UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK¶
IN THE MATTER OF AN APPLICATION OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE USE OF A PEN REGISTER AND TRAP-AND-TRACE DEVICE ON A CERTAIN TELEPHONE¶
SEALED ORDER¶
WHEREAS an application has been made by , an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3121-26, for an order authorizing the installation and use of a pen register and trap-and-trace device (the “Requested Pen-Trap”) on the following phone line (the “Target Phone”) maintained by AT&T (the “Provider”):¶
Phone number:¶
| Subscriber Name: | G Max |
WHEREAS the applicant has certified that the information likely to be obtained from the Requested Pen-Trap is relevant to an ongoing criminal investigation conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (the “Investigating Agency”) of GHISLAINE MAXWELL and others known and unknown in connection with possible violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 371, 2423(a), and 2422.¶
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 3121-26, that the Investigating Agency may direct the Provider to install the Requested Pen-Trap to identify the phone numbers and/or IP addresses and communications ports associated with any phone, text, or data communications to or from the Target Phone, along with the date, time, and duration (but not the contents) of such communications; $^{1}$¶
1 The Provider is not required to provide post-cut-through dialed digits (“PCTDD”), or digits that are dialed after a telephone call from the Target Phone has been connected. If possible, the Provider will forward only pre-cut-through-dialed digits to the Investigating Agency. However, if the Provider’s technical capabilities require it to forward all dialed digits, including PCTDD, to¶
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IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3123(c)(1), that the use of the Requested Pen-Trap is authorized for 60 days from the date of this Order;¶
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3123(b)(2), that the Provider furnish any information, facilities, and technical assistance necessary to accomplish the installation and operation of the Requested Pen-Trap unobtrusively and with a minimum of disruption of normal service;¶
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the results of the Requested Pen-Trap shall be furnished to the Investigating Agency at reasonable intervals during regular business hours for the duration of this Order;¶
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Provider be compensated by the Investigating Agency for reasonable expenses incurred in executing this Order;¶
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Provider notify the Investigating Agency of any changes relating to the Target Phone, including changes to subscriber information, and provide prior notice to the Investigating Agency before terminating service to the Target Phone; and¶
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3123(b), that the Provider not disclose the Requested Pen-Trap or the existence of the underlying investigation to any person, except as necessary to effectuate this Order, unless or until otherwise ordered by the Court, and that this Order be sealed until otherwise ordered by this Court, except that copies may be¶
the Investigating Agency, the Investigating Agency will only decode and forward to the agents assigned to the investigation, the numbers that are dialed before the call is cut through.¶
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retained by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York and the Investigating Agency.¶
Dated: New York, New York June ___, 2020¶
THE HONORABLE JAMES L. COTT UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK¶
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