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Virgin Islands AG fired three days after suing JPMorgan over Jeffrey Epstein

January 04, 2023 -

(Article by Tyler Durden republished from ZeroHedge.com)

Three days later, George is now unemployed, after Governor Albert A. Bryan Jr. fired her for allegedly filing the suit against JPMorgan without his permission.

According to the complaint, for "Over more than a decade, JPMorgan clearly knew it was not complying with federal regulations in regard to Epstein-related accounts as evidenced by its too-little too-late efforts after Epstein was arrested ...

Virgin Islands demanding $190 million from JPMorgan Chase in case involving Jeffrey Epstein

2 months ago -

The lawsuit implicates the bank for its alleged involvement with Epstein, who was a long-time customer of JPMorgan Chase, CNBC.com reported, providing details about the suit.

In addition to seeking damages, the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands expressed its desire for a court order that would compel JPMorgan Chase to implement various measures aimed at safeguarding young women and girls from potential exploitation by future predators, the report stated.

“These ...

India accuses China of building spy facilities on Myanmar islands close to its border

April 13, 2023 -

The report emerged after British international affairs think tank Chatham House released a report titled "Is Myanmar building a spy base on Great Coco Island?" The report indicated that Myanmar has neither the motivation nor the resources to conduct such a massive military buildup on the islands, which are only 30 miles north of India's strategically important Andaman and Nicobar Islands. (Related: Japan, India launch first joint air combat drills amid growing threat posed by ...

New islands, sunken ships and lost marine equipment emerge as Mississippi River continues to dry up

November 07, 2022 -

The receding waters along the main river of the second-largest drainage system in North America recently revealed new and old treasures, including an old casino riverboat called Diamond Lady Riverboat in Lake McKellar.

The 31-year-old boat, which was christened in Iowa in 1991 by Vanna White, is no longer floating and is one of the many boats stuck in the mud in Memphis as the river hits record-low water levels. The Diamond Lady was stored in Lake McKellar in 2008 and ...

Virgin Islands given green light by judge to sue JPMorgan Chase over Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking claims

March 23, 2023 -

Women from the U.S. Virgin Islands say they were sexually abused as a result of Epstein's perversion ring, which JPMorgan knowingly benefited from, the suit claims. They could soon receive monetary and other awards, should the legal filing succeed.

Manhattan District Judge Jed Rakoff issued a four-page ruling in response to motions filed by JPMorgan and Deutsche bank, another embroiled financial institution, to dismiss three separate lawsuits pertaining to the matter. ...

Virgin Islands files suit against JPMorgan Chase alleging bank illicitly profited from Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of minors

January 02, 2023 -

Epstein, you may know, trafficked in underaged girls, both for himself and, "allegedly," for high-profile clients. Notable people who accompanied Epstein to his "pedo island" in the Caribbean or shared time with him elsewhere included former President Bill Clinton, disgraced British royal Prince Andrew, and 'famed' Harvard attorney Alan Dershowitz, according to reports.

But now, the banks that did business with Epstein are being singled out by entities and alleged victims ...

Spanish authorities knew about La Palma volcano’s magma accumulation months before the eruption but DID NOTHING about it

January 16, 2023 -

The question now is whether the United States Geological Survey and similar offices around the globe are doing the same thing by hiding critical information and showing only what they wanted the people to see.

Officials were lucky in the case of La Palma since the eruption took place in a remote area and claimed only one life – that of a 72-year-old man who died after inhaling toxic gases from the volcano. The man was found in November 2021 in the municipality of El ...

Heat-related deaths are mounting each summer in Europe

July 19, 2023 -

Heat-related deaths continue to pile up as scorching temperatures continue to hit Europe.

In the Italian city of Lodi, southeast of Milan, a 44-year-old road sign worker collapsed and died due to extreme heat. In another incident, two brothers aged six and seven drowned in an irrigation basin near the town of Manfredonia, Italy, as they attempted to find relief from the intense heat by swimming.

"Heat is a silent killer. So this is the main concern that ...

China now building an airstrip on disputed island in South China Sea

a month ago -

Analysis of a satellite image from Planet Labs PBC suggests that there is new construction on Triton Island, the westernmost island of the Paracel Islands near Vietnam.

China has occupied the Paracel Islands since the 1970s, but Taiwan and Vietnam also lay claim to the archipelago.

Compared with a Planet Labs PBC satellite image of the same island early in March, the latest image shows Beijing has been busy building up the island, which is about one mile by several ...

JPMorgan refusing to let CEO Jamie Dimon be questioned under oath over bank’s ties to Jeffrey Epstein

March 09, 2023 -

The United States Virgin Islands is seeking damages from JPMorgan over its alleged links to Epstein, claiming that the Wall Street giant "turned a blind eye to evidence of human trafficking" despite the many red flags raised over Epstein's involvement in heinous crimes.

The U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit, initially filed in December by the former attorney general of the territory, accused JPMorgan of facilitating and benefiting from Epstein's sex trafficking operations.

On ...

Japanese PM’s warning back in June sounds PROPHETIC now: Ukraine today may be East Asia tomorrow

November 15, 2022 -

During an international fleet review in Tokyo Bay over the weekend, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida pledged to prepare for any acts of aggression from Beijing.

"We must prepare ourselves for an era when actors emerge to disobey rules and use force or threats to destroy the peace and safety of other nations," said the prime minister. "We will accelerate realistic discussions on what's needed to defend our people by keeping all options on the table."

Earlier, ...

Accessory to the crime: JPMorgan Chase settles massive lawsuit with victims of Jeffrey Epstein

June 14, 2023 -

"JPMorgan Chase has reached a settlement with women who say they were abused by Jeffrey Epstein, the bank and the women said on June 12," the Epoch Times reported.

In a joint statement, the parties involved have announced that they have informed a federal court in New York about reaching a tentative agreement to settle the lawsuit filed in 2022 by the women who accused the bank of aiding Epstein's sex trafficking activities. The settlement, however, is contingent upon approval ...

Japan to use KAMIKAZE drones to defend remote territories

October 19, 2022 -

According to the Japan Times, the country's Ministry of Defense (MOD) is set to make preparations for deploying the small attack drones made in the U.S. and other countries. Trials for the plan will commence in 2023, with a complete rollout of "several hundred attack drones" set from 2025 at the earliest.

The MOD said the attack drones, which would be used for "suicide" attacks, are expected to enhance the deterrent power of the Japan Self-Defense Forces (JSDF). To this ...

Jeffrey Epstein’s private calendars and emails reveal his connections to top officials, celebrities and even royalty

May 31, 2023 -

The hundreds of pages in the files revealed that Epstein, who was jailed for 13 months for having sex with underage girls, was still in contact with the world's high-profile personalities despite being imprisoned and labeled as a registered sex offender.

The documents also disclosed that Epstein seemed to know personal details about the marriage of Microsoft founder Bill Gates and his ex-wife Melinda. Per the records, he also rolled out the red carpet for Gates and Melinda ...

China may try to claim the moon as prize if it beats US in space race

January 05, 2023 - National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator Bill Nelson warned that China may try to claim vast swaths of the moon if it beats the United States in the second race to the lunar surface.

In an interview with Politico, Nelson warned that China's military expansion in the South China Sea should serve as an indicator of the communist nation's policy when it comes to territorial expansion and that America needs to accept that it is part of a new space race.

"It ...

Australian and Japanese PMs to sign new security declaration in response to rising threat from China

October 19, 2022 -

According to the Epoch Times, Australian Prime Minister (PM) Anthony Albanese is set to welcome Japanese PM Fumio Kishida on Oct. 22 in Perth, Western Australia. The two chief executives will announce the new Joint Declaration on Security Cooperation (JDSC) on that date, the outlet added.

The new JDSC is a revision of the old document signed in 2007 by the two nations. Former Australian PM John Howard and the late former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe were the signatories of ...

U.S. signs defense pact with Papua New Guinea amid concerns about China’s influence in the Pacific

May 26, 2023 -

The new pact will also give Papua New Guinea’s defense forces a boost and improve regional stability.

The defense cooperation agreement was signed on Monday by Papua New Guinea Prime Minister James Marape and U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, who traveled to Port Moresby on President Biden’s behalf. Although the pact has yet to be made public, the full details are expected to be released in a few months.

The U.S. also signed a maritime agreement with the island ...

Putin orders Russian fleet to conduct exercises for NUCLEAR launch test

April 18, 2023 -

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the snap drills, which were held at the Port of Vladivostok facing the Sea of Japan. The exercises were held on the first anniversary of the sinking of the guided missile cruiser Moskva on April 14. The Slava-class cruiser was destroyed on April 14, 2022 amid the Russia-Ukraine war.

The war games were held to test the Pacific Fleet's readiness to stage a retaliatory nuclear strike on the West, according to the Sun. They ...

New emails reveal deep ties between Jeffrey Epstein and former CEO of JPMorgan, Barclays

February 19, 2023 -

The emails formed part of a lawsuit filed by the government of the U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI) against banking giant JPMorgan Chase, where former Barclays CEO Jes Staley worked for 34 years. He became CEO of JPMorgan Chase in 2009, but left in 2013. He later joined the British financial giant in 2015 as its CEO.

According to the filing, Epstein and Staley exchanged more than a thousand emails. One 2009 email from Staley to the financier read: "I owe you much, and I deeply ...

Researchers find heartbeat-like radio bursts in sun’s solar flare

March 02, 2023 -

According to the international team of researchers that detected the signal, it came from within a C-class solar flare located more than 5,000 kilometers above the sun's surface. The researchers were able to determine the source of the signal after examining microwave observations of a solar flare event. The said event, which occurred on July 13, 2017, had been captured by the New Jersey Institute of Technology's (NJIT) Expanded Owens Valley Solar Array (EOVSA).

EOVSA ...