Elon Musk has been subpoenaed for documents by lawyers seeking to ascertain if he was introduced to JPMorgan Chase by the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
In a filing on Monday, the US Virgin Islands, which is suing JPMorgan for allegedly facilitating Epstein’s human trafficking operation in the territory, said it had attempted to serve the Tesla and Twitter executive with the subpoena on multiple occasions in recent weeks.
Lawyers for the US Virgin Islands said the request for documents was made because Musk is “a high-net-worth individual who Epstein may have referred or attempted to refer to JPMorgan”.
They asked the judge overseeing the civil case in New York to allow Musk to be served via mail, after the US Virgin Islands made “good-faith attempts to obtain an address” for the billionaire, including hiring an investigative firm, but failed to locate him in person.
The subpoena to Musk comes a few weeks after the US Virgin Islands issued separate requests to Google co-founder Sergey Brin, as well as Hyatt Hotels chair Thomas Pritzker, real estate and media mogul Mortimer Zuckerman and Hollywood super-agent Michael Ovitz.
The purpose of those subpoenas was unknown, and the individuals involved did not respond to requests for comment. But the US Virgin Islands has alleged that as well as depositing his own money at JPMorgan, Epstein helped introduce wealthy clients to the bank.
A lawyer for Musk did not immediately respond to a request for comment. JPMorgan declined to comment.
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