Sen.Wyden seeking answers from BNY in relation to bank accounts tied to Epstein showing probable money laundering

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https://www.bankingdive.com/news/bny-wyden-epstein-probe-vince-letter-sar-kyc-due-diligence-bofa/809876/
Senator probes BNY for more Epstein info
Sen. Ron Wyden asked the bank for details related to 18 $1 million wire transfers between accounts linked to late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as well as BNY’s KYC procedures and some bankers’ names.
Published Jan. 16, 2026

Many of Epstein’s wire transfers showed a pattern and structure indicative of money laundering, Wyden asserted in a letter Wednesday to BNY CEO Robin Vince. The bank, however, failed to flag the transactions to the Treasury Department until 2019, the year Epstein died in prison, Wyden said.

The senator listed 18 wire transfers of $1 million each, sent in 2007 from Epstein-linked BNY accounts to his accounts at JPMorgan Chase.

“Did BNY Mellon employees inquire about the purpose of these transactions or conduct any enhanced due diligence?” Wyden, the ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, asked in the letter, among several questions to which he wants answers by Feb. 6.
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“BNY’s failure to contemporaneously report Epstein’s suspicious activity to federal law enforcement may have enabled Jeffrey Epstein’s horrific crimes and allowed the abuse of women and girls to continue for years,” Wyden said. “Epstein was moving enormous sums of money around the globe to traffic women and girls, and BNY was well positioned to blow the whistle.”

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