offender status. And it made sure that no one asked too many questions about his transport and keeping of young girls on his island.”

Portions of the filing were heavily redacted. It asked Judge Jed Rakoff to reject the islands’ attempts to prevent the bank from using defenses at trial that would expose the islands’ role in Epstein’s dealings.

The lawyers wrote that “alleged damages must be balanced against the considerable benefits that USVI reaped from its facilitation of Epstein’s crimes.”

Lawyers for the U.S. Virgin Islands did not return email messages seeking comment.

Epstein was 66 when he took his life in August 2019 in a Manhattan federal jail where he was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. He had pleaded not guilty to charges of sexually abusing dozens of girls, some as young as 14 years old.

Credit: Source link

ShareTweetSendPinShare
Previous Post

‘Pharma bro’ Martin Shkreli now lives on $2,500 monthly

Next Post

Malaysian Police Bust ‘USDT-powered Crypto Exchange’ – Suspects ‘Sold Crypto to China’

Next Post
Malaysian Police Bust ‘USDT-powered Crypto Exchange’ – Suspects ‘Sold Crypto to China’

Malaysian Police Bust ‘USDT-powered Crypto Exchange’ – Suspects ‘Sold Crypto to China’

In the blogs: Beautiful noise

In the blogs: Beautiful noise

May 27, 2025
US stocks jump as Donald Trump touts ‘positive’ progress on EU trade talks

US stocks jump as Donald Trump touts ‘positive’ progress on EU trade talks

May 27, 2025
Return of 100% mortgage gathers pace as lenders target first-time buyers

Return of 100% mortgage gathers pace as lenders target first-time buyers

May 31, 2025
Tax Fraud Blotter: Wholesale fraud

Tax Fraud Blotter: Wholesale fraud

May 27, 2025
The most EV-friendly country in the world is still loyal to Tesla, as Model Y sales surge in May

The most EV-friendly country in the world is still loyal to Tesla, as Model Y sales surge in May

June 2, 2025
To succeed at succession, ask yourself these hard questions

To succeed at succession, ask yourself these hard questions

May 29, 2025
BusinessPostCorner.com

BusinessPostCorner.com is an online news portal that aims to share the latest news about following topics: Accounting, Tax, Business, Finance, Crypto, Management, Human resources and Marketing. Feel free to get in touch with us!

Recent News

Tax Strategy: Provisions of the House tax bill the Senate is most likely to scrutinize

Tax Strategy: Provisions of the House tax bill the Senate is most likely to scrutinize

June 2, 2025
Reitar Logtech Holdings Bets .5B on 15,000 BTC to Drive Global Expansion

Reitar Logtech Holdings Bets $1.5B on 15,000 BTC to Drive Global Expansion

June 2, 2025

Our Newsletter!

Loading
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Use
  • DMCA

© 2023 businesspostcorner.com - All Rights Reserved!

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Business
  • Finance
  • Accounting
  • Tax
  • Management
  • Marketing
  • Crypto News
  • Human Resources

© 2023 businesspostcorner.com - All Rights Reserved!