BofA Banker Courted Epstein for Years Leading Up to His Arrest

May 28, 2026, 1:01 PM UTC

Even in the months leading up to the death of Jeffrey Epstein, messages from a Bank of America Corp. wealth adviser were still hitting his inbox.

Paul V. Morris, a banker who did business with Epstein at both JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Deutsche Bank AG, called on the convicted sex offender for years after joining Bank of America’s Merrill Lynch division a decade ago, documents released by the US Department of Justice show. In 2017, less than a year into his tenure at Bank of America, he reached out to Epstein to see if anyone in his network ...

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