EFTA00135278.pdf

.1 of 3. OFFICIAL RECORD1 FD-302 (Rev. 5-8-1(1) FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Date of env 08/29/2019 , was interviewed at 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278. Also present during the interview was DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DOJ-OIG) Special Agent . After being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents, that the interview was voluntary, and that lying to a federal agent is a crime, provided the following information: has worked for the BUREAU OF PRISONS (BOP) since 1994 with one break in service. plans on retiring in approximately 7 months. confirmed that the email sent from @bop.gov was composed by him. was not aware of anyone else having access to his email account. obtained the name of DOJ-OIG employee from another BOP employee, works in the Community Corrections Department at the METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. sent an email asking for the name of a DOJ-OIG employee he could contact to make the complaint. met while working at the FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, DANBURY in Danbury, Connecticut around 2000. current post at the METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (MCC) is at the rear gate. has worked there for several months. Some of primary responsibilities at the rear gate are to check vehicles making deliveries for any contraband, scan in packages, and to check the gate passes of inmates who have them. has an office at his post but spends most of his time moving around. BOP inmate STEVEN LOPEZ has a gate pass, meaning LOPEZ can enter and exit Investigationon 08/28/2019 at New York, New York, United States (In Person) File# Date drafted 08/29/2019 by This document contains neither recommendations nor conclusions of the 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. SDNY_00007760 EFTA_00000884 EFTA00135278 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 of CU) Interview of EMPLOYEE .on 08/28/2019 .Page 2 of 3 MCC to complete whatever task LOPEZ is assigned. LOPEZ also helps other inmates with their jobs. Typically LOPEZ leaves through the lobby to the Warden's complex and performs janitorial duties there. LOPEZ started this job approximately three weeks ago. has frequent interactions with LOPEZ because has to check LOPEZ's gate pass every time LOPEZ enters or exits the gate. would usually make small talk with LOPEZ during these interactions. On or about August 15, 2019, at approximately 10:30am, LOPEZ approached post at the rear gate with approximately three large bags of shredded paper. LOPEZ told that "They are shredding everything back there." LOPEZ said there was a white man with a Southern accent who was involved in the document shredding. was unfamiliar with anyone at MCC that fit that description. surmised that since he did not know who the white man with the Southern accent was, he must have been part of the BOP After Action team related to the JEFFREY EPSTEIN suicide. LOPEZ told he heard someone say, "Make sure you get that box over there too." Mill thought he remembered LOPEZ telling him that someone asked LOPEZ to help shred documents as well. III= did not know for certain where the shredded documents originated : :. . ::.. .....tedded documents are thrown out on a fairly regular basis through EMPLOYEE uost at the rear gate, but thought that there were more :'..redded documents than usual during this incident. LOPEZ also told that LOPEZ thought this was more than the usual amount. Milli saw a few days later with additional shredded paper to throw out. never witnessed anyone physically shredding documents. =III never looked through the shredded documents that LOPEZ threw out. No one told that the shredded documents were related to EPSTEIN. No one told that the BOP After Action Team looking into the EPSTEIN suicide was shredding documents. is still posted at the rear gate as his primary job. c \S called someone at the FBI on or about August 23, 2019 to file a report about this incident. He spoke with a female, but could not remember what office or number he called. heard third-hand that an "Officer ' told former MCC Warden SONY omm7761 EFTA_00000885 EFTA00135279 FD-302a (Rev. 5-8-10) Continuation of FD-302 CU) Interview of EMPLOYEE On 08/28/2019 .page 3 of 3 LAM/NE N'DIAYE that EPSTEIN should be confined in the 10 South wing of MCC. SDNY_00007762 EFTA_00000886 EFTA00135280