Case 1 22-cv-10904-JSR Document 173 Filed 06/07/23 Page 1 of 20 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. I :22-cv-I0904-JSR JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Defendant/Third-Party Plaintiff. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. Third-Party Plaintiff, v. JAMES EDWARD STALEY Third-Party Defendant. THIRD-PARTY DEFENDANT JAMES E. STALEY'S ANSWER TO JPMORGAN'S CHASE BANK, N.A.'S THIRD-PARTY COMPLAINT AND STATEMENT OF AFFIRMATIVE AND OTHER DEFENSES Third-Party Defendant James E. Staley hereby files his Answer and Statement of Defenses to the Third-Party Complaint ("TPC") of Third-Party Plaintiff JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPMorgan"), Case No. 22-cv-10904-JSR, ECF No. 70, as follows: I. Mr. Staley admits that the Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands ("USVI") sued JPMorgan via complaints dated December 27, 2022, and January 10, 2023. Mr. Staley further admits that, at the time the TPC was filed, JPMorgan had moved to dismiss the complaint and had not yet answered. 2. Mr. Staley admits that the Court consolidated for pretrial purposes the case filed by the USVI with the case brought against JPMorgan by Jane Doe 1 ("Doe") on behalf of herself and EFTA02807881