| For
Enabling
Jeffrey
Epstein JPMC
3d Party
Complaint on
Staley FinCEN
to be
Summoned?
By Matthew
Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell
book
SDNY COURTHOUSE,
March 16 –
J.P. Morgan
Chase and
Deutsche Bank
were sued for
their enabling
of Jeffrey
Epstein, in
lawsuits filed
on
Thanksgiving
in the U.S.
District Court
for the
Southern
District of
New York,
where Inner
City Press
found them in
the docket.
The separate
lawsuits
allege that
"without
exorbitantly
large amounts
of cash,
Epstein's
operations
could not run,
as newly
recruited
victims were
each paid
hundreds of
dollars in
cash
immediately
after Epstein
sexually
abused them,
as hush
money."
The
JPM Chase
complaint is
on Patreon, here.
On March
7, 2023 JPM
Chase filed a
third party
complaint
against James
Edward Staley,
including "At
no point did
Staley
disclose to
JPMC, nor did
JPMC otherwise
know, the
information
about Staley’s
personal
activities
contained in
paragraphs 22
through 33..
Staley, not
JPMC, is
responsible
for any
injuries
Epstein may
have caused...." 3d
Party
Complaint on
Inner City
Press'
DocumentCloud
here.
On
March 16, starting
after 4 pm and
running past 8
pm, Judge Rakoff
held a
hearing,
including
settling
(most) trial
dates and
threatening to
summon or
worse the head of
FinCEN,
to get the Suspicious
Activity
Reports or SARs. Inner
City Press
tweeted, including:
OK -
now at
Epstein-related
case of US
Virgin Islands
vs JPMorgan
Chase, in
which Dimon
discovery has
been ordered,
and JPMC has
filed a
third-party
complaint
against Jes
Staley.
Judge
Rakoff: So,
I'm not going
to move trial
dates. For Doe
v. Deutsche
Bank it's
August 8; for
Doe v. JPM
Chase, and
USVI v. JPM
Chase, it's
September 5.
Judge
Rakoff:
Plaintiffs'
counsel, how
long a trial,
assuming one
overall trial?
A: Ten to 14
days.
Judge Rakoff:
What about
October 23,
for three
weeks, which
would be more
than enough?
Judge
Rakoff rules:
I will move
the JPMorgan
trials, and
Jes Staley, to
October 23. If
Deutsche Bank
doesn't want
to join it, it
can remain
August 8. Or
Sept 5. Let me
know quickly,
by close of
business
Monday.
USVI lawyer Mimi Liu, slamming Dimon
and Chase's knowledge
Later:
Plaintiffs'
counsel: We
have requested
the SARs that
were filed by
JPM Chase or
DB, they say
they need
FinCEN's
permission.
Judge
Rakoff: I
think I can
override that.
And I just
decided to.
Bank counsel:
I think this
is statutory.
Judge Rakoff:
This will be
fun. If they
oppose it, I
will set a
time and place
but no later
than next
week, I will
want a
decision maker
present
Judge
Rakoff: And if
they don't
appear, I'll
have no choice
but to ask the
Marshals to
bring them
before me....
I think the
government,
once they know
the situation,
will be happy
to comply. I'm
not sure I
don't have the
power. The
Supreme Court
may consider
it.
Counsel:
There's a
deposition set
for Jes Staley
next week. We
don't want to
be put out of
the room.
Judge Rakoff:
Call me from
the
deposition. If
I'm on the
bench, my
clerk will
inform you to
call during my
next break.
Let's resolve
it right then
and there.
Judge
Rakoff: I
notice most of
the audience
has wimped out
long ago.
[Inner City
Press still
covering
it].
***
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