EFTA00194029¶
In Re: Investigation of Jeffrey Epstein¶
AGREEMENT¶
IT APPEARING that the City of Palm Beach Police Department and the State Attorney’s Office for the 15th Judicial Circuit in and for Palm Beach County (hereinafter the “State Attorney’s Office”) have conducted an investigation into the conduct of Jeffrey Epstein (hereinafter “Epstein”);¶
IT APPEARING that the State Attorney’s Office has charged Epstein with three counts of solicitation of prostitution in violation of Florida Statutes Section 796.07;¶
IT APPEARING that the United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation have conducted their own investigation of the offenses and Epstein’s background;¶
IT APPEARING to the United States Attorney’s Office and the Federal Bureau of Investigation that Epstein may have committed offenses against the United States from in or around 2001 through in or around October 2005, including:¶
(1) knowingly and willfully conspiring with others known and unknown to commit offenses against the United States, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2422(b) and 2423(b); all in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 371 and 18 USC 2423(e); and¶
(2) knowingly and willfully violating 18 USC 2422(b) and 2, 18 USC 2423(b), and 18 USC 1591(a)(1),(2);¶
IT APPEARING, after an investigation of the offenses and Epstein’s background, that the interest of the United States pursuant to the Petite policy will be served by the following procedure;¶
THEREFORE, on the authority of R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, prosecution of these offenses shall be deferred in favor of prosecution by the State of Florida and prosecution of violations of 18 USC 1512(d) and 18 USC 371, 113(a)(5) by the United States, provided that Epstein abides by the following conditions and the requirements of this Agreement set forth below.¶
Should Epstein be proven to have violated any of the conditions of this Agreement, the United States Attorney may at any time initiate prosecution against Epstein for any offense listed above. In this case, the United States Attorney will furnish Epstein with notice specifying the conditions of the Agreement that he has violated.¶