EFTA00129180.pdf

FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-10) -1 of 5 - FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Ornow. Ramey ti ff n .j ..... Date of entry 10/13/2023 -• phone number , home address , was interviewed via Microsoft Teams videoconferencing by United States Postal Inspection Service Inspector United States Attorney's Office Special Agent , and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent Also present for the interview was , legal counsel to . After being advised of the identity of the interviewing Agents and the nature of the interview, provided the following information: is not currently employed and supports herself with proceeds from the sale of an insurance agency approximately two years ago. frequently travels internationally for tourism. Pre-Investment Background // Investment Promotion i+ introduced to by a mutual friend, , who has known since was approximately 14 years old. recruited to be "sold off" to Jeffrey Epstein. lives in and her phone number is is associated with individuals who may be involved in violent criminal activity, including boyfriend at the time, First Name Unknown (FNU) Last Name Unknown (LNU) (hereinafter " boyfriend") [Agent Note: inquired about the confidentiality of her interview statements and expressed concern about "retribution" against her by unidentified individuals if her cooperation with federal investigators was made public. No further information.] A little over one year ago, promoted an investment opportunity to involving and real estate business that involved buying, renovating, and re-selling ("flipping") properties. told that was involved and associated with celebrities and that was offering a great investment opportunity. told had invested with , United States (Other Investigation on 10/12/2023 at (Videoconference)) File # Sin-NS-3825937 Datedrafted 10/13/2023 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of me FBI. It is the property of the FBI and is loaned to your agency; it and its contents arc not to be distributed outside your agency. EFTA00129180 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-I0) 318E-NK-3825937 (U) Interview of ComthwitionofFD-302of 12, 2023 on October o, 10/12/2023 " cc 2 of 5 met approximately one year ago, amidst relentless promotion of the investment opportunity with . At the time, was living at her current home address and maintained a residence at met in office in was escorted by car to that first meeting with from house by boyfriend. showed around office while talking with about the real estate deals in which wanted to invest. boyfriend was the only other person in that first meeting between and . At the end of the first meeting did not sign any paperwork and instead wanted to do some due diligence and think more about the investment opportunity. harassed for approximately one month before agreed to invest with . met a second time along with boyfriend at the time, . visited with the properties wanted to invest in and flip, including , (hereinafter "the "), and (hereinafter "the ," and together with the "the Investment Properties"). The had ongoing construction/renovation at the time visited the property. [Agent Note: address refers to the property with the street .] and both pressured to invest with often flaunting celebrity connections including Snoop Dogg, DJ ENVY, and others, to help legitimize business ventures. [Agent Note: RAASHAUN CASEY is the individual known as DJ ENVY, a nationally syndicated disc jockey and radio personality based out of City.] did not attend any real estate seminars prior to investing with discussed the opportunity with her financial advisors at WEALTHSPIRE ADVISORS. WEALTHSPIRE ADVISORS advised against the investment with [Agent Note: WEALTHSPIRE ADVISORS is a national investment advisory firm with approximately $20 billion assets under management, according to its public website, www.wealthspire.com.] EFTA00129181 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) with but was turned off by the large associated expense. his own lawyer, ANTHONY VARGAS, to meet with and met with for a third time, investment opportunity to "privilege" for to invest with offered investment. VARGAS told guarantee like the one offered to VARGAS was the same lawyer who and , including joint venture agreements Properties and the personal guarantee of wife, (" "). [Agent Note: • ] helped the legal entity through which insisted the entity, in is th III has not been engaged in an described below with for investment Prior and subsequent to 318E-NK-3825937 (U) Interview of ComthwitionofFD-302of 12, 2023 on October On 10/12/2023 ins, 3 of 5 searched briefly for legal counsel related to the investment offered agreed along with VARGAS. VARGAS promoted the , telling it was a to invest with . To help convince a personal guarantee on VARGAS never saw offer a personal drafted the agreements executed by for the Investment investment by and is also known as or create a limited liability company to be used as would invest with , be registered in e sole member of and y other business activity other than that does not intend to further utilize or other purposes. rather than entering into investment agreements with communicated with texted at two different and communication with mostly via text message. numbers had for may have also had email Investments with FROM START 2 FLIPPING LLC and and Personal Guarantee Thereof [Agent Note: at this point in the interview Special Agent displayed Exhibits A, B, and C to the civil complaint filed on May 15, 2023 by through , against and business, FROM START 2 FLIPPLING, LLC. Exhibit A is a Joint Venture Agreement between FROM START 2 FLIPPING LLC and regarding the , dated September 9, 2022 and signed by and Exhibit B is a Joint Venture Agreement between FROM START TO FLIPPING LLC and regarding the , dated September 9, EFTA00129182 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 318E-NK-3825937 (U) Interview of ComthwitionofFD-302of 12, 2023 on October O4, 10/12/2023 " cc 4 of 5 2022 and signed by and with notarization by Exhibit C is a Personal Guarantee of an investment of $500,000 from signed by and , dated September 2022. These agreements are attached hereto and will be maintained in section of the case file. Exhibits A and B are collectively referred "the Joint Venture Agreements."] renovation renovation agreed to invest $500,000 with and resale of the and resale of the 9, the IA to as , $250,000 for the and $250,000 for the signed both Joint Venture Agreements in presence. Per the Joint Venture Agreements, was to provide for each investment an interest payment of $50,000, or a 20% return, after five months. [Agent Note: both joint venture agreements state in Section III.0 that the total return to would be $360,000; and stated this was most likely a typo in the agreement and the understanding was that would receive $300,000 from after Agents flagged for that the second page of copy of the same second page for Exhibit B. correct second page for the witnessed • had Power recall if she witnessed on one occasion, during first five months. Interviewing Exhibit A seems to be a will follow up with the Joint Venture Agreement.] sign the personal guarantee. of Attorney for sign for when meeting with but was berating • told did not only saw at office did not witness notarization of either the Joint Venture Agreements or the Personal Guarantee but told a notary in the office. At the time of that had investment with stated he owned the Investment Properties. did not identify any other investors in the Investment Properties or any mortgages or Properties. relied on her own independent due diligence. $500,000 capital contribution via wire held with Charles Schwab to the account liens on the Investment representations and did not conduct provided with her transfer from account identified in wire payment instructions sent via text message. sourced the $500,000 via a margin loan against her brokerage account at Charles Schwab. As of the date of this interview, has received only $30,000 EFTA00129183 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 318E-NK-3825937 (U) Interview of ComthwitionofFD-302of 12, 2023 on October 04, 10/12/2023 " cc 5 of 5 out of the $600,000 promised in the Joint Venture Agreements. Leading up to the Joint Venture Agreements' investment maturity date sent text messages to to ask about how and when she would receive her investment back. stalled in his response to and "kicked the can down the road." was patient with as she learned father had recently passed away. Eventually needed some money to help pay her bills. sent a $30,000 wire transfer to bank account with Chase Bank after the five-month investment maturity date came and went and only after specifically requested the partial payment during a phone call from to engaged recently over social media with the social media influencer known as TONY THE CLOSER. discussed with TONY THE CLOSER her investment with and failure to return investment. Following that event received several private messages on Instagram from individuals identifying themselves as victims of fraudulent investment scheme. [Agent Note: will follow up with interviewing Agents, through , regarding the identities of other victims who contacted her on Instagram.] knew received a settlement related to her involvement with JEFFREY EPSTEIN. is a "psychopath" who manipulated with, amongst other things, promises of joining on a forthcoming documentary with "50 Cent." EFTA00129184