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Owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu seBarclays uJes Staley kusolakala ukuthi wathumela ama-imeyili ayela ocansini nosozimali ohlazekile uJeffrey Epstein, amanye awo abehlanganisa nezithombe zabesifazane abasebasha, ngokusho kuka. iziqephu ezisanda kuvalwa wecala lombuso.
Lokho kushintshana kwe-imeyili kuthiwa kwaqhubeka kudala U-Epstein walahlwa yicala lobugebengu bocansi ngo-2008, uhulumeni wase-US Virgin Islands wabhala esikhalazweni sakhe ngo-JPMorgan Chase, lapho u-Staley eke wasebenza njengesikhulu esiphezulu.
U-Staley uyena owayenesibopho esikhulu sobudlelwano bezezimali beminyaka engu-15 kaJPMorgan Chase no-Epstein. Kamuva waba yi-CEO yeBarclays, kodwa wesula ngo-2021 ngesikhathi kwenziwa uphenyo mayelana nokusebenza kwebhange i-Epstein. Akayena ummangalelwa ecaleni futhi akakaze abekwe icala lobugebengu nganoma yiziphi izenzo ezihlobene no-Epstein. Ummeli kaStaley ozinze eLondon wenqabile ukuphawula ngesudi noma ngobudlelwano bakhe no-Epstein.
Isikhalo sokuqala, esafakwa ngoDisemba, salungiswa kakhulu. Kepha isikhalazo esichitshiyelwe, esikhishwe nguhulumeni wase-US Virgin Islands ngoLwesithathu, sisekela izinsolo zokufaka isicelo sokuthi u-Staley washintshanisa ama-imeyili angaphezu kwenkulungwane evela ku-akhawunti yakhe ye-imeyili ye-JPMorgan Chase phakathi kuka-2008 no-2012, ahambisana no-Epstein ngenkathi eboshiwe, futhi. wavakashela indawo yakhe yokuhlala eVirgin Islands izikhathi eziningi.
“Lezi zokuxhumana zibonisa ubudlelwano bomuntu obuseduze kanye nobungane ‘obujulile’ phakathi kwala madoda amabili futhi ziphakamisa nokuthi u-Staley kungenzeka ukuthi wayebandakanyeka emsebenzini ka-Epstein wokushushumbiswa kwabantu ngocansi,” kusho abameli base-US Virgin Islands esikhalazweni esichitshiyelwe ngo-JPMorgan Chase.
Icala lisola ukuthi uJPMorgan Chase “wayenombono oseduze kakhulu wokushushumbiswa kuka-Epstein ngocansi” futhi “washaya indiva amafulegi abomvu ahlobene nama-akhawunti ka-Epstein.”
Bobabili u-JPMorgan Chase noBarclays benqabile ukuphawula ngamavesi asanda kuvalwa. Kodwa ngemva kokuba ummeli omkhulu wase-US Virgin Islands emangalele uJPMorgan Chase ngoDisemba – ethi ibhange bekufanele lazi ngemisebenzi ka-Epstein e-Little St. James Island, isiqhingi ayenaso ngasogwini lwaseSt. .
Efayilini ngoFebhuwari 1 abameli baleli bhange wabhala,”[The US Virgin Islands’] icala liyi-masterclass ekuphambukeni elifuna ukubamba [JPMorgan Chase] obhekene nokungabuqedi ubugebengu buka-Epstein eminyakeni eyishumi edlule.”
Ezingxenyeni ezisanda kuvalwa, uhulumeni wase-US Virgin Islands uthi u-Staley uthumele ama-imeyili esuka esiqhingini sase-Epstein ekwindla ka-2009, ngesikhathi u-Epstein eboshiwe eFlorida.
“Ngakho-ke lapho sonke isihogo siphuka[o]ose, futhi umhlaba uyawohloka, ngizoza lapha, futhi ngibe nokuthula,” kusho uStaley ku-imeyili. “Okwamanje, ngisebhavuni elishisayo nengilazi yewayini elimhlophe. Lena indawo emangalisayo. Kuyamangalisa ngempela. Ngokuzayo, silapha ndawonye. Ngikukweleta okuningi. Futhi ngibazisa ngokujulile ubungane bethu. Ngimbalwa kakhulu.”
Ngemva kwenyanga, u-Staley kuthiwa wathumela enye i-imeyili ku-Epstein: “Ngiyayibona ingozi yokuthumela le imeyili. Kodwa bekukuhle ukukwazi, namuhla, ukukugona, eNew York City, ngokusuka enhliziyweni isikhathi eside.”
U-Epstein kusolakala ukuthi uphendule ngokuthumela isithombe sowesifazane osemusha, isithombe senziwa ecaleni.
NgoJulayi 2010, ukugcwaliswa kusola ukuthi u-Staley wathumela i-imeyili ku-Epstein, ethi, “Sawubona ku-Snow White.” U-Epstein waphendula: “[W]ungathanda umlingiswa wesigqoko ngokulandelayo?” Lapho u-Staley ethi “Ubuhle Nesilwane,” u-Epstein waphendula: “Olunye uhlangothi luyatholakala.” Abameli baseVirgin Islands Izingcaphuno zokufuna amakhosazana akwaDisney kwakungamagama ekhodi kubantu besifazane abasebasha.
U-JPMorgan Chase akazange ahlabe umkhosi noma yimaphi ama-imeyili phakathi kuka-Epstein no-Staley mayelana nokubuyekezwa kobungozi, ngokusho kwecala: “Ngaphezu kwalokho, u-JP Morgan Chase uvumele u-Staley ukuthi aqhubeke ethatha izinqumo kuma-akhawunti ka-Epstein. UJP Morgan Chase waze wanikeza uStaley umsebenzi wokuxoxa no-Epstein ngezinsolo zokushushumbiswa kwabantu. ”
NgoNovemba odlule, Ummeli Jikelele uDenise George uxazulule icala le-US Virgin Islands ngokumelene nefa lika-Epstein ngemali engaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-105 zamaRandi, kanye nesivumelwano sokuthi indawo izothengisa iziqhingi zase-Epstein endaweni futhi iqede ukusebenza kwebhizinisi lapho.
U-Epstein watholwa eshonile esitokisini sakhe sasejele ngo-2019. Umhloli wezokwelapha wanquma ukuthi ukuzibulala kwakhe kuwukuzibulala.
Lapho eshona, u-Epstein wayelindele ukuqulwa kwamacala aphethwe uhulumeni ayemsola ngokusebenza ngendandatho yokushushumbisa ucansi kusukela ngo-2002 kuya ku-2005 esithabathabeni somuzi wakhe eManhattan kanye nendawo yakhe yasePalm Beach, futhi kusolwa ukuthi wayekhokhela amantombazane aneminyaka engu-14 ubudala ngocansi.
Ngokusho kwe-New York Times, u-Staley uke washo phambilini ukuthi ngenkathi enobungani no-Epstein, akakaze azi ngezinsolo ngale kokuvuma icala kuka-Epstein.
