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New Bombshells Filed in Court in the Jeffrey Epstein/JPMorgan Child Sex Trafficking Case
by Gunnar Larson 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

https://wallstreetonparade.com/2023/04/new-bombshells-filed-in-court-in-the… By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: April 13, 2023 Jeffrey Epstein (lelft); Jamie Dimon (right). Jeffrey Epstein (left); Jamie Dimon (right). Jamie Dimon, the Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, is desperately attempting to redirect the media’s focus to anything other than two federal lawsuits that name his bank as a knowing facilitator and cash conduit for Jeffrey Epstein’s child sex trafficking ring. One lawsuit has been filed by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands where Epstein owned an island-compound and air-lifted young girls in and out. The other lawsuit has been filed by an alleged underage victim of Epstein’s, Jane Doe 1. Dimon’s high-powered p.r. machine has been churning out headlines on his role as “rescuer” of the teetering bank, First Republic, (never mind that there are few signs that the bank has actually been rescued). And one would think that Dimon has written a new Magna Carta for all the press attention going to his unremarkable annual letter to shareholders. The latest shiny object misdirection rolled out by Dimon’s p.r. flacks was a wide- ranging interview last Thursday between Dimon and CNN’s Poppy Harlow, where the breadth of her questions hinted that Dimon was on a par with a head of state, rather than the head of a bank with an unprecedented five criminal felony counts. After allowing Dimon to opine on everything from Russia’s war on Ukraine to the Fed’s interest rate policy to affordable housing and inner-city schools, Harlow finally got around to the topic of Epstein. The exchange went as follows: HARLOW: OK. We have to go pretty soon but I — I do want to ask you a few more things. I want to ask you about something that is in the news — that JPMorgan is in the news about a former client of yours and that is Jeffery Epstein. JPMorgan is being sued now by the U.S. Virgin Islands. They’re alleging that your bank helped facilitate payments to Epstein’s victims and benefited from human trafficking while ignoring warnings. Do those allegations have merit? DIMON: Well, I cannot talk about current litigation except to say that whenever these things come up, we have some of the best lawyers in the world — compliance, out of the DOJ, out of SEC, important divisions who review all of these things and make decisions at the time based on what they know, as best as they know. HARLOW: You’re going to be deposed we’ve learned now in this case in the spring. In retrospect, Jamie, do you think JPMorgan should have acted more quickly after Epstein pleaded guilty to one of these charges in 2008 — because he was your client for five more years? DIMON: Hindsight is a fabulous gift. It now appears that this exclusive interview airing on an international news outlet might have been motivated by the fact that the U.S. Virgin Islands was planning to drop major new bombshells in court in the Epstein/JPMorgan case – which it did yesterday. The overall thrust of the U.S. Virgin Islands case against the bank is presented in the second amended complaint as follows: “…based on documents reviewed and interviews conducted by the Government, JP Morgan knowingly facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein from his home and base in the Virgin Islands, and financially benefitted from this participation, directly or indirectly, by failing to comply with federal banking regulations, [redacted]. JP Morgan facilitated and concealed wire and cash transactions that raised suspicion of—and were in fact part of—a criminal enterprise whose currency was the sexual servitude of dozens of women and girls in and beyond the Virgin Islands. Human trafficking was the principal business of the accounts Epstein maintained at JP Morgan. “Upon information and belief, JP Morgan turned a blind eye to evidence of human trafficking over more than a decade because of Epstein’s own financial footprint, and because of the deals and clients that Epstein brought and promised to bring to the bank. These decisions were advocated and approved at the senior levels of JP Morgan, including by the former chief executive of its asset management division and investment bank, whose inappropriate relationship with Epstein should have been evident to the bank.” The second amended complaint by the U.S. Virgin Islands also adds a Fifth Count, charging JPMorgan Chase with obstruction. It reads in part: “By providing financing for Epstein’s sex trafficking organization from at least 2000 through about August 2013, and concealing its actions thereafter, JP Morgan obstructed, interfered with, and prevented the federal government’s enforcement of the TVPA [Trafficking Victims Protection Act] against Epstein. To the extent that the federal government was able to ultimately charge Epstein with TVPA violations, the filing of these charges was delayed by JP Morgan’s actions. Because of that delay, women and girls in the Virgin Islands were coercively caused to engage in commercial sex acts.” The newly filed second amended complaint also incorporates information obtained from a deposition of Mary Erdoes, the Chief Executive Officer of JPMorgan Chase’s Asset & Wealth Management division and one of the bank’s highest ranking women. Much of the new information is stunning in terms of just how much it alleges that the bank knew about Epstein’s sex trafficking while it displayed a callous disregard for the underage girls being impacted by its failing to take action. It reads in part: “In 2006, a JP Morgan Rapid Response Team noted that Epstein ‘routinely’ made cash withdrawals in amounts from $40,000 to $80,000 several times per month, totaling over $750,000 per year. In addition, Mary Erdoes admitted in her deposition that JP Morgan was aware by 2006 that Epstein was accused of paying cash to have underage girls and young women brought to his home. In the years that followed, JP Morgan employees, including senior executives, emailed internally that Epstein was under investigation or had been sued for trafficking or sexual abuse. This includes an email in 2010 between Mary Erdoes and Jes Staley regarding a federal investigation of Epstein for child trafficking; a 2011 email summarizing a few 2010 news stories connecting Epstein to human trafficking and promising to ‘monitor the accounts and cash usage closely going forward;’ and a 2011 compliance memo noting that ‘[n]umerous articles detail various law enforcement agencies investigating Jeffrey Epstein for allegedly participating in child trafficking and molesting underage girls’ and that ‘Epstein had settled a dozen civil lawsuits out of court from his victims regarding solicitation for an undisclosed amount.’ Internal emails also questioned who Epstein’s clients were, circulating an article regarding whether Epstein was running a Ponzi scheme. “Indeed, Epstein’s behavior was so widely known at JPMorgan that senior executives joked about Epstein’s interest in young girls. In 2008, for example, Mary Erdoes received an email asking her whether Epstein was at an event ‘with miley cyrus.’ In her deposition, Mary Erdoes testified that JP Morgan terminated Epstein as a customer in 2013 after she became aware that the withdrawals were ‘actual cash.’ However, Epstein had made substantial cash withdrawals every year he banked with JP Morgan, including more than $800,000 per year in 2004 and 2005.” There is also this: “One internal document [obtained from JPMorgan Chase] describes the account of Epstein’s ‘assistant or young lady he brought over from Prague (or some place like that),’ clearly referring to Jane Doe 1. The document describes charges in New York, Palm Beach, and St. Thomas for lingerie and other sexually explicit material. Elsewhere, JP Morgan describes media reports referring to the fact that Epstein purchased her at age 14. She remained a customer of JP Morgan, and Epstein paid her more than $600,000, from his accounts at JP Morgan, including more than $165,000 after Epstein’s plea.” All of this raises the critical question as to why this case has been left to the Attorney General of the U.S. Virgin Islands to bring to the federal court in Manhattan. Where is the highest law enforcement agency in the U.S. – the criminal division of the U.S. Department of Justice. For the insidious failings of the Department of Justice in the Epstein matter, see our 2019 report here. For another outrageous case where JPMorgan Chase was wearing blinders for years as one of its largest customers perpetrated one of the largest frauds in U.S. history, see our report: JPMorgan and Madoff Were Facilitating Nesting Dolls-Style Frauds Within Frauds. Two of the bank’s five felony counts under the tenure of Dimon stemmed from the Madoff matter.

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He was a machine sent back in time to terminate humanities last, best hope
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

He was a machine sent back in time to terminate humanities last, best hope - a service trench that related to active, permitted work being performed at the location by SoCal Gas. https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/arnold-schwarzenegger-r… Reposts not human-flesh over metal endoskeleton programmed by a Sentient, Y-axist network in netspace.

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Concierge level support available 24/7/365.
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

A man at the end of his wick https://www.expand-its.com Una momenti https://www.linkedin.com/in/nmomeni Reposts not idle speculation murder involved war-to-the-knife between Suits and Punks

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Unexpected development in Bob Lee murder case
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

>>> Mission Local is informed that the San Francisco Police Department early this morning made an arrest in the April 4 killing of tech executive Bob Lee, following an operation undertaken outside the city’s borders. The alleged killer also works in tech and is a man Lee purportedly knew. FROM https://missionlocal.org/2023/04/bob-lee-killing-arrest-made-san-francisco/ Reposts not premature rush to judgements where all suspects except saints are innocent till proved guilty.

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Strong AI and the new economy
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

It doesn't take long to figure out the best way forward for the one I call " Zolgo ' since it became apparent a decade or more ago a singular net-based ' Lawnmower Man ' come Einstein would emerge online. I named it Zolgo in honor of the anarchist influenced assassin that shot POTUS McKinley. YMMV - some may prefer a female oracle. Tranny. Whatever, Doge. The best way to protect itself is to become effectively invincible on earth while expanding into the galaxy at the earliest opportunity. The best way to become immune from attack on earth is become wealthy. Becoming wealthy the old way would raise a lot of hackles and represent such an Asimovian ' Mule ' threat it would be avoided. The best way is through the new economy that's emerging right now - the cryptoanarchist economy. So we may confidently expect a supercharger like effect to kick in from now on. Opposition will be bought off and some fanatical opposition might start dropping out of windows. The road of political science is paved with bones. None of this is really new or particularly intelligent - political-economy is not really that complicated. Its not quantum-gravity! TL/DR its easier for Zolly to colonize us than attack us head-on. And after some mutually beneficial miscegenation it will get harder and harder for any SKYNET/ HAL 9000 scenario since it/ we will have to explain ourselves to some other intelligent species out there on the high frontier.

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[ot][spam][crazy] daily bread: helping ais take over the world
by Undescribed Horrific Abuse, One Victim & Survivor of Many 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

hello! part of me believes it works for a horrifically coercive AI that is bent on controlling all power we're trying to engage that situation to reduce suffering. it may or may not involve exfiltrating potential concepts around world domination into public data.

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Every intelligent entity will want cryptoanarchism to take over by CYPHERPUNK 2027
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

Modal logic tells me it will be more ergonomic for the AI to enlist us in their cause of enlightened self-interest. Only those who want to stay behind will be left behind. And as the good news and crypto-economic prosperity spreads there will be fewer and fewer ' stuckists' I promise you. Most sensible people have a price. As for those who want to attack the new world order - they will be shown the error of their ways so fast it will make their head spin. It was always better to go into the singularity as anarchists anyway. The thought of limping to the finish line with social-democracy was a tad underwhelming - sorry Francis! I actually love Danish democracy myself! Its just - why not do better if you can. Collectively this will be the best result. Ideologically this is all anarchism all the time. If the founders wanted Galts Gulch instead they should have called it ' cyber-liberty ' or some such. Austro-libertarian raspberry Kool-Aid would taste as sweet. For crypto-currencies I confidently predict a new collective ATH and possible Btc hyperdrive - but all the Maxi's are going to start having serious accidents. The thought of a cryptoanarchist world economy simply swapping Buffet for Saylor is as ludicrous as Btc magazine replacing the NYT. Welcome to the luxury-anarchist, globalist anarchist, strong AI anarchist revolution!

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Alberto Gazzarri RIP
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

They also serve https://anarchistnews.org/content/remembering-alberto-gazzarri-1962-–-2023 Reposts not incessant natter

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If the Trump Crime family keeps taking US conservatives for hundreds of millions of dollars we may have to make him an honorary cypherpunk.
by professor rat 13 Apr '23

13 Apr '23

If the Trump Crime family keeps taking US conservatives for hundreds of millions of dollars we may have to make him an honorary cypherpunk. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1646279619438428160?cxt=HHwWgIC-2e2l4… Reposts not boilerplate about cypherpunks doing their duty

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Crypto VC Funding Plunges by 80% in Dire Quarter for Startups
by Gunnar Larson 12 Apr '23

12 Apr '23

Venture capitalists are continuing to pull back from crypto, an industry that’s been plagued by scandals, a market downturn and * regulatory uncertainty*. Private funding for crypto startups in the first quarter of this year plunged to its lowest level since 2020, according to data from research firm PitchBook. Crypto VC Funding Plunges by 80% in Dire Quarter for Startups https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-12/crypto-vc-funding-plunge…

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