Virgin Islands Attorney General Who Pursued Litigation Against Jeffrey Epstein Fired
US Virgin Islands Governor Albert Bryan Jr. released a statement Sunday night confirming that Attorney General Denise George was out as the territory’s top law enforcement position, reported the St Thomas Source on January 1st.
“A story in The Virgin Islands Daily News by Suzanne Carlson reported that rumors circulating that “the governor was unaware of George’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and was displeased with her previous court actions against the Epstein estate.”
“I relieved Denise George of her duties as attorney general this weekend,” read the governor’s statement. “I thank her for her service to the people of the territory during the past four years as attorney general and wish her the best in her future endeavors. Assistant Attorney General Carol Thomas-Jacobs will serve as acting attorney general.”
A month ago, the Virgin Islands government settled a $105 million civil suit against Epstein’s estate. I reported on that lawsuit here, where government prosecutors alleged that Epstein’s estate, led by its executors, lawyer Darren Indyke and accountant Richard Kahn (long time fixers for Epstein) hid money from the government, including by wiring money to a web of shell accounts opened in Indyke and Kahn’s spouses’ names.
And about a week ago, George filed a lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase Bank, alleging that the financial institution had essentially served as a bank for Epstein’s criminal human trafficking enterprise.
The suit alleges that JPMorgan “provided banking services to Mr. Epstein after he had been convicted of sex charges and failed to report his suspicious activities,” reported Emily Flitter in the New York Times on December 28th.
“JPMorgan knowingly, negligently and unlawfully provided and pulled the levers through which recruiters and victims were paid and was indispensable to the operation and concealment of the Epstein trafficking enterprise,” charges the suit.
Jacob Shamsian reported at Insider that the lawsuit alleges that one of Epstein’s JP Morgan accounts, dubbed “Southern Trust”, was “a conduit for payment to foreign women, credit cards, airplanes, and other instrumentalities."
In addition, the suit alleges, the bank and its employees knew they were facilitating a sex-trafficking conspiracy to coerce "young women and underage girls to engage in commercial sex acts."
The language “relieved from her duties” implies that George was fired. A story in The Virgin Islands Daily News by Suzanne Carlson reported that rumors circulating that “the governor was unaware of George’s lawsuit against JPMorgan Chase and was displeased with her previous court actions against the Epstein estate.”
Footnotes News reached out to the Governor’s office at Government House in the U.S. Virgin Islands, but was told nobody was in the office today. This story will be updated as it develops.
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