“JPMorgan Chase believes this settlement is in the best interest of all parties, particularly those who can benefit from efforts to combat human trafficking and for survivors who suffer unimaginable abuse at the hands of these criminals,” the company said in a statement.
The embattled bank wiped the legal slate clean by also settling a lawsuit it had filed against alleged scapegoat, Jes Staley, the former head of its private banking division who had developed a personal and disturbing relationship with Epstein over the years.
As RadarOnline.com previously reported, the Epstein victims and USVI slammed the bank with two separate federal lawsuits charging it turned a blind eye to the billionaire’s nefarious flesh peddling business.