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JPMorgan Says Former US Virgin Islands First Lady Got Visas for Epstein Victims
- Cecile de Jongh was ‘Epstein’s primary conduit’ for influence
- USVI says JPMorgan trying to deflect from its responsibility
A protester holds up a sign of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the federal courthouse in New York in 2019.
Photographer: Stephanie Keith/Getty ImagesJPMorgan Chase & Co. accused the former first lady of the US Virgin Islands of aiding Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking in a number of ways, including helping to arrange visas, jobs and travel for some of his victims and assisting him in skirting the territory’s sex-offender monitoring law.
According to the bank, Cecile de Jongh, the wife of former USVI Governor John de Jongh, was Epstein’s “primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI government.”