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  Haha corporations and rich people are sued by the government, regular plebes are charged and sentenced 🖕🏼
context: This is a gifted article. 
  “The attorney general of the U.S. Virgin Islands is accusing JPMorgan Chase of helping Jeffrey Epstein illegally exploit women and girls, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan. The suit says JPMorgan provided banking services to Mr. Epstein after he had been convicted of sex charges and failed to report his suspicious activities.” >
  
  I love that these things that should clearly be criminal charges just end up being "we are going to just sue you". >
  
  That's because it's one way for the rich, & another for the poor. They're all scumbags. >
  
  And because people like you (or me, you is generic there) don’t get into politics and leave it to sociopaths. >
  
  We have no choice. Running for office is expensive. You have to have money already. & people with that kind of money think they're better than everyone else cause they have money. Even a local election is expensive. If I didn't know any better it almost seems like it was made that way. >
  
  “It’s a big club, and you ain’t in it.” >
  
  
  the estate announced an agreement to settle the case for around $105 million, including $80 million in repayments to the government for tax benefits that Mr. Epstein inappropriately obtained
  
  I like how they market this lawsuit as defense for those poor girls but in their lawsuit with the Epstein estate they just wanted their juicy tax subsidies back. Not one dime goes to any victims. I want to bank to pay, but it will be a fraction of the profits and it goes right back to the ultra rich islands tax slush fund. Great. >
  
  The islands are not rich. USVI are operating on limited budgets and crappy infrastructure >
  
  
  extremely relevant throwback 
  
  Jeffery Epstein was listed as a state asset during his first sex offence trial. >
  
  Do you have a source for this?! >
  
  I don’t have a source but it’s rumored that Alexander Acosta, former labor secretary for Donald Trump, who was Us attorney for the southern district of Florida at the time of Epsteins prosecution in the 2000’s was told that Epstein was intelligence and to leave it alone. Epstein notoriously got a sweet heart deal in that case. >
  
  Yes. Stephen Hawking is a known pervert who also spent a lot of time at strip clubs
  Hope you didn't think that was a gotcha >
  
  All the reporting about him frequenting some swinger’s club “with an entourage of nurses and assistants” came from one unsubstantiated source. Plus, even if he did, it doesn’t necessarily mean he’s a pedophile. Trump was directly accused of rape via a lawsuit by someone associated with Epstein, so there’s more to that than just being seen around Epstein. >
  
  It's not a good look for anyone to be associated with Epstein, whether it's Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking, Alan Dershowitz, Prince Andrew, Bill Gates, Elon Musk, Woody Allen, the list goes on. >
  
  Well, we KNOW Woody Allen is a pedo, so... >
  
  Until fines and penalties are a percentage they are punishments for the poor >
  
  Just a fee for the rich, like Netflix or w/e.  
  If you can brush off a fine as irrelevant to your budget, it's just an irrelevant fee for being of a superior caste. >
  
  Cruise lines: $500k to properly dispose of waste at port OR $100k in a fine for dumping into the ocean….. just the cost of doing business. >
  
  100k if caught you mean. >
  
  I would love to see JPM held accountable, but didn't the Virgin Islands let Epstein keep the damn island? How are the VI authorities there going to defend themselves when the accusations of ignoring obvious wrong-doing get turned around back at them? >
  
  The government most likely has sovereign immunity, so couldn’t be sued successfully for its own role.  For example, the prosecutors in Florida that cut Epstein a sweetheart deal over his first prosecution for sex offenses could not be sued by victims due to prosecutorial discretion and sovereign immunity. >
  
  I don't actually think anybody is going to face consequences, I'm just pointing out the hypocrisy that the article fails to mention.
  It would be pretty hilarious if the lawyers defending the case 'discovered' a bunch of suspicious payments to officials  in the virgin islands and this suit blew up in their faces. Hard to believe Epstein got away with it as long as he did without a little payola grease to the locals, right? >
  
  I am an attorney in the USVI and, in my opinion, the AG should be launching criminal investigations into the law firm(s) and attorneys here that knowingly assisted this monster in setting up in the USVI.  We all know who they are and what they did. >
  
  It would probably help if people such as yourself were brave enough to go on record publication calling for something to be done. Since you know who they are and what they did, going on record with that would help as well. >
  
  By “we all know,” I am including the AG.  The names of those attorneys and firms have been published in local and national newspapers.  The bottom line for me is that they chose to represent Epstein AFTER he was already registered as a sex offender in the USVI.  Epstein would NEVER have chosen the USVI for his torture island unless he had local attorneys who could navigate and help him take advantage of our incredibly complicated (but also incredibly lucrative) scheme of favorable tax laws to get his entities established here.  Attorneys are not stupid people - ESPECIALLY not this attorneys in particular - they knew exactly what they were doing, but chose to turn a blind eye to it.  There should be accountability for despicable behavior, in my opinion. >
  
  Thank you! Unfortunately there are way too many shady people that only care about money and will throw away their morals, assuming they have any, for a payday. >
  
  Only good can come from this >
  
  I'm honestly curious if this case has merit or if it'll just be thrown out >
  
  It'll be tossed on appeal after the initial ruling makes the media rounds. >
  
  Amazing how there is all this trafficking and SA of women, but no charges to the black book of clients.
  Almost as if the rich don't get charged for crimes in this country or world.