## Background - was on a private banking team. She was a junior person, a relationship coordinator. She worked with private bankers and helped with due diligence for new and current clients. would interface with them on the phone. also worked on KYCs, which were part of the regulations when you had to onbaord a client. - Within private wealth management division - When first joined, she was on a team where there were two private bankers. Their names wer believed she worked with them for about three or four years. Whenever Paul Morris began is when left their team. - Then worked with Paul Morris, a private banker. She then worked with a woman named asked to leave PM’s team around the 2015 timeframe and then began working with HK. - How many people were reporting the private bankers that wer part of the team?: The way that DB private banking was set up was their was a private banking team that was the main banker, a junior banker, and other junior people. When worked with there were about five or six people on the team. - How was the work generally distributed? was taking assignments from the lead banker. It depended on who had capacity at the time and what was needed on any given day. - Onboarding process: O What made take the job? She previously worked at Universal Music group as an assistance to the CFO of corporate finance. wanted to leave that role and applied to DB. ○ had not previously worked at a bank before - Training received when started working at DB: O does not remember precise details and could give a generalization. EFTA00128780 O When she was onboarded, she recalled attending onboarding that included overview of the bank. O Every year, she had to take a bunch of tests as part of regulations. SHe had taining on the KYC process and what was allowed and not allowed. - What is your understanding on KYC? O At the bank, it was a standard process of every step you had to take. It required obtaining information on their source of wealth, identification, and other information. It was a regimented process where you had to follow certain steps. - Did you ever work in KYC or due diligence prior to DB? ○ This was the first time she worked in KYC or due diligence - had to take annual online KYC trainings. There may have been some there were every six months. ## Lifecycle of a client and role when a new client would come through the door: - If there was a new client coming through, what would you do to get client onboarded? o The banker would tell that they were going to be onboarding something would start compiling original signed copies of account opening documentation. AK would also start to request KYC documents from the client. ○ also input wires but did not approve them. ○ would assist in conducting research whenever ongoing due diligence issues came up. • Other tasks worked on as Relatoinship coordinator: o Sometimes would attend client meetings but never went out to get her own book of business. ## Work with Paul Morris - Jeffrey Epstein was Paul Morris’ only client during that time worked under PM. On a monthly basis, there was a tab/document sent to all the banking teams showcasing who closed the most business in a given month. Recalls that for a while PM was not very high up there in comparison to other private bankers. - recalled doing some research and preparing documents to open an account for LEON BLACK. - Describe time working with PM: experience wasn’t great. PM and personalities did not sync. did not like PM. thought PM was insecure and a back handed manipulator generally did not like PM as a person. does not believe there was anything unsavory that PM did in regards to JE. She just did not like him. PM was not a yeller. PM came across as an amicable and jovial guy. As time went on, could tell he was not a great person. There was nothing necessarily illegal that he did, but she was just a sneaky person interacted with PM on a daily basis. o Oftentimes PM would not show up for the day. would always let PM know if she was not going to be in the office. was very proactive in communication because PM did not always see eye to eye. In one case, sent PM and email that she was running late. PM responded “ok, great”. later was later called into one of the managing director’s office to meet with him where she discussed tardiness issues. - Why did you move from PM teak to team? EFTA00128781 ○ just couldn’t stand the man. tried her hardest to communicate with him and started to realize that PM did not value as part of his team. PM would invite other people to meetings and then went to HR and described how she didn’t like PM as a person and was uncomfortable working with PM’s only client. The woman in HR looked at and asked, “you feel uncomfortable doing the job you were hired to do”? The HR person communicated this to wa (phonetic spelling) o was uncomfortable working with PM’s only client. never met JE. had spoken with JE on the phone to confirm wires and other regulatory things that required speaking to the account holder. had to do all the KYC for JE. JE was a despicable person. JE was found guilty of underage prostitution. JE engaged in sex with underage girls and getting them to come to his house to be a sex slave for other people. These were things that discovered through third party media accounts and through her work on the due diligence process on JE’s account compiled this information into a file for DB. felt this way from the day one that JE was onboarded as a client. ○ JE was not a PM client when started working under PM. O When PM joined the bank, it was just working with PM. was still working with but was allowed to help PM. O The main private banker team was based on the client’s needs. There were anywhere between two to four people on a team. ## Process to research JE - compiled information based on what believed were facts found through google searches. There was a document created where she compiled all the information from internet searches and the actual charges against JE. It was open source internet research done on the client. To knowledge, this was the only research background document that had to create. ## Document shown – 103224 - Who are Chip and Pat? O Chip Packard held a senior role at the private bank. PM reported to Chip. Pat was Patrick Harris. Patrick Harris was very senior and was maybe the head of risk. ## Document shown – 103225 - This was the research memo that compiled for PM to present to Chip Packard and Patrick Harris. - does not remember if she was given guidance on what to include/exclude from the memo. - What promoted you to include criminal charges in the research memo? EFTA00128782 O included this because JE was not a client. PM was looking to bring JE as a client. When you do KYC, all this information comes out. PM wanted to stay ahead of that. wanted to include everything she could find that was relevant and not try to keep anything off there that was relevant. O found this information through google searches but also may have tried to link the searches to actual legal documents - What was PM’s reactions to JE's criminal charges? ○ could not recall. PM was aware of JE’s background. - What does “we would not be opening personal accounts for Mr. Epstein” mean? O noped to opening business accounts for JE. There would be JE accounts under two companies that JE owned. Whenever business accounts were opened, KYCs had to be done on the owners of the companies. - Was it significant to note that they would be personal accounts? o At the time, does not remember personal opinion now was that it may have been trying to get higher ups comfortable with the account. - There was also a reputational risk analysis performed by the bank which included looking at the client as a whole. Based on this document, by the fact that the account would not be opened in JE’s name, it would help risk feel more comfortable that the accounts were opened in another business name. JE believes that PM wanted the line regarding the accounts not being opened in JE’s name to be included. - This was not an account opening document but rather a memo on the accounts they would be opening and the others of the accounts. gave this information to PM and the information was shared with Chip Packard and Patrick Harris. did not recall being present in any meetings where this memo was discussed. ## Document Shown - 43810 - Armen Brash was high up on the KYC team did not recall her title. She was one of the approvers on the team that was doing fact checking and KYC approvals. EFTA00128783 - Once compiled KYC information, it went through a number of check points through different people. - The KYC team had their own assessment process and team could not really sway them in any way. - JE and his accounts were high risk. JE was a felon. If a KYC was assigned to you, it meant your KYC got rejected. Armen Brash was letting know that Armen needed to have a conversation with Patrick Harris. - "Sorry I've been slightly moronic on this KYC. Clearly I’ve been out of practice with the overhauls of the last year". O The overhauls were that there had been a corporate turn and there had been a round of layoffs. had been let go. When they had been let go, was still there. had been out of practice in the sense that she had not done a KYC in a very long time. Based on this email, had forgotten a few items. ## Document Shown – 105591 - was an assistant on the Epstein team with whom would interface with and exchange emails. She was an assistant that helped gather information. - Richard Kahn was Mr. Epstein's accountant. ## Document Shown – 105592 - This document looks as if it the list of accounts that JE had opened. was compiling them all in one place. - How did the relationship grow from the two original entities mentioned to the additional ones? O Every time you open a new account, you have to go through the KYC process again. These accounts were opened because Mr. Epstein wanted different company accounts for different purposes. AK could not recall the purpose for the accounts. There was due diligence performed for each of the entities on the Epstein account. O The Open-source research that had done was not done for other clients. did not only because JE was a high-risk individuals. For the accounts shown in the attachment, there were other, non-open source research used to do KYC. EFTA00128784 o The person who creates a KYC is almost always a junior member of a private banking team, such as O What did you understanding about each of these various entities? - does not remember specifics. Some of the documents most likely were related to a number of different properties. Some of the accounts were used to upkeep and wages of the different homes that JE owned. Understanding the purpose of the accounts was important to job. understanding of the purpose of the account was important in inputting certain wires. It was not part of daily job description to compare the outgoing wires to the overall nature of the account. O The initial high risk rating to JE was applied to other accounts opened in the relationship. O How would a high-risk indication affect account opening? - There was much more scrutiny. On the back-end with KYC, there were more approvals and due diligence required. Throughout time, KYC got more strict and a new KYC was required each year. ## Document shown – 50182 - did not remember who was. Based on the document it appears she worked on the KYC side. - From perspective this was not a high-risk account. - did not recall how the risk calculator functioned. - Why was this creating stress for you? O High risk clients always take much longer for KYCs. The Epstein team (people who worked for Epstein), wanted everything done yesterday. IT was stressful knowing things would take longer due to the high risk relationship. When said “please work your magic” she was not asking for any type of override. O. does not remember why she clarified that the two women mentioned in the email were married. The women were married to each other. - It was not asking for them to downgrade any of the Epstein accounts. She was asking for the two women to be downgraded did not understand that EFTA00128785 because they fell under the Epstein umberella they were automatically assigned as high risk ## Document Shown – 50206 - RDC and PCR Alert had no recollection of what these acronyms stood for. - PWM stood for Private wealth management. did not recall what BIS stood for. - What was your process after received an email like this with regard to the Epstein relationship? ___ ○ would have to open up the alert and read them. then would respond whether or not the individual mentioned in the alert was their client. did not remember what happened after she confirmed if an individual mentioned in an alert, was their client. - What did you understand about reputational risk at the time and how did that affect your approach when alerts came up? O. treated all alerts the same way. would not change her stance based on the project. was just inputting information and getting information to help the compliance team make their own decision. If the accounts were in JE's name, there would be a reputational risk for the bank based on JE's private criminal conduct and charges. Based on the attachment from Chip Packard, the two company accounts did not pose a reputational risk despite JE owning them. O Reputational risk also considered the relationship between the bank and the client. O ## Document Shown – 000000028 - Vahe Stepanian was on the brokerage team that had accounts with JE. VS did not report to PM. VS was junior on the brokerage side and interacted with a lot. - Why did you understand that you weren’t to refer to these accounts by JE’s name? O Part of the training you receive is that you have to keep client confidentiality. - Was there any sensitivity regarding JE’s criminal past and not referring to the account as JE’s account? EFTA00128786 Maybe. There may have been sensitivity. - How was PM brought into DB? ○ does not remember. does not remember how long it was before PM brought on JE as a client. o recalls that you don’t hire bankers from another bank without them having a book a business. You hire someone with the expectation that they’re bringing on a book of business. - did not recall why she reminded VS not to mention JE as being related to the accounts. It could have been because PM had insecurities and wanted to highlight the fact that he had a bigger client. The Butterly trust – No document shown - The Butterly trust was part of the JE relationship managed by A team. It does not remember the purpose of the trust. Document Shown – 105470 - This document refreshed memory on what the purpose of the butterfly trust was, to a certain point. - Based on this, was giving PM an update on where they were with KYC. - Research on the beneficiaries was included as part of the standard procedures for trust accounts. Document number – 39435 - Andrew Kisz was someone in the AML compliance world. - Michael Vila - d not recall who MV was. was one of the beneficiaries of the butterfly trust o does not remember what she knew about at the time. She has recently read articles about - The RDC alert is generated and sent to then determines whether the individual named in the alert is her client or not. - What significance did it have to you that o Based on this email, would assume that the alert that was attached was in reference to . That is best guess as to why that was included. was just stating the facts and EFTA00128787 information. If he had been , would have stated that. always ended her emails with “please clear this alert” or something along those lines. This was just as much information as could provide and they would do the rest. - did not have any concerns at the time that an was listed as a beneficiary for the trust account. - did not remember where she got the information that was never going to have a personal account with the bank. - When received simple alerts, for example an incorrect initial, she would respond right away. For something like this, most likely included PM. does not remember. - does not remember if she ever had an alert that was not cleared during her time at DB. - felt pressure to clear alerts for JE in the sense that JE’s team expected things to be done quickly. There wasn’t pressure that had to get something cleared. There was just pressure to provide a timely response. It was experience that clients of this magnitude got what they wanted right away. Document number 000000038