The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JP Morgan Chase & Co. in an effort to “protect public safety and to hold accountable those who facilitated or participated in, directly or indirectly, the trafficking enterprise Epstein helmed.” JP Morgan is said to have violated the Trafficking Victims Protection Act, the Virgin Islands Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (CICO) Act, the Virgin Islands Consumer Fraud, and the Deceptive Business Practices Act.
From National File:
“The investigation revealed that JP Morgan knowingly, negligently, and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which recruiters and victims were paid and was indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise,” the lawsuit stated. The lawsuit further alleges that JP Morgan hid “wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude” of victims in the Virgin Islands. “Based on documents reviewed and interviews conducted by the Government, JP Morgan knowingly facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein from his home and base in the Virgin Islands, and financially benefited from this participation, directly or indirectly, by failing to comply with federal banking regulations. JP Morgan facilitated and concealed wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of–and were in fact part of–a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude of dozens of women and girls in and beyond the Virgin Islands. Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JP Morgan.” -Legal complaint filed on Tuesday by the U.S. Virgin Islands against JPMorgan Chase Bank.
