The US Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase banking group over ties to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. According to the Caribbean Sea archipelago’s indictment, the bank “turned a blind eye” to Epstein’s abusive practices on his private island there.
The multimillionaire committed suicide in 2019 and was a client of JPMorgan. Denise George, Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands, says the new lawsuit is part of an “ongoing effort” to hold answerable those who participated in Epstein’s practices.
Epstein carried many victims to his villa on Little St. James, the private Caribbean island he owned. Underage girls were abused there. JPMorgan declined to comment to Bloomberg news agency.
Last month, two women, both victims of Epstein, already filed lawsuits against JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank. According to the charges, the banks benefited financially from the abusive practices.
In doing so, according to prosecutors, the banks ignored “flagrant red flags” that allowed “commercial sex trafficking.” As a result, JPMorgan Chase allegedly profited from the abuses from 1998 to August 2013.
