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The U.S. Virgin Islands government is seeking at least $190 million in penalties from JPMorgan Chase in connection to its banking relationship with sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein.
In a new legal filing on Friday, the USVI’s Attorney General said the territory also wants the financial giant to separately pay damages to victims of Epstein, who killed himself in a New York lockup in 2019 while awaiting trial for abusing minors.
The USVI and a victim of Epstein referred to as Jane Doe each sued JPMorgan late last year, arguing the bank facilitated the perverted financier’s sex ring and reaped millions from keeping him as a client. While the survivor settled her class-action suit for $290 million, the USVI’s case is headed to trial in Manhattan federal court in October.