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Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase

JPMorgan Chase appears as a documented enabler (banking, audit, legal, or other client relationship) for multiple separate entities — Bernie Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities — each of which independently has documented violation, fraud, or criminal-settlement facts on the platform. This is a pattern that warrants oversight scrutiny: it's not one bad client, it's a repeated systemic failure to detect or report.

Entities involved: JPMorgan Chase, Bernie Madoff, Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities
Detected: 23 Apr 2026
Evidence last verified: 20 Apr 2026
Supporting evidence
The investment-advisory arm of BLMIS, operating from the 17th floor of the Lipstick Building at 885 Third Avenue, was the locus of the Ponzi scheme; the legitimate market-making business operated from the 18th and 19th floors.
Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities · secondary · source ↗ · 20 Apr 2026
Pleaded guilty March 12, 2009 to 11 federal felonies including securities fraud, investment-adviser fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, money laundering, false statements, perjury, and theft from an employee benefit plan.
Bernie Madoff · secondary · source ↗ · 20 Apr 2026
On December 11, 2008 the SEC filed civil charges (08-CV-10791, SDNY) alleging a multi-billion dollar Ponzi scheme operated through BLMIS's investment-advisory arm.
Bernie Madoff · primary · source ↗ · 20 Apr 2026
Supporting connections (2)
[banking_client] BLMIS's primary depository banking relationship — the conduit for victim funds for 22 years (1986–2008). DOJ described JPM as having ignored internal compliance warnings; resolved by 2014 deferred prosecution agreement and $2.6B in forfeiture and civil settlements. primary
[banking_client] Madoff personally and BLMIS banked at JPMorgan Chase from 1986 to 2008. Bank's failure to file SARs on suspicious BLMIS activity formed the basis of the 2014 DOJ deferred prosecution agreement. primary
3 actions you can take
File a FOIA
File a FOIA request with the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
Target: U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division
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Subject: FOIA Request — All non-exempt records concerning the agency's compliance reviews, examinations,

Dear FOIA Officer,

Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552, I request access to and copies of the following records held by the U.S. Department of Justice — Criminal Division:

All non-exempt records concerning the agency's compliance reviews, examinations, or supervisory findings of "JPMorgan Chase" from January 2010 to the present, with specific focus on suspicious-activity reporting (SAR) volume, SAR escalation outcomes, and any internal communications regarding repeat-client risk.

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Contact the oversight body
Ask the House Committee on Financial Services to hold a hearing
Target: House Committee on Financial Services
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Subject: Constituent request: hearing on Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase

Dear Members of the House Committee on Financial Services,

I am writing to ask the committee to hold a public hearing on the following matter that falls within your jurisdiction: Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase.

The basis of this request is documented in publicly available evidence summarised here: Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase.

Full evidence trail with source citations: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/pattern-gap-jpmorgan-chase

This matter has not, to my knowledge, been the subject of a formal committee inquiry. The cited evidence consists of pub…
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Tip a journalist
Send this to The Lever
Target: The Lever (David Sirota et al.)
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Subject: Tip — Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase

Hi The Lever team,

Tipping you to a documented accountability gap that aligns with your beat (Money in politics, regulatory capture):

Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase

One-line summary: Repeated compliance-failure pattern at JPMorgan Chase

Full evidence trail with source citations and confidence labels: https://goblinhouse.net/wall/pattern-gap-jpmorgan-chase

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