Jeffrey Epstein’s bank sued - Exxon fights windfall tax - Soccer legend remembered

Source: Associated Press

1. Summary
   In a lawsuit filed against JP Morgan Chase, the attorney general of the US Virgin Islands alleges that the financial giant illegally profited from the sex trafficking activities of Jeffrey Epstein on his Little St. James island. Epstein, who died by apparent suicide in 2019 before going to trial, allegedly trafficked dozens of underage girls for years.
   
   "JP Morgan facilitated and concealed [transactions] that raised suspicion of — and were in fact part of — a criminal enterprise [...] Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JP Morgan," the lawsuit says. The complaint says federal money laundering laws should have led the bank to uncover the transactions, and that JP Morgan turned a blind eye because Epstein brought profitable clientele.
   
   The suit noted that JP Morgan continued to provide services to Epstein long after he had first registered as a sex offender in 2008. Last month, two anonymous women who allege they were trafficked by Epstein also sued JP Morgan Chase and Germany's Deutsche Bank.

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   U.S. Virgin Islands alleges JP Morgan knowingly "turned a blind eye" to Jeffrey Epstein's sex crimes in federal lawsuit.
   CBS News (Moderate Left) • Factual Grade 78% • 3 min read
   

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   US Virgin Islands sues major bank for allegedly turning "blind eye" to Epstein.
   Daily Wire (Right) • Factual Grade 65% • 3 min read

1. Selected long-read
   Why banks kept doing business with Jeffrey Epstein. (2019)
   Vox (Left) • Factual Grade 81% • 6 min read

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