FD-1057 (Rev. 5-8-10)¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION¶
Electronic Communication¶
Title: (U) Request assistance to pick up evidence from victim/witness¶
Date: 05/11/2021¶
Approved By: SSA¶
Drafted By:¶
Case ID #: 50D-NY-3027571¶
(U) EPSTEIN, JEFFREY; CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING¶
| Synopsis: | (U) Request item be picked up from victim/witness and logged into evidence |
Details:¶
FBI New York, in coordination with the Southern District of New York’s United States Attorney’s Office, has been investigating the sexual exploitation and abuse of minors committed by JEFFREY EPSTEIN. EPSTEIN was charged and arrested with sex trafficking and conspiracy in July 2019. In addition to EPSTEIN, co-conspirators have also been investigated, including GHISLAINE MAXWELL. MAXWELL assisted, facilitated, and contributed to EPSTEIN’s abuse of minors by recruiting, grooming, and abusing minors they knew to be under the age of 18. MAXWELL was charged and arrested in July 2020 with enticement of a minor, transportation of a minor, conspiracy to entice a minor, conspiracy to transport a minor, and perjury. A superseding indictment in March 2021 charged MAXWELL with sex trafficking of a minor and conspiracy. MAXWELL’s trial is set for the fall 2021.¶
One of the victim/witnesses,¶
in this case resides in¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
3514-018¶
Page 1 of 2¶
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7,8,9,10,15,and 17¶
EFTA_00007733¶
EFTA00158782¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
Title: (U) Request assistance to pick up evidence from victim/witness¶
Re: 50D-NY-3027571, 05/11/2021¶
has agreed to turn over a pair of boots to the FBI to be entered into evidence. FBI New York respectively requests an agent coordinate with to pick up the boots. It is requested the boots be entered into evidence in the captioned case file and sent to New York.¶
UNCLASSIFIED¶
2¶
3514-018¶
Page 2 of 2¶
SUBJECT TO PROTECTIVE ORDER PARAGRAPHS 7,8,9,10,15,and 17¶
EFTA_00007734¶
EFTA00158783¶