Overview
- An alleged survivor identified as Jane Doe filed concurrent federal class-action suits Wednesday in the Southern District of New York against Bank of America and BNY Mellon.
- The complaint against Bank of America cites more than 4,700 wire transfers totaling over $1.08 billion linked to Epstein and his associates from the early 2000s through 2019.
- The BNY suit alleges the bank processed $378 million in payments to women trafficked by Epstein and extended credit to a modeling agency tied to Jean‑Luc Brunel.
- The cases are brought under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act and New York common-law claims, asserting failures to file suspicious-activity reports and other anti‑money‑laundering lapses.
- BNY called the claims meritless and vowed to defend the case, Bank of America declined to comment, and earlier banking cases over Epstein led to settlements exceeding $300 million from JPMorgan Chase and Deutsche Bank.