JPMorgan Chase CEO and chairman Jamie Dimon will be deposed over the bank’s involvement with Jeffrey Epstein.
According to sources, Dimon has agreed to be interviewed under oath, at an undetermined date in the future, for two civil lawsuits tied to Epstein, a billionaire financier and convicted sex offender who died in prison awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges.
The deposition is connected to two cases brought against the bank by an alleged Epstein victim and the U.S. Virgin Islands, where the late Epstein had a residence.
- Epstein allegedly committed suicide on Aug. 10, 2019, at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York.
- The lawsuits claim JPMorgan benefited from Epstein’s human trafficking activities and ignored several internal warnings about his illegal behavior.
- Epstein banked with JPMorgan from 1998 to 2013.
- JPMorgan’s lawyers have argued Dimon was not involved in decisions about Epstein’s accounts.
- A judge presiding over the case has ordered all related depositions to be completed by the end of May.
