For Enabling Epstein Bank of America Counts 1 and 4 Survived Now Settlement in Principle

For Enabling Epstein Bank of America Counts 1 and 4 Survived Now Settlement in Principle By Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Maxwell book SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 16 – J.P. Morgan Chase and Deutsche Bank were sued for their enabling of Jeffrey Epstein, in lawsuits filed on Thanksgiving 2022 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, where Inner City Press found them in the docket.    The JPM Chase complaint is on Patreon, here. Maximum Maxwell book here.    On October 15, 2025, amid a push in Congress to fully release the so-called Epstein files, a lawsuit was filed in SDNY against Bank of America, 1:25-cv-8520 (Rakoff) Jones Day stepped in for Bank of America on its Epstein issues - which have been raised to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency by Fair Finance Watch.   On January 29 Judge Jed S. Rakoff while dismissing some counts against BofA allowed to go forward count 1 ("Knowing Beneficiary in a Sex-Trafficking Venture in Violation of 18 USC 1591(a)(2), 1595") and count 4 ("Obstruction of the Enforcement of the TVPA, 18 USC 1591(d)" - and still the OCC (and UN) do nothing. On February 11 Judge Rakoff docketed his order, including citing Morris as BofA as in the know - full order on Patreon here On March 11 a telephone conference was held on deposition Leon Black, now for eight and not 14 hours, and on a ten day delay: March 26. More on X for Subscribers here and Substack here On March 16, docketed: "The parties apprised the Court they had reached a settlement in principle. The Court approved the parties joint request to stay all pending deadlines and set the following schedule with regard to settlement approval proceedings: The parties joint papers are due March 27, 2026, and the Court will hold a hearing to consider the settlement proposal at 11 a.m. on April 2, 2026 ."   The B of A case is Doe v. Bank of America, 1:25-cv-8520 (Rakoff) Meanwhile, the UN has yet to answer Inner City Press on why SG Antonio Guterres maintained a rep on the board of Ghislaine Maxwell's Terramar Project (instead bannign the Press); Norway won't answer on its AMbasador Mona Juul and Terje Roed Larsen taking $130,000 personal loan from Epstein. The JPMC case is Doe 1 v. JP Morgan Chase & Co., 22-cv-10019 (Rakoff) Watch this site.  *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com SDNY Press Room 500 Pearl Street, NY NY 10007 USA Mail: Box 130222 NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2025 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com

After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposed His Pro Se Motion His Mother Asks for Time Citing Move

After SBF Got 25 Years US Opposed His Pro Se Motion His Mother Asks for Time Citing Move by Matthew Russell Lee SDNY COURTHOUSE, March 16 – On the US v Sam Bankman-Fried trial, hours after the guilty verdict, a book was published: "Crypto Criminal: The Conviction of Sam Bankman-Fried: As live tweeted and investigated from inside the SDNY courthouse by Matthew Russell Lee," audio/book here.   On March 28, 2024, Inner City Press live tweeted his sentencing, to 25 years. On May 28 Salame was "sentenced to 90 months." On August 21, Salame filed that "the Government used the plea negotiations to threaten Salame’s domestic partner and the mother of his child, Michelle Bond." Full filing on Patreon here. On February 10, SBF - via his monther - filed a pro se motion for a new trial, arguing why Salame and Daniel Chapsky did not testify. On March 11 the US Attorney's Office filed a 44 page opposition, full 44 pages on Patreon here. Docketed on March 16, SBF through his mother Barbara Fried asked for more time to reply; she says SBF will be moved from Terminal Island soon, without saying to where or why. Filing on Patreon here. More details on X for Subscribers here, Substack here *** Your support means a lot. As little as $5 a month helps keep us going and grants you access to exclusive bonus material on our Patreon page. Click here to become a patron. Feedback: Editorial [at] innercitypress.com Mail: Box 130222 NY NY 10013 Reporter's mobile (and weekends): 718-716-3540 Other, earlier Inner City Press are listed here, and some are available in the ProQuest service, and now on Lexis-Nexis.  Copyright 2006-2026 Inner City Press, Inc. To request reprint or other permission, e-contact Editorial [at] innercitypress.com