EFTA00165454.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO SITUATIONAL REPORT (SITREP) Jeffrey Epstein — Victim; Irregularities in a Federal Penal Institution; Death Investigation; 90A-NY-3151227 (U) Current Situation of Epstein Death investigation, as of 1:00 p.m. EDT 08/12/2019: • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF, SDNY, and OIG began the interview of the Warden of the MCC at approximately 10:00 a.m. on 8/12/2019 • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF submitted the MCC video hard drives to NYO CART. A preliminary review of the hard drives indicated that the video system they were connected to is proprietary to the MMC/BOP. Consequently, NYO CART will need to facilitate any potential review of video on the hard drives through the MCC system. • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF received "Forthwith" subpoenas from SDNY to be served to three (3) of the Correctional Officers for seizure of their cell phones. Interviews will be attempted following the service of those subpoenas. (U) Current Situation of the search of Epstein's private island, Little St. James, as it relates to the ongoing Sex Trafficking investigation. • At approximately 0855 on 8/12/2019, members of the NYO's Child Exploitation and Human Trafficking Task Force (CEHTTF) and the NYO's ERT Little St. James (LSJ) Island and were met on the dock by attorney Christopher Kroblin, his associate and two security personnel. Kroblin advised he was contacted during the evening of 8/11/2019, informed of the pending FBI search warrant and instructed to be on LSJ to meet the CEHTTF upon arrival. • Interviews of the security personnel have been completed. Nothing significant to report. • Search of the buildings is ongoing. Various items of digital evidence have been seized but assessment of the IT network is ongoing. • As compared to the NY residence, there are nominal nude paintings/photographs. • The CEHTTF hasn't encountered any security or wellness issues. • Various areas of interest still need to be searched but the search is expected to be concluded in the late this evening. 1 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00165454  UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO • The search and interviews have generated a list of local individuals who worked on LSJ and need to be interviewed. Members of the CEHTTF will work to complete these interviews on 8/13/2019. (U) Investigative Plan: The 08/12/2019 proposed plan is as follows: • (U//FOUO) Members of the NYO's VCTF will attempt to make contact with three (3) MCC Correctional Officers — the two officers that discovered Epstein and began to provide medical aid, and the one officer that facilitated the unmonitored phone call between Epstein and Shuliak. • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will attempt to interview Efrain Reyes. • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will participate in the joint interview of the Warden of the MCC. • (U//FOUO) Evidence (video hard drives) collected during the crime scene investigation will be submitted for analysis. • (U//FOUO) Members of the VCTF will coordinate with the SDNY to facilitate the interview of Shuliak. (Li) Del ailed Background: • (U//FOUO) On 7/6/2019, Epstein was remanded to the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC), 150 Park Row, New York, NY. • (U//FOUO) On 7/8/2019, Epstein was placed on suicide watch and evaluated by MCC Psychologist and underwent observations until 7/10/2019. • (U//FOUO) On 7/23/2019, Epstein first attempted suicide via hanging, and was discovered unconscious in his cell at approximately 1:27 a.m. EDT. Epstein was placed on suicide watch until 7/29/2019. • (U//FOUO) In the morning hours of 8/9/2019, Epstein's cell mate, Efrain Reyes, was released from the MCC, leaving Epstein alone in his cell. • (U//FOUO) On 8/9/2019 at approximately 7:19 p.m. EDT, an MCC Correctional Officer allows Epstein to make a phone call on an unsecured and unmonitored line. The call was to Karyna Shuliak and was approximately 20 minutes in length. 2 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00165455  UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO • (U//FOUO) On 8/10/2019, at approximately 6:30 a.m. EDT, Jeffrey Epstein was found unresponsive in his jail cell at the MCC. Epstein was found with a make-shift noose around his neck in an apparent suicide. Emergency medical response efforts to revive Epstein were unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead at approximately 7:30 a.m. • (U//FOUO) Initial incident reports generated at the MCC and sent to BOP HQ on 8/10/2019, documented that two MCC Correctional Officers falsified observation logs for Epstein's cell for the overnight hours of 8/9 - 8/10/2019. This prompted a criminal investigation by the Office of Inspector General (OIG). 3 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00165456