JPMorgan Chase called the U.S. Virgin Islands 'complicit in the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein,' saying the sex predator gave high-ranking officials money, advice and favors in exchange for looking the other way when he trafficked young women to be abused there
Epstein, a former friend of Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, maintained a home on a private island in the territory where he sexually abused many young women over the years. He used money from his JPMorgan accounts to pay women and fly them there.
"Second, in exchange, USVI granted Epstein preferential treatment in the form of more than $ [amount redacted] million in tax incentives, among other benefits. Third, and most troublingly, USVI protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein's criminal conduct to continue undetected."
And"despite her public role and official duties, First Lady de Jongh managed Epstein's USVI-based companies ... receiving from Epstein a salary, bonuses and other benefits," the filing said.Jeffrey Epstein's former home on the island of Little St. James in the U.S. Virgin Islands. "Despite the direct infusions of lucrative tax incentives, [redacted] and lax enforcement, Epstein still could not freely transport and exploit young women without assistance from USVI government officials," the filing said.
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