Google co-founder and Hyatt Hotels chairman among billionaires served with subpoenas over JPMorgan’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein
- Four of the richest men in the US have received subpoenas about JP Morgan’s links to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
- They include Google co-founder Sergey Brin, Hyatt Hotels CEO Thomas Pritzker and former Disney executive Michael Ovitz.
- The case centers on JPMorgan Chase and Co.’s 15-year financial relationship with Epstein.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin is among three billionaires who received subpoenas this week in connection with JPMorgan’s ties to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
The US Virgin Islands investigation concerns allegations that JP Morgan Chase and Co. turned a blind eye to Epstein’s sex trafficking.
Hyatt Hotels CEO Thomas Pritzker and real estate investor Mort Zuckerman also received subpoenas.
Former Disney executive turned venture capitalist Michael Ovitz has also been asked for information.
It’s unclear why the men, who are some of the wealthiest people in the US, have been targeted by researchers.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin was among three billionaires who received subpoenas this week in connection with JPMorgan’s ties to pedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein.
Thomas Pritzker, who serves as CEO of Hyatt Hotels, also received a subpoena.
Real estate expert Mort Zuckerman, left, and former Disney chairman turned venture capitalist Michael Ovitz, right, have also been ordered to release information. It is not known why the four men have been targeted.
Lawyers in civil cases use subpoenas to obtain information from those who are not parties to the lawsuit but who may have relevant evidence.
The warrants issued to the men seek communications and documents related to Epstein and JP Morgan. The Wall Street Journal reports.
Brin, who co-founded Google with Lary Page in 1998, is understood to be the wealthiest of the recipients, with an estimated net worth of $85.6 billion according to Forbes.
It makes him the 12th richest man in the world.
Pritzker and Zuckerman are worth $5.3 billion and $2.3 billion, respectively.
The US Virgin Islands launched a lawsuit against JP Morgan in Manhattan federal court last year amid allegations that it allowed the late financier to remain a client.
He also faces a second lawsuit from one of Epstein’s victims over his decision to keep him as a client until 2013, five years after he was first convicted in Florida of soliciting underage prostitution.
Lawyers claim it helped him send money to his victims and that the bank received high-value business opportunities from Epstein.
As part of the investigation, JPMorgan Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is expected to be ousted.
But the bank argues that it was unaware of Epstein’s misdeeds and cannot be held liable. He cut ties with the convicted sex offender in 2013.
JPMorgan has sought to have the claims dismissed and has launched a lawsuit against its former head of investment banking, Jes Staley, who enjoyed a cozy relationship with Epstein.
The bank alleges it is to blame for the legal fallout involving Epstein and was responsible for their 15-year financial relationship.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on his federal sex trafficking charges. Her imprisonment shed light on her relationships with a number of high-profile figures, including, among the most famous, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew.
JPMorgan now insists that former investment banking chief Staley was responsible for the company’s 15-year financial relationship with Epstein.
JPMorgan has sought to have the lawsuits dismissed. Chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is expected to be ousted as part of the investigation.
Staley is accused of exchanging sexually suggestive emails with Epstein, some of which included photos of young women.
It is also reported that he exchanged more than 1,000 emails from his work email account between 2008 and 2012, corresponded with Epstein after his imprisonment, and visited his residence in the Virgin Islands repeatedly.
The messages were referenced in newly unsealed passages from a federal lawsuit.
He later became chief executive of Barclays before resigning in 2021 pending the investigations.
Staley has not been criminally charged with any activity related to Epstein.
Epstein died in jail in 2019 while awaiting trial on his federal sex trafficking charges.
His imprisonment shed light on his relationships with a number of high-profile figures, including, among the most famous, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell and Prince Andrew.
Dailymail.com attempted to reach Brin, Zuckerman and Pritzker for comment.