Four years following the mysterious death of convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein while in jail, numerous questions still remain unanswered about his life, the extent of authorities’ knowledge, and the identities of his “clients.”
Recent court disclosures dating back 16 years, as reported by CNBC, reveal that federal authorities were aware of over $1 billion in human trafficking transactions during Epstein’s reported suicide at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.
Mimi Liu, an attorney representing the U.S. Virgin Islands, disclosed these startling findings during a court appearance in Manhattan. She stated that JP Morgan Chase, the largest bank in the United States, had notified the Department of the Treasury about these transactions following Epstein’s demise. This revelation adds even more complexity and intrigue to an already contentious legal battle.
“Epstein’s entire business with JPMorgan and JPMorgan’s entire business with Epstein was human trafficking,” she claimed outright, according to the outlet, which added:
The huge bank is being sued by the Virgin Islands government for allegedly facilitating sex trafficking by Epstein of young women when he was a JPMorgan customer from 1998 through 2013.
The attorney, referring to a $9 million block of transfers to women and suspicious withdrawals from Epstein’s accounts at JPMorgan, said it related to “facilitating” more than 20,000 sexual acts, given Epstein’s habit of paying several hundred dollars for each sexual encounter.
“JPMorgan was a full-service bank for Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking,” Liu argued during the hearing.
“The only reason that JPMorgan after 16 years reported the $1 billion in suspicious transactions was because he was arrested and then he was dead,” she noted further. “This was a CYA [cover your a–] reporting after 16 years of all of the monies flowing in his JPMorgan accounts after he was dead.”
The U.S. Virgin Islands have accused the bank of continuing to do business with Epstein for an extended period, despite numerous internal warning signs and his guilty plea to a sex crime in Florida in 2008.
Epstein reportedly took his own life in jail on August 10, 2019, approximately a month after he was arrested on federal charges related to child sex trafficking. In addition to his residence in Manhattan, he possessed a private island where he was accused of sexually exploiting young women and minors.
An attorney representing multiple women, who claimed that the FBI “completely neglected” its duty to investigate the late billionaire financier and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein, formally requested the Justice Department’s intervention in late May.
The attorney sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray, Attorney General Merrick Garland, and DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, asserting that the FBI had knowledge of allegations against Epstein dating back to the 1990s but failed to take significant action, as reported by the UK Mirror.
“As counsel to many survivors of the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking conspiracy, we write regarding the failure of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to properly, adequately, or timely investigate the sex trafficking of hundreds of girls and young women,” says the letter from lawyer Jennifer Freeman.
“The FBI utterly failed to investigate serious allegations involving Epstein’s, and perhaps others’, child sex abuse materials (CSAM), significant additional criminality which, until recently, has been disregarded, disrespected, and essentially denied,” it added.
“[I]n August of 1996 one of our clients, Maria Farmer, reported to the FBI that Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell had sexually abused her and that the two of them, together with others, were committing multiple, serious, sexual abuse crimes, including hands-on sexual abuse, against minors and vulnerable young women,” the letter continues.
“In addition, she reported to the FBI that Epstein, and perhaps others, appeared to be engaged in the production, possession, and distribution of sexually suggestive or exploitative images of children that could constitute CSAM,” the letter noted further.
