Jeffrey Epstein’s bankers point finger at former USVI first lady in sex trafficking scheme

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Everyone wanted to be the late billionaire pedophile Jeffrey Epstein’s pal.

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And now, as more names and links emerge in connection with his sickening underage sex-trafficking scheme, let the finger-pointing begin.

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Late Thursday, the Daily Mail reported that Epstein’s bankers — JP Morgan — have now thrown the former first lady of the U.S. Virgin Islands under the bus claiming she greased the wheels for the sex predator to bring underage girls into the country.

Epstein owned a private island estate in the American protectorate where he hosted orgies packed with his perverted pals and the aforementioned teen girls.

JP Morgan has long been under fire over its relationship with Epstein, who was a very valued client with special treatment even after his 2008 conviction for soliciting a minor for prostitution.

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The Virgin Islands has accused the bank of turning a blind eye to Epstein’s nefarious schemes. And on Monday, JP Morgan shelled out an estimated $290 million as part of a class-action lawsuit.

JP Morgan said that while it now regrets the relationship, it is not responsible for the sickening litany of crimes by the fiendish financier — who died mysteriously in his Manhattan jail cell.

Now, the bank has hit back at the Virgin Islands claiming that ex-first lady (2007-2015) Cecile de Jongh helped Epstein get the young girls in and out of the country.

Starting in 2000, the bank said de Jongh worked for Epstein, pocketing at least $100,000 per year. The uber-creep also paid $50,000 per year so her kids could attend posh private schools.

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She was Epstein’s “primary conduit for spreading money and influence throughout the USVI,” JP Morgan said, according to The Wall Street Journal. De Jongh also allegedly helped Epstein “buy control of the USVI political class” and “protected Epstein, fostering the perfect conditions for Epstein’s criminal conduct to continue undetected.”

The bank added: “Rather than stop him, they helped him.”

In court filings, JP Morgan claimed de Jongh helped several alleged Epstein victims get student visas into the territory. Many were enrolled in ESL courses at the local university.

She wrote Epstein in 2013: “They are structuring the class around the ladies. Please let me know so that they know what to do or not to do.”

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For his part, Epstein donated $20,000 to the university that year.

So far, de Jongh has not commented on JP Morgan’s allegations but a spokesperson for the island’s attorney general claimed the banking giant was attempting to pass the buck.

“JPMorgan Chase has cherry-picked and mischaracterized Epstein’s interactions with U.S. Virgin Islands officials and residents in an attempt to distract and shift blame away from its role in facilitating Jeffrey Epstein’s heinous crimes,” the spokeswoman said.

On Monday, following the settlement with JP Morgan, the victims’ lawyers were elated.

“The settlements that have been reached are both life-changing and historic for the survivors,” Sigrid McCawley said.

“Money, which for far too long flowed with impunity between Jeffrey Epstein’s global sex-trafficking enterprise and Wall Street’s leading banks, is decisively being used for good.

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“The settlements signal that financial institutions have an important role to play in spotting and shutting down sex trafficking.”

The hedge fund headcase was a JP Morgan client from 1998 to 2013 even after he was arrested and convicted trolling for underage prostitutes in Florida.

According to depositions, bank employees were alarmed by Epstein’s huge monthly cash withdrawals, usually between $40,000 and $80,000 per month. Epstein claimed the cash was for fuel and landing fees for his fleet of private planes. Most of the money was used to pay the underage girls for sex.

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