New Jersey Judge Esther Salas Took On Jeffrey Epstein Case Days Before Shooting Incident
As we previously reported, the son of New Jersey federal Judge Esther Salas was shot and killed Sunday afternoon by a gunman. Salas’ husband, Mark Anderl was also shot but is said to be in critical condition.
The gunman reportedly dressed as a FedEx delivery driver when he went to the family’s North Brunswick home at about 5 pm and opened fire. According to the latest update by CNN, that suspect has died of what is believed to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to two law enforcement sources. Salas was home at the time of the shooting but happened to be in the basement when the gunman began shooting. She was not injured.
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The man’s name and identity were not immediately disclosed, but sources said that it’s preliminarily believed he was an attorney who once argued a case in front of Salas. To make matters worse, it comes a little sketchy to some as Salas just took on a case involving Jeffrey Epstein.
Salas was assigned to handle the suit, which plaintiffs led by Ali Karimi filed in US District Court for the District of New Jersey on behalf of investors who bought securities from Deutsche Bank AG between Nov. 7, 2017, and July 6, CNN reported. The complaint alleges that the AG “failed to properly monitor customers that the Bank itself deemed to be high risk, including, among others, the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.”
According to Bloomberg Law, the company didn’t inform the investors it wasn’t keeping tabs on clients like the convicted sex offender and two other banks involved in previous financial misconduct scandals. It was said that Epstein — who committed suicide in his Manhattan jail cell last year as he awaited trial on sex-trafficking charges — as a client in 2013 “was a critical mistake and should never have happened,” Deutsche Bank said in a July 7 message to staff, the outlet reported.
However, a bank rep told the news site it had spent almost $1 billion to improve anti-money-laundering controls.
“We have been fully transparent and have addressed these matters with our regulator, adjusted our risk tolerance and systematically tackled the issues,” a spokesperson told Bloomberg Law.
Salas has not publicly spoken out the latest incident. We will continue to keep you updated when more details have been shared.
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