US Virgin Islands Sues JPMorgan Chase for Allegedly Aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Scheme

US Virgin Islands Sues JPMorgan Chase for Allegedly Aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s Sex Trafficking Scheme
Jeffrey Epstein (C) appears in court in West Palm Beach, Fla., on July 30, 2008. Uma Sanghvi/Palm Beach Post via AP
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The U.S. Virgin Islands is suing JPMorgan Chase & Co. over allegations that the banking giant aided convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein in illegally sex trafficking women and girls, according to a lawsuit filed on Dec. 27 in a Manhattan District Court.

The lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of providing banking services to Epstein after he had been convicted of sex charges and concealing suspicious wire and cash transactions, according to Bloomberg.
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