Ghislaine Maxwell trial

ohnonotgmail · 29-09-2023 11:42am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172133#Comment_121172133

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172172#Comment_121172172

20 years was it not? Given that it was a federal sentence she will serve all of it. the federal system doesn't do early release on parole.

Oscar_Madison · 29-09-2023 11:53am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172200#Comment_121172200

Oh right didn’t know that , especially the part about no automatic reduction for good behaviour sorta thing- oh well, all of her life up to the point of the investigation was privileged beyond the comprehension or experience of pretty much all posters here no less 99% of the world - she decided to abuse that privilege- she’s got away lightly in my view

AndrewJRenko · 29-09-2023 12:13pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121171611#Comment_121171611

For someone who's lived a life of absolute luxury, any prison must be a helluva shock to the system.

Overheal · 29-09-2023 3:40pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172172#Comment_121172172

All of it. It’s federal.

Oscar_Madison · 29-09-2023 5:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121172357#Comment_121172357

Wonderful

Caquas · 30-09-2023 2:39pm

The Financial Times whitewashes JPMorgan.

Pretending that the world's biggest bank is the victim here and bravely "refusing to play" when, in reality, the bank was in cahoots with Epstein and is now buying off the accusers (and, yes of course, the lawyers are the winners in the end). Even the biggest banks (JPMorgan and Deutsche) did not "debank" the notorious sex offender with vast and unexplained funds.

https://www.ft.com/content/c9a4d2ca-9313-463c-ae99-19d178316f2a

At least the WSJ reported on the story even if they didn't make any comment.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/internal-jpmorgan-report-provides-new-details-on-banks-ties-to-jeffrey-epstein-fb089131

https://www.wsj.com/finance/banking/jpmorgan-paying-75-million-to-settle-suit-over-jeffrey-epstein-ties-545e7824

The Irish media are useless on this story- they're were much too busy reporting on Tubs and his €75K even though (or because?☹️) JPMorgan is a major employer here.

Caquas · 14-10-2023 2:24pm

The UK Financial Conduct Authority has issued a devastating sanction against Jes Staley, former CEO of Barclays. In addition to a €2 Million fine, Staley is banned from banking and he may have to pay back £17.8m in deferred pay and bonuses. The FCA has often imposed massive fines on banks but I don't think any individual has ever been hit with such massive consequences. Staley is appealing but his banking career is over.

The amazing thing is the fine is not because of anything he did with Jeffrey Epstein. In fact the decision expressly states that the FCA "makes no findings that Mr Staley saw, or was aware of, any of Mr Epstein’s alleged crimes".

No, the swingeing penalties are solely because Staley told the FCA (and the Barclays Board) that he did not have a "close relationship" with Epstein and that his "last contact with Mr Epstein was well before he joined Barclays in 2015”. Emails show that he had a very close, even sycophantic, relationship with Epstein and his last contact with Epstein was in 2015, days before joining Barclays.

So Staley is guillotined for distancing himself from Epstein. If he had been more frank e.g. "Yes, I was close to Epstein up to the time I joined Barclays", would he have been in the clear?

No one seems to care whether Staley ever asked Epstein the very first and most essential question which every banker must ask of their client, rich or poor: "What is the source of your funds". For all the FCA (or any other supervisor) knows or cares, Epstein could have been laundering funds for Putin or the Kinahan gang.

The media just blandly report these mind-boggling developments.

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/financial-services/2023/10/12/ex-barclays-chief-jes-staley-banned-for-misleading-watchdog-over-epstein/

iamstop · 20-12-2023 6:04pm

US judge orders names of more than 170 Jeffrey Epstein associates to be released

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-67769039

The names of more than 170 associates of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein could be made public next month after a ruling from a US judge.

Prince Andrew is expected to be among them, if evidence is released from a woman who claims he groped her in 2001.

The identities are being revealed under a settled lawsuit against sex trafficker and Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell.

Anyone on the list has until 1 January to appeal to have their name removed.

Epstein, a millionaire financier known to mix with high-profile figures like Prince Andrew, died in jail in 2019.

His death, as he awaited federal sex-trafficking charges, was ruled to be a suicide by the New York medical examiner.

The 51-page ruling issued on Monday by New York Judge Loretta Preska calls for Epstein's connections to be "unsealed in full".

It is the latest filing in the case brought by Virginia Giuffre against Maxwell, a former British socialite who is serving a 20-year prison term for the crimes she committed with Epstein.

Ms Giuffre's defamation lawsuit was brought in 2015 and settled in 2017, leaving the names of scores of Epstein associates under a court-ordered seal.

They include 40 documents of evidence from Johanna Sjoberg, who has claimed Prince Andrew groped her breast while sitting on a couch inside Epstein's Manhattan apartment in 2001.

Buckingham Palace has previously said the allegations are "categorically untrue".

Last year, the Duke of York paid millions to Ms Giuffre to settle a lawsuit she filed claiming that he sexually abused her when she was 17 years old.

Prince Andrew said he had never met Ms Giuffre and denied her allegations.

In her ruling, Judge Preska noted that many of the individuals named in the lawsuit have already been publicly identified by the media or in Maxwell's criminal trial.

She added that many others "did not raise an objection" to the release of the documents.

Some of the names on the list will remain sealed, including those belonging to child victims, the judge said in her ruling.

US congressional Republicans are pushing to subpoena the flight logs for Epstein's private plane.

Convicted in 2008 for soliciting prostitution from a minor, Epstein had moved in social circles that included key figures in the world of business and politics.

aziz · 20-12-2023 6:11pm

Such a shame that the judge who ordered this is going to commit suicide by shooting her self 3 times in the back of her head

iamstop · 20-12-2023 6:51pm

Very focused on Andrew. No real mention of other possible names on the list...

Oscar_Madison · 20-12-2023 6:56pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121519244#Comment_121519244

I think whatever the stories are about Andrew in relation to Epstein, we’ve essentially heard them at this stage - so I think it unlikely there will be anything new- but if there are less famous names, it might be an interesting exercise for tabloids but I’m not really a fan of guilt by association - if some of these people committed crimes then prosecute them- but just naming people linked to Epstein is a bit odd

Peregrinus · 21-12-2023 2:39am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121519244#Comment_121519244

Well, it's a BBC report. For their audience, Andrew's name has a relevance and a traction that other names likely to be on the list, by and large, don't have.

ohnonotgmail · 21-12-2023 9:28am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121520841#Comment_121520841

Also, they don't actually know who is on the list so an org like the BBC would be loathe to speculate.

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