Prosecutors investigating Jeffrey Epstein’s relationship with the bank JPMorgan and whether the bank’s ongoing relationship with Epstein enabled his abuse are seeking to subpoena Elon Musk, it emerged Monday.
The U.S. Virgin Islands legal team wants to request from Musk all documentation related to Epstein and possible attempts by Epstein to recruit Musk as a client of JPMorgan bank.
They have sought similar documentation from Google co-founder Larry Page, who they believe Epstein also tried to sign up as a client of JPMorgan.
The U.S. Virgin Islands is seeking unspecified damages from the largest U.S. bank for Epstein’s alleged abuse of young girls and women on Little St. James, a private island he owned in the area.
The subpoena was issued Monday, with prosecutors saying they had tried and failed since April to personally serve Musk with the paperwork. Musk was in Paris on Monday for a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron.
Prosecutors are now seeking permission to use an alternative means of subpoenaing him – through his lawyers or through the mail.
Elon Musk can be seen in Paris on Monday, where he meets with French Finance Minister (right), Bruno Lemaire. Prosecutors in the US Virgin Islands have been trying to provide Musk with legal documents related to their investigation into Jeffrey Epstein’s activities since April. They want to know if Musk was ever targeted by Epstein for recruiting as a client of JPMorgan
They want to know if Epstein may have “referred or attempted to refer” Musk as a client for the bank.
“The government contacted Mr. Musk’s counsel via email to ask if he would be authorized to accept service on Mr. Musk’s behalf in this matter, but received no response confirming or denying his authority.” , the filing said.
The Virgin Islands asked Judge Jed Rakoff to authorize the government to serve Musk with the subpoena through a so-called alternative service, which includes posting an ad warning him to legalize the demand for documents.
Epstein, 66, died in August 2019 in a Manhattan jail awaiting trial for sex trafficking. His accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell was convicted in June 2022.
The Attorney General of the US Virgin Islands, where he had a home on a private island, is overseeing the distribution of funds from a compensation scheme set up to help his dozens of victims.
Denise George has requested JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon to testify about his bank’s dealings with Epstein, and sources close to the investigation confirmed that CNN Dimon will testify about this on May 26 and 27.
George is also seeking testimony from Larry Page, who co-founded Google.
Epstein reportedly tried to recruit Page as a client of JPMorgan.
Jamie Dimon (left) has agreed to testify about Epstein, while Larry Page (right) is wanted for questioning
Jeffrey Epstein died in August 2019 while awaiting trial. He was a client of JPMorgan until 2013 – despite his 2008 admission of guilt for having sex with a minor
The summons, obtained by The everyday beastalso requests correspondence between Page and Epstein, and Page and JPMorgan; documents showing fees paid by Page to Epstein or JPMorgan; and reports of “Epstein’s involvement in human trafficking and/or his acquisition of girls or women for commercial sex.”
George requested permission earlier this month to subpoena Page via “alternative service” – usually by mail or public notice – because they had been unsuccessfully trying to track him down and subpoena him in person for the past month. George said they hired private investigators but still couldn’t find him.
In 2021, the reclusive billionaire would be living off-the-grid in Fiji; some reports said he had since moved to New Zealand.
Last month, Page’s Google co-founder Sergey Brin was subpoenaed by George, along with billionaires Mortimer Zuckerman and Thomas Pritzker.
For several years, Dimon has faced questions about his bank’s dealings with Epstein.
Last month, a complaint filed in New York alleged that JPMorgan Chase executives were aware of numerous sexual assault and human trafficking allegations against Epstein, and had overlooked them for years.
Epstein was investigated by Miami prosecutors in 2005 for his sexual abuse of children.
Epstein owned this private island in the US Virgin Islands. The area’s attorney general is trying to unravel his financial web
In 2008, Epstein pleaded guilty to a charge of incitement to prostitution involving a minor, and was sentenced to 18 months in prison; he served 13, under extremely lenient terms.
JPMorgan did not cut ties with Epstein for another five years, until 2013.
“JPMorgan’s relationship with Epstein in giving his sex trafficking firm access to large sums of money each year went far beyond a normal (and lawful) banking relationship,” the filing reads.
The complaint contains detailed internal warnings that the financier ‘has to go’, that there was ‘a lot of smoke’. Lots of questions,” and those anti-money laundering officials asked the bank to “end this relationship.”
The complaint added an additional count alleging that JPMorgan obstructed federal law enforcement and prosecution agencies pursuing Epstein.
Dimon, who was asked last month if his bank should have shut down Epstein sooner, told CNN, “In hindsight is a wonderful gift.”