EFTA00174470.pdf

UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 Monday. September 16. 2019 Criminal Division Significant Activity Complex Financial Crimes (CFC) Branch A: MAJOR OPERATIONAL MATTERS: UNCLASS I FIED FOUO EFTA00174470  UNCLASSIFIED//F0U0 Transnational Organized Crime (TOC) Branch B: MAJOR OPERATIONAL MATTERS: UNCLASSIFIED//F0U0 EFTA00174471 UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 EFTA00174472  UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 Monda . Se•tember 16. 2019 TRIALS / PLEAS / SENTENCINGS: UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 EFTA00174473  UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 Monday. September 16. 2019 Violent Criminal Threat (VCT) Branch C: MAJOR OPERATIONAL MATTERS: UNCLASSIFIED/ FOUO EFTA00174474  UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Squad C-20: SSA C-20; 31E-NY-3027571; JEFFREY EPSTEIN Child Sex Trafficking; SDNY; C/As SA TFO IIMPWP. On 09/12/2019, two search warrants were sworn out in the Southern District of New York. One of the search warrants pertained to binders containing digital media recovered from the safe in Epstein's Manhattan residence. The other search warrant was for all electronic devices and items seized from Epstein's residence in Little St. James, USVI. SA Mil traveled to Florida this past week with SDNY and conducted 4 victim interviews 2 reverse coffers of a victim/co-conspirator, and 1 proffer of a co-conspirator. Next week, SA MI and Det. are traveling to Los Angeles, CA with SDNY to conduct approximately 5-6 victim interviews. UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00174475 UNCLASSIFIED//FOU0 EFTA00174476 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Monday, September 16, 2019 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00174477 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Monday, September 16, 2019 UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00174478  UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Monday, September 16, 2019 (NOTE: BRANCH D MUST ALWAYS BE ON A SEPARATE PAGE FROM BRANCHES A-C) PUBLIC CORRUPTION/CIVIL RIGHTS/HEALTH CARE FRAUD (BRANCH DI: MAJOR OPERATIONAL MATTERS: Squad C-14: SSA Jill Enyart C-14; FNU LNU AKA "MOSES" ET AL; NEW YORK CITY HUMAN RESOURCES ADMINISTRATION - VICTIM: FRAUD AGAINST THE GOVERNMENT - OTHER; 194B-NY-3100509; SDNY; SA Zachary Goodman: The case is an investigation of subjects who are contracted with the City of New York to transport mail containing rental assistance checks. The investigation has shown that the subjects steal some of these checks and deposit them fraudulently into bank accounts they control, then quickly withdrawing the funds in cash for their own personal use. On Monday, 09/16/2019, C-14 and the NYC Dept. of Investigation will execute four federal arrest warrants of case subjects. Three of the warrants will be served in the early morning hours at residence buildings in Harlem, the Bronx, and Bay Shore (Long Island). The fourth warrant will be served at JFK Airport between 1 PM and 2 PM as the subject enters the country from overseas. All four subjects will be transported to 26 Federal Plaza for interview and arrest processing. Any arrestees who do not make the SDNY USMS cut-off time in the afternoon will be held at MCC or MDC overnight and transported to the USMS on the following morning. Squad C-28: SSA Kevin Irwin C-28; 318C-NY-2087349; EDNY; POWER TRADERS PRESS; C/A SAs Craiq Minsky, Matt Bernstein: On Tuesday 9/17/2019 subjects LAWRENCE ISEN and BENJAMIN CONDE will be indicted in the EDNY — Central Islip. ISEN and CONDE will be charged with Securities Fraud in connection with the market manipulation of the stock Renewable Energy & Power Inc., ticker symbol RBNW, a solar energy company. CONDE and ISEN acted as promoters of the stock in the manipulation scheme. CONDE will be arrested at his residence in Fairfield, NJ on Wednesday September 18th. ISEN will surrender the same day to the FBI in San Diego. We have coordinated the arrests with FBI Newark and San Diego, respectively. An Ops Order will be submitted for the arrest of CONDE in Fairfield. The AUSA assigned to this investigation is Erin Argo, EDNY-Central Islip. Squad C-33: SSA Shawn Mullen C-33, 209A-NY-301250-A, RUVIM KRUPKIN, MD, SA Arthur F Lepore Jr, SDNY: On Tuesday, 09/10/2019, Dr. RUVIM KRUPKIN was indicted on charges pertaining to his role in a narcotics distribution conspiracy involving the drug Oxycodone. KRUPKIN is a board certified Oncologist/Hematologist who had an office on Ocean Parkway in Brooklyn, NY. FBI investigation has shown that KRUPKIN has engaged in the practice of writing prescriptions for 30 milligram oxycodone pills for patients with no medical necessity. In exchange, the patients paid KRUPKIN $200 cash. During the time period for which KRUPKIN was engaged in this conspiracy, he prescribed over 4 million oxycodone pills and patients came from as far away as Pennsylvania and Connecticut. In July 2017, the FBI executed search warrants on KRUPKIN's medical practice as well as his home in New Jersey. On advice of his attorney, KRUPKIN closed his medical practice shortly thereafter. KRUPKIN was indicted on one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Narcotics (21 U.S.C. 846). This case is being prosecuted by USAO-SDNY. AUSAs Alexandra Rothman and Tara LaMorte are assigned to this investigation. The arrest will occur on Tuesday, September 17th, 2019. SQUAD FoA-2: SFoA Michael Savino C-28, 318C-NY-8094824, GINO PEREIRA• NXTD, SA TELLY KOUGEMITROS, FoA WILLIAM DEL GAIS: On Friday 9/20/2019, GINO PEREIRA is expected to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit securities fraud in the Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn. Mark Bini and Hiral Mehta are the AUSA's on the case. GINO PEREIRA CEO and Co-Founder of NXT-ID INC (NXTD), was involved in a scheme to UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00174479  UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO Monday, September 16, 2019 manipulate the price of NXTD. NXTD is a stock listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange. CASE INITIATIONS: C-2; 44B-NY-3164412; EDNY; WILLIAM_HEANEY, (subject); HATE CRIME; C/A SA Delise Jeffrey and NYS Trooper Charles Fontanelli: On 8/30/2019, Silver Gull Beach Club located in Breezy Point, Queens, closed its playground after vandals covered a camp shack located on the premises in racist and anti- Semitic graffiti, such as"heil Hitler;" "gas chamber;" racial slurs against the African American community; swastikas and handprints. The U.S. Park Police opened an investigation and arrested William Heaney, a current employee at the Silver Gull Beach Club, for a previous vandalism incident at Fort Tilden. In September 2019, EDNY Chief of Civil Rights, Liz Geddes, contacted Squad C-2 regarding the case. Since the opening of the case, the Case Agents as well as Park Police have been speaking to club members about the incident and gathering physical evidence. SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES: Stats below are for FY 2019 (10/1/2018 to 09/30/2019) FY 2019 Sophisticated Techniques / Stats CFC TOC VCT PC/CFt/HCF Technique/Stat Br A Br B Br C Br D Total Current Title Ills 1 48 35 3 87 Current Group Is 3 1 1 1 6 Current Group Its 1 4 2 0 7 Current GPS 6 39 13 58 0 Current Pen Registers 172 735 138 215 1260 Arrests (YTD) 80 87 451 100 718 Convictions (YTD) 83 82 306 114 585 Informations/ (YTD) 31 20 27 39 117 Indictments (YTD) 83 61 319 70 533 Disruptions/Dismantlements (YTD) 94 53 186 101 434 Seizures (YTD)" $955,165,948.71 (307) 22 22 Money Judgments (YTD)" $605,200,947.33 (202) 0 0 Forfeiture (YTD) $988,119,568.45 (262) 0 0 — represents total numbers for the Criminal Division for the period 10/01/2018 thru 09/08/2019. C-40's Sophisticated Techniques for the period 10/01/2018 thru 09/08/2019. *** This number is derived from the CATS Database on a weekly basis and at times is subject to fluctuate due to U.S. Attorney Office prosecutorial decisions. Seizure — Any asset or thing of value the government has taken possession or control of, either through a seizure warrant, restraining order or pursuant to probable cause. This includes FIRE (Frozen, Indicted, Restrained or Encumbered) assets. The defendant no longer has access to the asset. Forfeiture Money Judgment — An amount ordered by the court, equal to the amount the defendant either profited or attempted to profit from the underlying criminal activity. The judgment is entered on the record. Directly traceable and substitute assets may be used to satisfy the judgment. Forfeitures — The dollar value of the assets which have been forfeited to the government to which the government has vested title. UNCLASSIFIED//FOUO EFTA00174480