Revealed: Wall St. giant erupted into intense clashes over Epstein's 'heinous crimes'

Over six years have passed since the death of billionaire financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who was 66 when he was found dead in his cell at a federal detention center in Manhattan on August 10, 2019. And his crimes continue to generate headlines as Epstein survivors speak out and call for the release of U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) files on his crimes.

Epstein's ties to politicians are still being scrutinized along with his ties to Wall Street.

In an article published on September 8, three New York Times reporters — David Enrich, Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg — examine heated argues at JPMorgan Chase when Epstein was being investigated in the early 2010s.

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"One day in October 2011," the Times reporters explain, "Jeffrey Epstein walked into the cavernous lobby of 270 Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan. The skyscraper was home to JPMorgan Chase, arguably the world's most prestigious bank. The sex offender — who barely a year earlier was under house arrest after serving 13 months in a Florida jail — was ushered onto an elevator and whisked to a top floor where Jamie Dimon, the bank's chief executive, and the rest of the senior leadership had their offices."

Enrich, Goldstein and Silver-Greenberg continue, "Epstein had long been a treasured customer at JPMorgan. His accounts were brimming with more than $200 million. He generated millions of dollars in revenue for the bank, landing him atop an internal list of major money makers….. But a growing group of employees worried that JPMorgan's association with a man who had pleaded guilty to a sex crime — and was under federal investigation for human trafficking — could harm the bank's reputation."

According to the Times journalists, "anti-money-laundering specialists within" JPMorgan Chase, "noticed Epstein's pattern of withdrawing tens of thousands of dollars in cash virtually every month" — which they found "troubling," as "red flags for illicit activity" were a concern.

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Stephen Cutler, JPMorgan Chase's general counsel, pushed for the bank to drop Epstein as a client in 2011 — while JPMorgan exec Jes Stanley remained his "chief defender" and "persuaded Cutler to sit down with Epstein and 'hear him out.'"

JPMorgan spokesman Joseph Evangelisti told the Times that the Wall Street giant's relationship with Epstein "was a mistake, and in hindsight we regret it, but we did not help him commit his heinous crimes."

Evangelisti continued, "We would never have continued to do business with him if we believed he was engaged in an ongoing sex trafficking operation…. We now know that trust was misplaced."

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