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- 怀登的报告称，应就与爱泼斯坦相关的交易对摩根大通、德意志银行、美国银行展开调查
- 摩根大通称已从2002年起标记相关活动，并在关闭爱泼斯坦账户后停止为其服务
- 众议院委员会7月就高盛和巴克莱高管涉及爱泼斯坦的其他交易事项举行听证会
8月4日（路透社）——美国民主党参议员罗恩·怀登呼吁联邦监管机构就大型银行处理杰弗里·爱泼斯坦账户的情况展开调查，此前怀登方面发现了潜在证据，表明这些银行未能及时报告与这名已故定罪性犯罪者相关的可疑交易。
在周二发布的一份报告中，怀登指控美国银行（代码：BAC.N）、德意志银行（代码：DBKGn.DE）和摩根大通（代码：JPM.N）可能违反了联邦反洗钱法，未能及时报告爱泼斯坦的可疑交易。
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怀登为期四年的调查包括审查银行提交给美国财政部的所谓可疑活动报告（SARs）、诉讼材料和法庭文件，以及这位参议员从华尔街银行和美国财政部获取的信息。
怀登的报告称，美国银行未能对流向爱泼斯坦的1.7亿美元资金进行适当筛查和报告，并补充称，该银行数年后在可疑活动报告中得出结论，这些交易没有可核实的商业目的。
“我们认真对待自身的法律和监管义务，正如我们此前所言，该行并未协助不当行为，”美国银行的一位发言人表示。
报告称，德意志银行未能及时报告与爱泼斯坦相关的超过2.5亿美元的可疑电汇，其中包括向俄罗斯和东欧其他地区女性的付款。德意志银行在一份声明中表示，该行认真对待自身的法律义务，并对其与爱泼斯坦的历史往来表示遗憾。
怀登的报告还指控摩根大通延迟向财政部报告超过10亿美元与爱泼斯坦相关的可疑转账，其中包括向俄罗斯和白俄罗斯女性的付款。
该行一位发言人表示，这一说法是虚假的。“我们早在2002年就开始就可疑交易向政府发出警报，并且在我们与他的合作期间一直如此……甚至在我们关闭他的账户后也是如此，”她说。“我们按照法律要求，在了解情况的当下采取了适当行动。”
爱泼斯坦从1998年起成为摩根大通客户，直到2013年该行终止与其合作，这比他因卖淫相关罪名认罪晚了数年。摩根大通关闭爱泼斯坦账户后，德意志银行于2013年将其吸纳为客户。
“我们已与监管和执法机构合作，配合他们的调查，并在解决合规缺陷和投入资源加强管控环境方面保持透明，”德意志银行的一位发言人表示。
路透社无法核实该报告的细节。
一位政府官员表示，财政部不会就调查置评，包括确认或否认调查是否存在。该官员称，财政部已全力配合国会提出的合理信息查询请求。
2019年8月，爱泼斯坦在曼哈顿监狱牢房内死亡，当时他正因性贩运指控等待审判。纽约市法医将其死亡裁定为自杀。
怀登是调查爱泼斯坦与华尔街往来关系的多名议员之一。美国国会众议院监督委员会的议员们上个月还就高盛（代码：GS.N）前首席法律顾问凯西·勒姆勒和巴克莱前首席执行官杰斯·斯塔利与爱泼斯坦的往来事项举行了听证会。
两人均表示，他们此前不知道爱泼斯坦的罪行。
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US Senator Wyden urges regulators to probe Wall Street banks over Epstein accounts
2026-08-04T20:51:28.063Z / Reuters
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- Wyden report says JPMorgan, Deutsche Bank, BofA should be probed over Epstein-linked transactions
- JPMorgan says it flagged activity from 2002 and after closing Epstein’s accounts
- House committee in July heard testimony from Goldman and Barclays figures on other Epstein dealings
Aug 4 (Reuters) – U.S. Democratic Senator Ron Wyden called for federal regulators to probe big banks over their handling of Jeffrey Epstein’s accounts after surfacing what Wyden said was potential evidence that the banks failed to report suspicious transactions linked to the late convicted sex offender.
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may have violated federal anti-money laundering laws by failing to report Epstein’s suspicious transactions in a timely manner.
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Wyden’s four-year investigation included a review of so-called suspicious activity reports (SARs) which banks file to the Treasury Department, materials from lawsuits and court filings, and information the senator sought from Wall Street banks and the U.S. Treasury.
Bank of America failed to properly screen and report $170 million in payments to Epstein, Wyden’s report said, adding that the bank years later concluded in suspicious activity reports that the transactions had no verifiable business purpose.
“We take our legal and regulatory obligations seriously and, as we have previously said, the bank did not facilitate wrongdoing,” a BofA spokesperson said.
Deutsche Bank failed to report on time more than $250 million in suspicious wire transfers tied to Epstein, including payments to women in Russia and other parts of Eastern Europe, the report said. Deutsche Bank said in a statement that it takes its legal obligations seriously and regrets its historical connection with Epstein.
Wyden’s report also alleged that JPMorgan delayed reporting over $1 billion in suspicious Epstein-linked transfers to the Treasury, including payments to women in Russia and Belarus.
A spokesperson for the bank said this was false. “We began flagging suspicious transactions for the government as early as 2002 and throughout our relationship…even after we closed his accounts,” she said. “We acted appropriately on what we knew, when we knew it, as the law requires.”
Epstein was a JPMorgan client from 1998 until the bank cut him off in 2013, years after he pleaded guilty to prostitution-related charges. Deutsche took him on as a client in 2013 after JPMorgan closed his accounts.
“We have cooperated with regulatory and law enforcement agencies regarding their investigations and have been transparent in addressing deficiencies and investing in strengthening our control environment in parallel,” a Deutsche Bank spokesperson said.
Reuters couldn’t verify the details of the report.
An administration official said Treasury does not comment on investigations, including to confirm or deny whether one exists. Treasury has fully cooperated with valid requests for information from Congress, the official said.
Epstein died in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. His death was ruled a suicide by New York City’s medical examiner.
Wyden is one of several lawmakers probing Epstein’s relationships on Wall Street. Lawmakers on the U.S. Congress House Oversight Committee also last month heard testimony from Goldman Sachs’
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former top lawyer Kathy Ruemmler and former Barclays CEO Jes Staley over their dealings with Epstein.
Both have said they were unaware of Epstein’s crimes.
Reporting by Arasu Kannagi Basil in Bengaluru; Additional reporting by Tatiana Bautzer and Tom Sims; Editing by Michelle Price and David Gaffen
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