Just weeks after Jeffrey Epstein died in jail in 2019, banking giant JPMorgan Chase alerted the Trump administration to more than $1 billion in potentially suspicious transactions involving several high-profile U.S. business figures, as well as wire transfers to Russian banks.
open image in gallery Jeffrey Epstein was found dead in his prison cell (US Department of Justice/PA) ( PA Media ).
Epstein is known to have been close to President Trump and former President Bill Clinton.
The report offered few specifics about the suspicious transactions or why they raised red flags, other than their apparent ties to Epstein.
open image in gallery The report, which JPMorgan filed – and which was released this week among hundreds of pages of previously sealed court records – flagged over 4,700 transactions ( Getty Images ).
The report flagged undisclosed financial activity involving Epstein and Black, his wife, and a family partnership.
According to The Times, the bank also said it regretted its involvement with Epstein but was not aware of his sexual abuse. »