The attorney general of the Virgin Islands, who recently reached a $105 million settlement with the family of Jeffrey Epstein, was recently dismissed following months of tension with the U.S. territory's governor over the manner in which the investigation was conducted into the scandalous financier according to those who were informed about the situation.

Denise N. George, the former official, was fired from the office of Albert Bryan Jr., the governor of the Virgin Islands, on New Year's Eve. This was four days after her office had sued JPMorgan Chase in federal court in Manhattan in connection with its dealings in dealings with the late Mr. Epstein, who died from suicide-like circumstances in the year 2019 under federal detention.

It was the timing that Ms. George's resignation sparked speculation on the news in the Virgin Islands and beyond that the lawsuit against JPMorgan was the primary cause.

But those who were briefed about the subject they were not able to discuss the matter publicly since Bryan's office had not given permission to speak publicly. Bryan's office was unable to specify the reason behind Ms. George's demotion, claimed there was tensions between the two officials for a time.

The issue was partly related to the Mr. Bryan feeling that Ms. George didn't keep him informed of the situation promptly according to one of the witnesses claimed. Attorney generals aren't typically required to notify governors of lawsuits they plan to pursue.

Mrs. George did not address the speculation, but she defended her choice to file a lawsuit against the bank, as well as the work that her office had completed to ensure that the hundreds of women who suffered from Mr. Epstein's abuse of women as young adults or teenagers received the right compensation.

"I stand firm in my belief that the lawsuit I filed against JPMorgan Chase in our pursuit of justice must continue," Ms. George said in a statement to The New York Times. "No institution, organization or person should be off-limits, no matter how wealthy or powerful."

Mrs. George also thanked Mr. Bryan for appointing her to the position in the year 2019.

Richard Motta, a spokesman for Mr. Bryan, said in an email statement the "media reports indicating the JPMorgan lawsuit as the reason are not entirely accurate."

A JPMorgan spokesperson declined to comment.

In an interview in November with the localpublication following his reelection to an additional term the politician. Bryan had said he planned to make some adjustments to his cabinet, but he didn't mention any officials from the government.

In her four-year term during her four-year tenure, during her four-year tenure. George led a wide-ranging investigation into the actions that were carried out by Ms. George. Epstein. Her office in November negotiated an difficult settlement with the estate of Mr. Epstein which will pay at around $105 million to Virgin Islands, where the poverty rate is more that those in the U.S. national average. The territory is expected to take in more money based on the price that the estate will receive to sell Little St. James, the name of Mr. Epstein's private island home.

The woman. George had also subpoenaed several of the rich people who worked with him, such as Wall Street billionaire Leon Black. The billionaire. Black paid Mr. Epstein $158 million for estate and tax planning services in the period prior to the arrest of the arrest of Mr. Epstein was arrested in 2019 for federal sex trafficking charges.

In December of last year the following month, in December. George's office filed a suit against JPMorgan before a federal judge in Manhattan in a claim that the it was not providing services in the banking sector for the Mr. Epstein during the time the accused was charged with sexually assaulting teenage girls as well as young women in Little St. James and other places throughout the U.S.

The lawsuit accuses JPMorgan of concealing and facilitating cash and wire transactions that ought to have led to suspicions of the possibility that the Mr. Epstein was engaging in the trafficking of sexually explicit females and young women. The lawsuit claims that JPMorgan effectively kept an "blind eye" to Mr. Epstein's activities because it made money.

JPMorgan is the biggest U.S. bank by assets and assets, is Mr. Epstein's primary banker during the end of the 1990s to the year 2013. In 2008 the former Epstein was arrested in 2008. Epstein pleaded guilty in Florida to two charges of soliciting prostitution from an teen girl. He was required to sign up as a sex offenders in all states.

Ms. George's investigation was tangled because Ms. George's investigation was complicated by the fact that. Epstein had a two-decade-long connection in the Virgin Islands, both as resident and businessman.

The Mr. Epstein contributed money to local political leaders, and one of the foundations he founded gave money funds to schools in the area. His companies there were able to benefit from lucrative tax incentives, which enabled them to stay out of paying tens of millions pounds in tax.

Before becoming governor Before he became governor, the governor. Bryan was the chairman of the agency for economic development which was able to grant lucrative tax incentives in some company owned by Epstein's companies. Epstein's businesses..

"The Virgin Islands attorney general, as in everywhere else in the United States, is required to prosecute or pursue legal action for violations of the law, and to serve the people," the attorney general, like all other states in America, is required to prosecute or pursue legal. George said in her statement. "Doing the job of the attorney general should not be incompatible with holding the job of attorney general."

There is no sign of any indication that there is any indication that the Virgin Islands will move to dismiss the suit against JPMorgan.
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