In a court filing submitted Wednesday, JPMorgan accused former U.S. Virgin Islands first lady Cecile de Jongh of helping facilitate deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking activities.
“The bank released emails between Epstein and the former first lady, Cecile de Jongh, who was also an office manager for the convicted sex offender’s businesses in the U.S. territory, as part of a lawsuit between the government and the bank over Epstein’s connections to both,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
As previously reported, the U.S. Virgin Islands sued JPMorgan last year accusing the bank of having facilitated Epstein’s sex-trafficking by allowing him access to bank accounts and cash that he reportedly used to pay off his victims.
In the Wednesday filing, it appears JPMorgan turned the tables on the islands by accusing one of their top former officials of doing exactly what they’ve accused the bank of doing.
The islands “protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein’s criminal conduct to continue undetected. Rather than stop him, they helped him,” the actual filing reads.
This is chilling…
The First Lady of the US Virgin Islands Cecile de Jongh aided Jeffrey Epstein in his campaign of sexual violence and trafficking.
She arranged visas and ESL classes for Epstein’s victims.
She even emailed with him about sex offender legislation and said… pic.twitter.com/XHbFiuIXqz
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) June 15, 2023
Regarding Jongh, she’d worked for Epstein since 2000 reportedly earning $100,000 per year in addition to $50,000 to cover her children’s tuition. Moreover, she worked for Epstein while her husband was governor of the islands from 2007 to 2015.
“De Jongh ran Epstein’s business operations and helped him navigate relationships with the territory’s immigration and law-enforcement officials, court papers show. She also solicited political donations from him,” the Journal notes.
In an email she wrote to Epstein in December of 2014, she stressed that she took “this job, my management of your team and our implementation of your requests very seriously.”
She wasn’t lying.
“De Jongh helped get visas for several alleged victims of Epstein, JPMorgan said in court filings. She connected one woman to a local immigration lawyer and worked to get others student visas by arranging special classes for them at the University of the Virgin Islands,” according to the Journal.
She specifically helped enroll Epstein’s young victims “in an English as a second language, or ESL, course at the university, according to emails she sent to university staff and Epstein.”
“They are structuring the class around the ladies. Please let me know so that they know what to do or not to do,” she wrote in one email sent in June of 2013.
“De Jongh told university staff that the cost of the course, $8,868, would be covered. Two students would need a particular type of student visa, she told university staff. That same year, Epstein donated $20,000 to the university through one of his companies, JPMorgan said in its filing,” The Journal’s reporting continued.
“De Jongh also made a case for why she and her team should receive bonuses. ‘In 14 years, we have not had a bad audit and we ensure that you have the best relationships with local regulators and departments,’ de Jongh wrote.”
According to additional documents reportedly obtained by The Virgin Islands Consortium last month, JPMorgan has also accused de Jongh of being Epstein’s “primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI.”
Interestingly, in 2014, she solicited political donations from Epstein for the congressional campaign for current Rep. Stacey Plaskett.
As in Stacey Plaskett who recently threatened a journalist with prison time:
Dem congresswoman threatens Matt Taibbi with prison over Twitter Files https://t.co/F64gOHUWwo pic.twitter.com/BOL0KgbXjJ
— Conservative News (@BIZPACReview) April 23, 2023
Plaskett has, for her part, condemned Epstein.
“Jeffrey Epstein’s conduct was despicable. As I’ve stated in the past, contributions made by Jeffrey Epstein to my campaign were donated to women and children-focused non-profits in the Virgin Islands,” she said in a statement.
JPMorgan’s filing was submitted two days after word emerged that the bank had settled with several of Epstein’s victims.
“The victims had accused the bank of enabling sex trafficking by the deceased financier when he was a client. A joint statement from the nation’s largest bank and attorneys for the victims said they ‘have informed the court that they have reached an agreement in principle to settle the putative class action lawsuit related to Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes,” according to CNN.
Meanwhile, the suit between JPMorgan and the U.S. Virgin Islands remains in litigation.
“The US Virgin Islands will continue to proceed with its enforcement action to ensure full accountability for JPMorgan’s violations of law and prevent the bank from assisting and profiting from human trafficking in the future,” a spokesperson for the islands told CNN.
They added that the islands’ attorney general’s office “is committed to protecting women and girls who could otherwise become victims going forward.”
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V. Saxena is a staff writer with a decade of experience as a professional writer, and a lifetime of experience as an avid news junkie. He holds a degree in computer technology from Purdue University. Saxena also contributes to BizPac Review.
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