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JPMorgan was urged to cut ties to Jeffrey Epstein, lawsuit claims

JP MORGAN is to pay a $250 million fine

By Jonathan Stempel

A new version of a lawsuit accusing JPMorgan Chase & Co of aiding in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking includes claims that the bank ignored pleas to cut ties with the financier, and that someone joked about whether Epstein knew Miley Cyrus.

In a complaint made public on Wednesday, the U.S. Virgin Islands said JPMorgan compliance officials urged the bank to sever ties with Epstein years before it did so in 2013.

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