Imagine Wall Street executives cracking dark jokes about a convicted sex offender’s notorious “interest in young girls”—even name-dropping then-16-year-old pop sensation Miley Cyrus in a tasteless 2008 email asking if Jeffrey Epstein was at an event “with Miley Cyrus”—while quietly banking him for years amid glaring red flags. The quip, sent to senior executive Mary Erdoes (now CEO of JPMorgan’s Asset & Wealth Management), resurfaced in 2023 court filings from the U.S. Virgin Islands lawsuit, highlighting how Epstein’s predatory reputation was openly mocked inside America’s biggest bank, yet ignored for profit.
No evidence whatsoever links Miley Cyrus to Epstein—it’s purely a cynical gag reflecting the bank’s awareness of his crimes as early as 2006, when compliance flagged accusations of paying cash for underage girls. JPMorgan processed billions in transactions, including massive cash withdrawals classic of trafficking, keeping him as a lucrative client until 2013 and generating millions in fees.
As late 2025 brings fresh Epstein revelations—unsealed JPMorgan records flagging over $1 billion in suspicious post-death transactions, Senate memos blasting compliance failures, and House subpoenas yielding island photos and banking ties to elites—the old “joke” underscores institutional blindness. With the Epstein Files Transparency Act mandating a massive DOJ investigative dump by December 19, including grand jury materials, victims and advocates demand accountability.
How many more “jokes” masked real complicity among enablers?
Will the full truth expose protectors of the powerful—or bury it deeper?
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