Posted on 06/16/2023 2:46:37 AM PDT by Libloather
The former First Lady of the U.S. Virgin Islands has been accused by JPMorgan bank of assisting Jeffrey Epstein traffic young women and girls to the territory.
The bank has long faced questions about their relationship with Epstein: he banked with them until 2013, despite being convicted of 'solicitation of prostitution with a minor' in 2008, and sentenced to jail.
The U.S. Virgin Islands, which is managing Epstein's estate, accused JPMorgan of turning a blind eye to his activities and enabling him: the bank on Monday reached a tentative settlement with his victims, paying up to $290 million as part of a class action lawsuit settlement.
JPMorgan has said it regrets its relationship with Epstein but is not responsible for his crimes.
On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal published documents - filed late on Wednesday - by which the bank hit back, accusing the former First Lady of the territory of aiding Epstein.
Cecile de Jongh worked for Epstein from at least 2000, managing his USVI office. She was paid $100,000 a year, plus $50,000 for her children's school fees.
Her husband, John de Jongh, was governor of the USVI from 2007-15.
According to additional documents obtained last month by The Virgin Islands Consortium, JPMorgan's attorneys accuse her of being Epstein's 'primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI.'
She is accused of guiding Epstein on 'how to buy control of the USVI political class.'
The new filing claims that the Virgin Islands 'protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein's criminal conduct to continue undetected.'
The bank states: 'Rather than stop him, they helped him.'
De Jongh was allegedly at the heart of Epstein's efforts to ingratiate himself in USVI power circles.
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10% for the big gal.
Would that this would be blown wide open
They are starting to turn on each other as the ship sinks
It would appear so
I wonder if that OBNOXIOUS Congressional Black woman from the US VIRGIN ISLANDS KNOWS this woman?? hmmmm.
From 2008...
From 2008...
Brief: Cecile deJongh Bound for S. Carolina to Aid Obama
From 2010...
FIRST LADY CECILE DE JONGH REPRESENTS TERRITORY AT CHILD ADVOCACY AWARD DINNER
Child advocacy...
Never heard it called that before.
It would make sense for Epstein to want high-level protection from local police interest. And be able to pay for it.
The islands have a GDP of just $4B. A bunch of wealthy people can buy the political infrastructure cheaply.
However, JPM has a lot more money than Epstein ever had. If they want to hire private detectives and find out what was really going on, they can.
Jeffrey Epstein was asked to help craft Virgin Islands sex offender law by first lady
I was very sad to hear about the untimely death of Cecile de Jongh next week.
If the Bahamas did this for Epstein, what did they do for FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried, who was throwing even more money around?
And who the hell did they traffic the children TO?
You always launder the bribes through the family.
They finally got a perp! No wait...
Granny walking with a flag January 6 2021 arrested and imprisoned sans trial using the most sophisticated technology to catch her. But not a single client of Epstein has been found. Could it be our illustrious trustworthy FBI is protecting progressives in good standing and blackmailing others?
I guess I’m slow, but it’s just now dawning on me that the surest path to affluence isn’t talent or hard work, but being able to toss aside any sort of moral code.
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