In 2020, Denise George, the USVI’s then-attorney general, finally acknowledged what had been rumored for two decades: that Epstein’s island was a nexus for his sex trafficking operation. It is extremely unfortunate that, while JPMorgan continues to display considerable vigilance in attempting to shape its self-serving narrative and rebuild its reputation in the press, it showed no similar concern for protecting the lives of the young women and girls who were preyed upon.”

The USVI Department of Justice spokeswoman, Venetia Velazquez, added: “We see the lengths JPMorgan has gone to in order to dodge accountability and distract the public from that critical fact. The USVI governor, Albert Bryan Jr., declined to comment on JP Morgan’s allegations, but a spokeswoman for the territory’s Department of Justice said that JP Morgan “is the only party to this lawsuit that had intricate knowledge of Jeffery Epstein’s criminal operation.” But while much of the spotlight has been on the financial institutions that continued to do business with him, very little attention has been given to the role that the government of the USVI - a territory of the United States that has far-reaching law enforcement powers - played in helping one of the most notorious sex traffickers in U.S.

USVI and JPMorgan both claim the other ignored evidence of - and even profited from - Epstein’s sex trafficking.

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