Jes Staley bị kiện

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At JPMorgan Chase, Jes Staley rose through the ranks, leading its asset management (quản lý tài sản) and investment banking businesses and becoming a top lieutenant to the banking giant’s chief, Jamie Dimon.

...Staley had long been tied to Epstein, dating back to when he was running JPMorgan’s private bank. Epstein was a source of client referrals, elevating Staley’s status within the bank. The two men stayed close — even after Epstein pleaded guilty (nhận tội) in 2008 to a prostitution solicitation (gạ/mồi chài gái điếm) charge involving a teenage girl.

Staley has said he didn’t know about Epstein’s crimes and regrets the relationship. But the lawsuits filed against JPMorgan argue otherwise: The Virgin Islands contends that the two men had swapped sexually suggestive emails about young women even after 2008. And the Jane Doe lawsuit contends that an unidentified friend of Epstein’s sexually assaulted her and visited young girls at Epstein residences; JPMorgan said in its lawsuit that the friend was Staley.

In its lawsuit, JPMorgan said Staley “affirmatively misrepresented the true facts of his and Epstein’s personal interactions and activities,” and “repeatedly provided misleading information” about Epstein to bank officials. A lawyer for Staley declined to comment to The Times.

Those ties have cost Staley dearly. While Epstein wasn’t cited as the reason he left JPMorgan in 2013, it was definitely the reason he resigned as C.E.O. of Barclays in 2021: British banking regulators had raised questions about how he had characterized his relationship with Epstein.

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