EFTA00135610.pdf

Fallnatev.5440 On March 12, 2020, number Agent -1 of 2- FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION EMPLOYEE 31 Elateofemry 03/04/'0'1 , date of birth , telephone , was interviewed by Assistant United States Attorney , Task Force Officer Detective -• and Special at the United States Attorneys Office (USAO), Southern District of New York (SONY), 1 St. Andrews Plaza, New York, New York. During the interview, provided the following details: started working for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) in 2003 and worked in both New York and Indiana. had some college education, was with the United States Marine Corp for four years, and had 10 years experience in electronics. In 2016, was put in charge of all the cameras at the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC). advised that the cameras at MCC were out of date, the recorders frequently went bad, and the cameras were all analog and not maintained properly. The camera system was over 20 years old. Sometimes the screen would be active indicating that the camera was working, however, the video would not be recording. advised that only one hard drive of the camera system was working at the time of the incident on August 10, 2019. When a DVR went bad, none of the cameras recorded. There was a system failure of DVR 2 on July 29, 2019 and the motherboard failed on DVR 2 on August 8, 2019. The hard drive failure occurred on August 10, 2019. recalled that there was a body alarm around 6am on August 10, 2019 and he was one of the MCC personnel who responded. stated that he was one of the personnel who briefly tried to resuscitate JEFFREY EPSTEIN. After the incident, was asked about the cameras. There were two new hard drives to install but installing the new hard drives would mean that all prior data would be lost. The Warden wanted video and so was Inyeatimition on 03/12/2020 at Foe• 90A-NY-3151227 by New York, New York, United States (In Person) Dmerimfted 03/04/2021 This document contains nether recommendations nor conclusions of the FBI his the property of the FBI and is loaned to you agency. it and its contents are not to be chunbutecl aside your agency. SDNY_00016001 EFTA_00001266 EFTA00135610 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) 90A-NY-3151227 Continuation onl)-MU of (U) Interview of EMPLUYEL 31 told to start working on the . O, 03/12/2020 Jane 2 of 2 started removing the bad drives in order to rebuild the DVR. advised that an FBI Agent was the one who pulled out the DVR. miss ,1s) advised that he knew that by replacing both hard drives, the system would be wiped and that he had advised personnel at MCC of that. SDNY_00018002 EFTA_00001267 EFTA00135611