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Connection to Sex Trafficking and Blackmail
The docket you provided from Government of the United States Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (Case No. 1:22-cv-10904, S.D.N.Y.) documents a high-profile civil lawsuit where the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) accused JPMorgan Chase of enabling Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation through negligent banking practices.
1. Direct Link to Sex Trafficking: Allegations and Evidence in the Case
• Core Allegations Against JPMorgan: The USVI lawsuit claims JPMorgan “knowingly, negligently, and unlawfully” provided banking services to Epstein from 1998 to 2019, despite his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution. The complaint asserts that human trafficking “was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JPMorgan,” with the bank handling suspicious transactions like large cash withdrawals (often $40,000–$80,000 monthly) used to pay victims and recruiters. These funds allegedly supported Epstein’s trafficking network on his private islands in the USVI (Little St. James and Great St. James), where he lured and abused dozens of girls and women.
