EFTA00155615.pdf

U.S. Department of Justice United States Attorney Southern District of New York The Silvio J. Mono Building One Saint Andrew's Plaza New York, New York 10007 June 29, 2020 VIA EMAIL American Express Attn: Subpoena Fulfillment 43 Butterfield Circle El Paso, TX 79906-5202 Re: Grand Jury Subpoena Please be advised that the accompanying grand jury subpoena has been issued in connection with an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony being conducted by a federal grand jury. The Government hereby requests that you voluntarily refrain from disclosing the existence of the subpoena to any third party. While you are under no obligation to comply with our request, we are requesting you not to make any disclosure in order to preserve the confidentiality of the investigation and because disclosure of the existence of this investigation might interfere with and impede the investigation. Please note that this is an expedited request for a time-sensitive matter. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. Very truly yours, By: AU I REY STRAUSS Act n United States Attorney Assistant United States Attorney Southern District of New York EFTA00155615 Grand Jury Subpoena Pullet( Mutes Pistrirt arourt SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK TO: American Express Attn: Subpoena Fulfillment 43 Butterfield Circle El Paso, TX 79906-5202 GREETINGS: WE COMMAND YOU that all and singular business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend before the GRAND JURY of the people of the United States for the Southern District of New York, at the United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 220, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, in the Southern District of New York, at the following date, time and place: Appearance Date: July 2, 2020 Appearance Time: 10 a.m. to testify and give evidence in regard to alleged violations of federal criminal law, including: 18 U.S.C. § 371 and not to depart the Grand Jury without leave thereof, or of the United States Attorney, and that you bring with you and produce at the above time and place the following: SEE ATTACHED RIDER. Personal appearance is not required if the uested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Assistant U.S. Attorney f e at: U.S. AttorniL Office Southern District of New York, 1 St. Andrew's Plaza, New York, NY 10007, telephone: or via email at ; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records. PLEASE PROVIDE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT IF POSSIBLE. Failure to attend and produce any items hereby demanded will constitute contempt of court and will subject you to civil sanctions and criminal penalties, in addition to other penalties of the Law. DATED: New York, New York June 29, 2020 /s (AR) A REY STRAUSS Ac United States Attorney for the New York Assistant United States Attorney One St. Andrew's Plaza New York, New York 10007 Telephone: EFTA00155616 RIDER (Grand Jury Subpoena to American Express, dated June 29, 2020) Please provide the following information for the following account, for the period November 1, 2019, to the present: • Account number: o Associated with individual name: Ghislaine Maxwell Please include in your response related or affiliated accounts identified by name, address, Social Security Number(s), Employer Identification Number(s), driver's license number(s), financial account number(s), corporate/d.b.a records, Tax Identification Number(s), internal investigative findings or other means, for the period November I, 2019, to the present. Any and all records in your care, custody, possession or control, including but not limited to: I. All account monthly or other periodic statements and/or transcripts; 2. Records relating to or reflecting the names, addresses, social security numbers, and /or employer identification numbers of all account holders; 3. Loan and/or lines of credit applications and files; 4. All account deposit and withdrawal items; 5. Deposit records including deposit slips, items deposited, and all documents and records or information indicating sources of deposited funds; 6. Withdrawal and deposit records including withdrawal and deposit applications, drafts, wire transfers, and all other documents showing any record or information relating to the destination or disposition of withdrawn or wired funds; 7. Records of and relating to all cashier's checks, bank checks, teller checks, certified checks, money orders, traveler's checks, and/or other official checks issued to, or on behalf of, any account holder; 8. Account opening documents to include photocopies if ID, SSN card etc.; 9. Any correspondence to, from, or relating to accounts, account-holders, or other individuals associated with accounts, including any recorded customer service telephone calls, and including correspondence with any regulatory or law enforcement authority; 10. Memoranda, notes or other records of telephone conversations associated with accounts or individuals associated with accounts (including conversations with any regulatory or law enforcement authority); 11. Internal memoranda and reports; 12. Computer records / logs of any communication or attempted communication with the customer; 13. Customer service call logs; and 3 EFTA00155617 14. Any and all correspondence, electronic or otherwise, including memoranda, emails and text messages, that reference or concern items (1) through (23), above, and/or any financial interests involving the individuals and/or entities identified in Section A. N.B.: Personal appearance is not required if the requested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Assistant U.S. Attorney at: U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York 1 St. Andrew's Plaza New York, NY 10007, telephone: or via email at ; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records. PLEASE PROVIDE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT IF POSSIBLE. IMPORTANT: REQUEST FOR NON-DISCLOSURE Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, it is requested that you do not disclose any information relating to this Grand Jury subpoena request to any third party. 4 EFTA00155618 Declaration of Custodian of Records Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, the undersigned, hereby declare: My name is (name of declarant) I am a United States citizen and I am over eighteen years of age. I am the custodian of records of the business named below, or I am otherwise qualified as a result of my position with the business named below to make this declaration. I am in receipt of a Grand Ju Subpoena, dated June 29, 2020, and signed by Assistant United States Attorney requesting specified records of the business named below. Pursuant to Rules 902(11) and 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, I hereby certify that the records provided herewith and in response to the Subpoena: (1) were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records, by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters; (2) were kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity; and (3) were made by the regularly conducted business activity as a regular practice. I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed on (date) (signature of declarant) (name and title of declarant) (name of business) (business address) Definitions of terms used above: As defined in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6), "record" includes a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses. The term, "business" as used in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and the above declaration includes business, institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit. EFTA00155619