# Leon Black

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## Timeline

- **2026-08-05**: Senate report released — Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee publish a report detailing the banks’ roles in facilitating Epstein’s financial activities.
- **2019-08**: Epstein dies in prison; SARs filed — Epstein is found dead in his cell. Following his death, JPMorgan and Deutsche Bank file Suspicious Activity Reports with the Treasury Department for past transactions.
- **2019-07**: Epstein arrested on sex trafficking charges — Federal authorities arrest Epstein on new charges, triggering a public outcry and eventually prompting banks to retroactively file SARs.
- **2013**: JPMorgan drops Epstein; Deutsche Bank takes over — JPMorgan finally severs ties with Epstein after senior executives had overruled compliance warnings for years. Epstein moves his assets to Deutsche Bank.
- **2013**: Deutsche Bank processes 1,140 suspicious transfers — Epstein conducts 1,140 suspicious transfers through Deutsche Bank, none of which are properly reported until after his arrest.
- **2010**: Compliance executives urge termination — JPMorgan compliance executives lobby upper management to drop Epstein, citing his illegal activities and calling him 'scum.'
- **2008**: First child sex abuse conviction — Epstein is convicted of soliciting prostitution from a minor in Florida, yet his banking relationships continue.
- **2002**: Bankers aware of suspicious transfers — According to the report, more than a dozen bankers at the three Wall Street firms were aware of Epstein’s suspicious transfers as far back as this year.
- **1998**: Epstein opens accounts at JPMorgan — Jeffrey Epstein becomes a client of JPMorgan Chase, beginning a 15-year banking relationship.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### $1.1B in Red Flags: Senate Report Exposes Banks' Epstein AML Violations
2026-08-05 22:41:37 · Sentiment: Negative · Impact: 8/10 · Sources: 2

A Senate Finance Committee report reveals that JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, and Bank of America ignored blatant AML red flags over two decades, processing over $1.1 billion in suspicious Epstein transactions. The findings expose the banks to substantial civil and criminal liability under the Bank Secrecy Act.
Full story: https://getlegalbrief.com/story/senate-epstein-banks-legal-liability

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