Epstein Ties to JPMorgan Outlasted His Accounts: New York Brief

Feb. 25, 2026, 12:01 PM UTC

Epstein’s Long-Lasting Ties to JPMorgan

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Five years after JPMorgan Chase sought to rid itself of Jeffrey Epstein, the convicted sex offender was once again moving money into the bank, Hannah Levitt, Tom Schoenberg, and Emily Flitter report.

In February 2019 — six months before he died in a New York jail cell — Epstein used one of his trusts that had been kicked out of JPMorgan half a decade earlier to wire $150,000 to his girlfriend’s brokerage account at the bank. After it landed, the money made up the bulk of the funding in the account.

The transfer is just one example of the ...

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