Tag: Jeffrey Epstein

  • A judge agreed that banks can be sued for profiting from sex-trafficking

    A judge agreed that banks can be sued for profiting from sex-trafficking

    US Virgin Islands’ attorney general sued JPMorgan Chase in 2019, claiming that bank should have known about billionaire Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking activities on his island. JPMorgan has now settled the case, with 50% of the proceeds from the island’s sale going to the territory. Earlier, the US Virgin Islands had sued Barclays and Barclays…