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A() 93 (SONY Rev. 01/17) Search and Se 1711T e W,uranl UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of New York In the Matter of the Search of (Briefly describe the property to be searched or identify the person by name andaddress) Case No. See Attachment A SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT To: Any authorized law enforcement officer An application by a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government requests the search of the following person or property located in the Southern District of (identity the person or describe the property to be searchedandgive its location): New York See Attachment A The person or property to be searched, described above, is believed to conceal (identify the person or describe the property to be seized): See Attachment A The search and seizure arc related to violation(s) of (insert statutory citations): Title 18, United States Code, Sections 371 and 1591 I find that the affidavit(s), or any recorded testimony, establish probable cause to search and seize the person or property. YOU ARE COMMANDED to execute this warrant on or before t • Ze kri (not to exceed 14 days) QI in the daytime 6:00 a.m. to 10 p.m. O at any time in the day or night as I find reasonable cause has been established. Unless delayed notice is authorized below, you must give a copy of the warrant and a receipt for the property taken to the person from whom, or from whose premises, the property was taken, or leave the copy and receipt at the place where the property was taken. The officer executing this warrant, or an officer present during the execution of the warrant, must prepare an inventory as required by law and promptly return this warrant and inventory to the Clerk of the Court. ci Upon its return, this warrant and inventory should be filed under seal by the Clerk of the Court. USW Initials O I find that immediate notification may have an adverse result listed in 18 U.S.C. § 2705 (except for delay of trial), and authorize the officer executing this warrant to delay notice to the person who, or whose property, will be searched or seized (check the appropriate box) 0 for __ days (not to exceed 30). Ountil, the factsjustifying,lhe tater specific date of Date and time issued: 1-•6•\S ‘b..1‘ c14/.tA. Judge's signature City and state: New York, NY Hon. Barbara Moses, U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and title SDNY_GM_00166077 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189682 EFTA01301577  AO93 (SDNY Rev. 01/17) Search end Seizure Warrant (Page 2) Return Case No.: Date and time warrant executed: Copy of warrant and inventory left with: Inventory made in the presence of : Inventory of the property taken and name of any person(s) seized: Certification I declare under penalty of perjury that this inventory is correct and was returned along with the original warrant to the Court. Date: awaiting officer's signature PrIssiedname and tide SDNY_GM_00166078 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189683 EFTA01301578  ATTACHMENT A I. Premises to be Searched—Subject Premises I. The premises to be searched (the "Subject Premises") are described as a nearly 19,000 square foot multi-story single-family residence located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: IL Items to He Seized I. This warrant authorizes executing agents to photograph, video record and otherwise document the full interior of the Subject Premises, including any items, furnishings, or possessions therein. 2. In addition, this warrant authorizes the seizure of certain evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of violations of Title IS, United States Code, Sections 1591 (sex trafficking of minors) and 371 (sex trafficking conspiracy) (the "Subject Offenses") described as follows: a. Evidence concerning occupancy or ownership of the Subject Premises, including utility and telephone bills, mail envelopes, addressed correspondence, diaries, statements, identification documents, address books, telephone directories, and photographs of its occupant(s). b. Evidence concerning the layout, furnishings, decorations, and floor pattern of the Subject Premises, including photographs and blueprints of the Subject Premises. 2017.08.02 SDNYGM_00166079 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189684 EFTA01301579  AO I no (SONY Rev UI , I7) Application for a Search warrant a UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of New York In the Matter of the Search of (BriejtV describe the property to be searched or identify the person by name and address) Case No. See Meshed Affidavit and its Attachment A APPLICATION FOR A SEARCH AND SEIZURE WARRANT 1, a federal law enforcement officer or an attorney for the government, request a search warrant and penalty of perjury that I have reason to believe that on the following person or property (identify the state under person or describe the property to be ithtrehed and give its location): located in the Southern District of New York , there is now concealed (Went tj.i. the person or describe the property to be seised): See Attacked Affidavit and its Attachment A Thef)! is for the search under Fed. R. Crim. P. 41(c) is (check one or more): vidence of a crime; O contraband, fruits of crime, or other items illegally possessed; O property designed fOr use, intended for use, or used in committing a crime; O a person to be arrested or a person who is unlawfully restrained. The dearth is related to a violation of: Code Section(s) Offense Description(s) 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591 and Sex trafficking of minors; sex trafficking conspiracy 371 The application is based on these facts: See khached Affidavit and its Attachment A I Continued on the attached sheet O Delayed notice of days (give exact ending date if more than 30 days: ) is requested Under 18 U.S.C. §3103a, the basis of which is set forth on attached sheet. Applicant's signature Special Agent Leslie Adarnczyk, FBI Printed name and title Sworn to before me and signed in my presence. Date: -717/11 Judge's signature City and state: New York, NY Hon. Barbara Moses. U.S. Magistrate Judge Printed name and tide SDNY_GM_00166080 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189685 EFTA01301580  affidavit is being submitted for the limited purpose of establishing probable cause, it does not include all the facts that I have learned during the course of my investigation. Where the contents of documents and the actions, statements, and conversations of others are reported herein, they are reported in substance and in part, except where otherwise indicated. B. The Subject Premises 3. The Subject Premises are particularly described as a multi-story, single-family residence located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. As detailed further herein, the Subject Premises is believed to be owned. possessed and controlled by JEFFREY EPSTEIN, a target subject of this investigation. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: C. The Target Subject and the Subject Offenses 4. The Target Subject of this investigation is JEFFREY EPSTEIN. 5. For the reasons detailed below, 1believe that there is probable cause to believe that the Subject Premises contain evidence, fruits. and instrumentalities of violations ofTitle 18, United 2 2017.08.02 SDNY_GM_00166081 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00I 89686 EFTA01301581  inasttithate during these sexualized encounters, ask victims to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with sex toys. Following each encounter, EPSTEIN or one of his employees or associates paid the victim in cash. 9. As set forth in paragraphs 12 through 13 of Exhibit A, to further facilitate his ability to abase minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit additional minor girls to perform "massages" and similarly engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another minor girl for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim- recruiter and the new victim hundreds of dollars in cash. EPSTEIN knew that his victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. 10. One of the victims identified in paragraph 22 of Exhibit A is Victim-1. As part of the FBI's investigation of EPSTEIN, other law enforcement officers have interviewed Victim-l.' I know from my conversations with other law enforcement officers who have interviewed Victim- 1, that Victim-1 has provided the following information, in substance and in part: a. Between approximately 2002 and 2005, EPSTEIN sexually abused Victim-1 on multiple occasions in the Subject Premises. This sexual abuse all occurred when Victim-1 was under the age of 18. b. During that same period, Victim-1 observed multiple floors of the Subject Premises and numerous individual rooms within the Subject Premises. Victim-1 has provided detailed ' In meetings with the Government, Victim-1 has disclosed that, approximately a decade ago, she committed marriage fraud in order to obtain a green card and, subsequently, U.S. citizenship. She has alSo disclosed personal substance abuse, primarily involving the abuse of prescription drugs, during various periods between the early 2000s and 2019. Victim-I has also disclosed having worked for approximately a year at a "happy-ending" massage parlor, performing paid sex acts. Victlin-1 is currently pursuing a civil damages claim against EPSTEIN for his sexual abuse of her. InforMation provided by Victim-1 has proven reliable and has been corroborated by independent evidence, including documents and records obtained during the investigation and the accounts of other victims whom Victim-I has never met. 4 2017.0i.02 SDNY_GM_00166082 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189687 EFTA01301582  from the ribcage to the clavicle (collectively, (the "Busts"). The Busts do not appear to be designed for itSe as sex toys, and appear instead to be artwork. Nevertheless, based on my conversatio ns with law enforcement officers who have interviewed Victim-1, 1have learned that the Busts appear to be generally consistent with Victim-I's description of observing the Torso in EPSTEIN's bathroom in the Subject Premises. Accordingly, there is probable cause to believe that the Busts are corroborating evidence of Victim-l's description of the Subject Premises. b. Inside the Subject Premises, I observed a room that, based on my conversations with law enforcement officers who have interviewed Victim-1, appears to be consistent with Victim-1's descriptions of the Massage Room. The room contained a table covered with a sheet, and appears to be a massage table. The walls appear to be covered in a type of felt-like tapestry fabric. I further observed two paintings and three photographs hanging on the walls of the Massage Room. The paintings and photographs depict nude females. One of the photographs appears to depict a nude girl. Based on my training and experience investigating crimes involving the sexual exploitation of children, the girl appears to be approximately 15 to 20 years old. c. Inside the Subject Premises, inside a closet adjacent to a bathroom, I observed a shelf that appears to contain several black binders, with labels on the spine of each binder. In piRittilar, one of the binders is marked with a series of labels, one of which reads: "PB Girls." Given that the Indictment charges EPSTEIN with participating in a conspiracy to engage in sex trafficking of minor girls in both Palm Beach, Florida and New York, I believe that "PB Girls" may refer to minor victims in Palm Beach, Florida. d. Inside the Subject Premises, in what appears to be EPSTEIN's office, on or about the second floor of the Subject Premises, I observed what appears to be a taxidermied dog (the "Dog"). Based on my conversations with law enforcement officers who have interviewed 6 2017.ag.02 SDNY_GM_00166083 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_O()189688 EFTA01301583  10 In view of the foregoing circumstances, I respectfully submit that the present circtitustances demonstrate good cause to execute the warrant after 10 p.m. Leslie Adamczyk Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation Sworn to before me on July%2019 THE HON LE BARBARA MOSES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 8 2017.o'1.02 SDNYGM_00166084 CONFIDENTIAL EF1'A_00189689 EFTA01301584  UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x SEALED UNITED. STATES OF AMERICA INDICTMENT 19 Cr. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, Defendant. 19 QUM 490 x COUNT ONE (Sex Trafficking Conspiracy) The Grand Jury charges: OVERVIEW 1. As set forth herein, over the course of many years, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, sexually exploited and abused dozens of minor girls at his homes in Manhattan, New . York, and Palm Beach, Florida, among other locations. 2. In particular, from at least in or about 2002, up to and including at least in or about 2005, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited, and caused to be enticed and recruited, minor girls to visit his mansion in Manhattan, New York (the "New York Residence") and his estate in Palm Beach, Florida (the "Palm Beach Residence") to engage in sex acts with him, after which he would give the victims hundreds of dollars in cash. Moreover, and in order to maintain and increase his supply of victims, EPSTEIN also paid certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to be similarly abused by EPSTEIN. In SDNY_GM_00166085 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189690 EFTA01301585 recruited, dozens of minor girls to engage in sex acts with him, after which EPSTEIN paid the victims hundreds of dollars in cash, at the New York Residence and the Palm Beach Residence. 7. In both New York and Florida, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, perpetuated this abuse in similar ways. Victims were initially recruited to provide "massages" to EPSTEIN, which would be performed nude or partially nude, would become increasingly sexual in nature, and would typically include one or more sex acts. EPSTEIN paid his victims hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter. Moreover, EPSTEIN actively encouraged certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to be Similarly sexually abused. EPSTEIN incentivized his victims to become recruiters by paying these victim-recruiters hundreds of dollars for each girl that they brought to EPSTEIN. In so doihg, EPSTEIN maintained a steady supply of new victims to exploit. The New York Residence 8. At all times relevant to this Indictment, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, possessed and controlled a multi-story priVate residence on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, i.e.) the New York Residence. Between at least in or about 2002 and in or about 2005, EPSTEIN abused numerous minor victims at the New York Residence by causing these victims to be recruited to engage in paid sex acts with him. 3 SDNY_GM_00166086 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189691 EFTA01301586 employees and associates, including a New York-based employee ("EWployee-1"), to communicate with victims via phone to arrange for these victims to return to the New York Residence for additional sexual encounters with EPSTEIN. 12. Additionally, and to further facilitate his ability to abuse minor girls in New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, asked and enticed certain of his victims to recruit additional girls to perform "massages" and similarly engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN. When a victim would recruit another girl for EPSTEIN, he paid both the victim-recruiter and the new victim hundreds of dollars in cash. Through these victim- recruiters, EPSTEIN gained access to and was able to abuse dozens of additional minor girls. 13. In particular, certain recruiters brought dozens of additional minor girls to the New York Residence to give massages to and engage in sex acts with JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant. EPSTEIN encouraged victims to recruit additional girls by offering .to pay these victim-recruiters for every additional girl they brought to EPSTEIN. When a victim- recruiter accompanied a new minor victim to the New York Residence, both the victim-recruiter and the new minor victim were paid hundreds of dollars by EPSTEIN for each encounter. In addition, certain victim-recruiters routinely scheduled these 5 SDNY_GM_00166087 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189692 EFTA01301587  to touch him while he masturbated, and touch victims' genitals with his hands or with sex toys. 16. In connection with each sexual encounter, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, or one of his employees or associates, paid the victim in cash. Victims typically were paid hundreds of dollars for each encounter. . 17. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendint, knew that certain of his victims were underage, including because certain victims told him their age. In addition, as with New York-based victims, many Florida victims, once recruited, were abused by JEFFREY. EPSTEIN, the defendant, on multiple additional occasions. 18. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, who during the relevant time period was frequently in New York, would arrange for Employee-2 or other employees to contact victims by phone in advance of EPSTEIN's travel to Florida to ensure appointments were scheduled for when he arrived. In particular, in certain instances, Employee-2 placed phone calls to minor victims in Florida to schedule encounters at the Palm Beach Residence. At the time of certain of those phone calls, EPSTEIN and Employee-2 were in New York, New York. Additionally, certain of the individuals victimized at the Palm Beach Residence were contacted by phone by Employee-3 to schedule these encounters. 7 SDNY_GM_00166088 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189693 EFTA01301588  comMercial sex act, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591(a) and (b)(2). Overt Acts 22. In furtherance of the conspiracy and to effect the illegal object thereof, the following overt acts, among others, were committed in the Southern District of New York and elsewhere: a. In or about 2004, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, enticed and recruited multiple minor victims, including minor victims identified herein as Minor Victim-1, Minor Victim-2, and Minor Victim-3, to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN at his residences in Manhattan, New York, and Palm Beach, Florida, after which he provided them with hundreds of dollars in cash for each encounter. b. In or about 2002, Minor Victim-1 was recruited to engage in sex acts with EPSTEIN and was repeatedly sexually abused by EPSTEIN at the New York Residence over a period of years and was paid hundreds of dollars for each encounter. EPSTEIN also encouraged and enticed Minor Victim-1 to recruit other girls to engage :in paid sex acts, which she did. EPSTEIN asked Minor Victim-1 how old she was, and Minor Victim-1 answered truthfully. c. In or about 2004, Employee-1, located in the Southern District of New York, and on behalf of EPSTEIN, placed 9 SDNY_GM_00166089 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189694 EFTA01301589  g• In or about 2005, Employee-2, located in the Southern District of New York, and on behalf of EPSTEIN, placed a telephone call to Minor Victim-3 in Florida in order to schedule an appointment for Minor Victim-3 to engage'in paid sex acts with EPSTEIN. h. In or about 2004, Employee-3 placed a telephone call to Minor Victim-3 in order to schedule an appointment for Minor Victim-3 to engage in paid sex acts with EPSTEIN. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 371.) COUNT TWO (Sex Trafficking) The Grand Jury further charges: 23. The allegations contained in paragraphs'l through 19 and 22 of this Indictment are repeated and realleged as if fully set forth within. 24. From at least in or about 2002, up to and including in or about 2005, in the Southern District of New York, JEFFREY EPSTEIN, the defendant, willfully and knowingly, in and affecting interstate and foreign commerce, did recruit, entice, harbor, transport, provide, and obtain by any means a person, knowing that the person had not attained the age of 18 years and would be caused to engage in a commercial sex act, and did aid and abet the same, to wit, EPSTEIN recruited, enticed, harbored, transported, provided, and obtained numerous 11 SDNY_GM_00166090 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189695 EFTA01301590  Substitute Asset Provision 26. If any of the above-described forfeitable property, as a result of any act or omission of the defendant: (a) cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence; (b) has been transferred or sold to, or deposited with, a third person; (c) has been placed beyond the jurisdiction of the Court; (d), has been substantially diminished in value; or (e) has been commingled with other property which cannot be subdivided without difficulty; it is the intent of the United States, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. S 853(p) and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), to seek forfeiture of any other property of the defendant up to the value of the above forfeitable property. (Title 18, United States Code, Section 1594; Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p); and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461.) lit a (k 4- FOREPERSON GEOF A FR Y . BERMAN United States Attorney 13 SDNY_GM_00166091 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189696 EFTA01301591  EXHIBIT B CONFIDENTIAL ----- EFT,00189697 EFTA01301592  ATTACHMENT A I. Premises to be Searched—Subject Premises 1. The premises to be searched (the "S ubject Premises") are described as a multi-stoiy single-family residence located at 9 East 71st Street, New York, New York, and include all locked and closed containers found therein. A photograph of the front entrance to the Subject Premises is included below: B. Items to Be Seized A. Evidence, Fruits, and Instrumentalities of the Subject Offenses This warrant authorizes the seizure of certain evidence, fruits, and instrumentalities of violations of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1591 (sex trafficking of minors) and 371 (sex trafficking conspiracy) (the "Subject Offenses") described as follows: i. My and all taxidermied dogs. ii. Any and all massage tables and massage paraphernalia. iii. Any and all busts or three-dimensional representations of female human torsos. iv. Any and all photos or representations depicting nude or partially nude women located in the Massage Room, as defined herein. v. Any and all sex toys and sex paraphernalia located in the Massage Room, as defined herein. 2017.08 02 SDNY_GM_00166093 CONFIDENTIAL EFTA_00189698 EFTA01301593