Epstein money trail: Lawsuits claim major banks enabled Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking finances

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Source: Scripps News

Posted 3:00 PM, Dec 19, 2025 and last updated 1 hour and 49 minutes ago


Two class-action lawsuits against Bank of America and BNY Mellon could shed new light on how convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein allegedly financed his abuse network, and the role major financial institutions may have played in enabling it.

The lawsuits, filed by an anonymous Jane Doe plaintiff, accuse the banks of ignoring red flags, failing to report suspicious transactions and, in doing so, providing Epstein with the financial infrastructure needed to sustain his operation.

However, at a motions hearing Monday, a federal judge expressed skepticism, suggesting he may dismiss them before they go to trial unless the lawyers revise their cases with more specific details about their allegations.

The lawsuit against Bank of America alleges the company "knowingly provided the financial support and the veneer of institutional legitimacy" that allowed Epstein to operate under the "guise" of legitimate business activity. The complaint claims the bank failed to file required Suspicious Activity Reports, or SARs, despite signs that Epstein’s financial behavior warranted closer scrutiny. The lawsuit describes that failure as "wrongful and purposeful."

Read more: https://www.scrippsnews.com/us-news/crime/epstein-files/epstein-money-trail-lawsuits-claim-major-banks-enabled-jeffrey-epsteins-sex-trafficking-finances

[hedda_foil]

1. His picture will be turned to the wall.

[Irish_Dem]

2. Why would banks fund child sex trafficking?

[slightlv]

3. If it brings in money and profit, why wouldn't they?

They have no morals; they have no duty to their shareholders in that way... only to bring in as much money for them as is possible. I think it's totally detestable from every angle you look at it... but I don't see any other way they could have done what they did for as many years as they enabled him, and not think it.

[Irish_Dem]

4. A good investment and the bankers are part of the sex ring.

[slightlv]

5. Yip, dream all we want...

but what trail blazes the way forward, regardless of medium... but porn of some kind. The Internet was originally built to be a scientific and information-based sharing medium. It grew wild and exponentially as soon as Porn hit the page... and I LOVE cats, so we can't forget that the Internet was actually made FOR Cats! (LOL)

Look at the Free Speech ruling that came from the old Hustler days. It's always sex that leads anything where money is concerned.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Could he have been taping porn? Rape Porn.

Everyone thought Epstein was taping sex on the island for blackmail.

Maybe that was only part of it.

[FakeNoose]

6. They were cash transactions, and there were supposed to be SARS written up for each one

SARS = Suspicious Activity Reports, the banks are supposed to report any unexplained cash deposit or withdrawal over $10,000. Chase let Epstein go for years without any SARS written, until he was arrested in 2019. Suddenly Chase knew they had a problem, and they had to backdate a bunch of reports.

Some banks were reluctant to handle Epstein's transactions, and probably/maybe that's why he made many large deposits and withdrawals with Russian banks. There's still a lot we don't know, obviously.

[Irish_Dem]

7. Yes but we can speculate. Why would a bank refuse to do SARs?

Why would a bank look the other way on illegal activity?

And why would Epstein be making large deposits and withdrawals from Russian banks?

[travelingthrulife]

9. Deutsch Bank. Let's see how Trump financed the sex trafficking business.