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A proposed class-action lawsuit filed against JPMorgan Chase accused the banking giant of knowingly benefiting from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation by continuing to provide him with extensive banking services despite years of warning signs surrounding his conduct. The suit was brought on behalf of Epstein survivors and alleged that JPMorgan maintained its relationship with Epstein from the late 1990s until 2013, including for years after his 2008 Florida conviction. The plaintiffs argued that Epstein’s accounts generated substantial business for the bank while also facilitating the movement of money that supported his operation, including large cash withdrawals and payments to women. The case alleged that JPMorgan had access to information that should have raised serious concerns about what Epstein was doing but continued servicing him anyway, effectively providing the financial infrastructure that allowed his network to function.

The lawsuit sought to hold JPMorgan financially responsible under federal sex-trafficking law for allegedly benefiting from a venture that exploited women and girls, and it ultimately developed into one of the most consequential civil cases arising from the Epstein scandal. JPMorgan denied knowingly participating in or facilitating Epstein’s crimes and maintained that it regretted having him as a client, but in 2023 the bank agreed to pay $290 million to settle the survivors’ class action without admitting wrongdoing. The settlement created a compensation fund for eligible survivors and demonstrated how the Epstein reckoning had expanded far beyond Epstein himself, reaching the major financial institutions accused of continuing to do business with him despite the extraordinary red flags surrounding his activities

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