This month, an anonymous survivor sued both Bank of America and Bank of New York Mellon (BNY), alleging that the banks had unlawfully enabled Epstein. The woman, who met Epstein in her native Russia in 2011, says she was trafficked and abused by Epstein until his death in 2019. According to the lawsuit, in 2013, his accountant instructed the woman to open a Bank of America account to allow for money to be wired to cover her rent. The banking transactions, as the suit notes, should have raised red flags with the bank.