EFTA00269438.pdf

31E-NY-3027571 Serial 15 ED-1057 (Rev. 5-8-10) UNCLASSIFIED OFFICIAL RECORD FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Electronic Communication Title: (U) Florida Trip Request CC: From: NEW YORK NY-C20 Contact: Approved By: SSA Drafted By: Date: 04/05/2019 Case ID #: 31E-NY-3027571 (U) EPSTEIN, JEFFREY; CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING Synopsis: (U) Request approval for NY agent and TFO to travel to West Palm Beach, FL to conduct victim interviews. Details: FBI New York requests permission for SA and TFO to travel from 4/10/19 to 4/12/19 to West Palm Beach, to conduct victim interviews in caption case. Approximately two to four victim interviews will be conducted. SA and TFO will be traveling with AUSA and AUSA from the Southern District of New York (SDNY). VCAC HQ will cover the cost of travel under EAN 458015.1 for SA and TFO on this trip. By way of background, the SDNY contacted FBI NY regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN, who invited minors into his residences, one of which was located in Manhattan, and paid them to provide massages to him which turned sexual in nature, then paid the minors hundreds of dollars. EPSTEIN wanted the minors to bring other minors to massage him. EPSTEIN would also have an assistant in New York set up appointments for minors to go to EPSTEIN's other residences outside of New York. In 2008, EPSTEIN plead guilty in state court in Palm Beach, FL for one UNCLASSIFIED EFTA00269438 31E-NY-3027571 Serial 15 UNCLASSIFIED Title: (U) Florida Trip Request Re: 31E-NY-3027571, 04/05/2019 count of solicitation of prostitution and one count of solicitation of prostitution with a minor under the age of 18. In light of the above, the writer respectfully requests the approval of travel for SA and TFO through the NY chain of command. Additionally, the writer respectfully requests the SAC of Miami concurrence to travel. .• UNCLASSIFIED 2 EFTA00269439