U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Sihlo J. Mono Building
One Saint Andrew's Plaza
New York. New York 10007
December 31, 2019
VIA EMAIL
FirstBank Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 9046
Attn: Legal Division
San Juan, PR 00908
Email:
[email protected]
Re:
Grand Jury Subpoena
Please be advised that the accompanying grand jury subpoena has been issued in
connection with an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony being conducted by a
federal grand jury. The Government hereby requests that you voluntarily refrain from disclosing
the existence of the subpoena to any third party. While you are under no obligation to comply
with our request, we are requesting you not to make any disclosure in order to preserve the
confidentiality of the investigation and because disclosure of the existence of this investigation
might interfere with and impede the investigation.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
By:
Very truly yours,
GE n FFREY S. BERMAN
Un. ed States Attome
Assistant United States Attorney
of New York
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Grand Jury Subpoena
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TO:
FirstBank Puerto Rico
P.O. Box 9046
Attn: Legal Division
San Juan, PR 00908
Fax: 787-729-8027
GREETINGS:
WE COMMAND YOU that all and singular business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend
before the GRAND JURY of the people of the United States for the Southern District of New York, at
the United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 220, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New
York, New York, in the Southern District of New York, at the following date, time and place:
Appearance Date:
January 15, 2020
Appearance Time: 10 a.m.
to testify and give evidence in regard to alleged violations of federal criminal law, including:
18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 1594(c), 2422(b), 371
and not to depart the Grand Jury without leave thereof, or of the United States Attorney, and that you
bring with you and produce at the above time and place the following:
SEE ATTACHED RIDER. Personal appearance is not required if the re nested records are (1)
produced by on or before the return date to Assistant U.S. Attorney
at: U.S. Attorney's
Office Southern District
New York, NY 10007, telephone:M-
ot via email at
; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy
of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records. PLEASE PROVIDE IN ELECTRONIC
Failure to attend and produce any items hereby demanded will constitute contempt of court and will
subject you to civil sanctions and criminal penalties, in addition to other penalties of the Law.
DATED: New York, New York
August 11, 2019
GS~
/A-K_
Un ted States Attorney for the
So thern District of New York
Assistant United States Attorney
One St. Andrew's Plaza
a
New York, New York 10007
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RIDER
(Grand Jury Subpoena to FirstBank Puerto Rico, dated December 31, 2019)
Please provide the following information for open or closed individual, joint, or
commercial accounts, or related or affiliated accounts, associated with the entities, individuals,
social security numbers, and/or account numbers identified below, for the period January 1, 2005,
to the present:
Individual:
•
Jeffrey Epstein
o Date of Birth: 01/20/53
o SSN:
Entity:
•
LSJE LLC
NOTE: When producing results for multiple accounts in electronic form, please produce
records for each account on a SEPARATE disk.
Please include in your response related or affiliated accounts identified by name, address, Social
Security Number(s), Employer Identification Number(s), driver's license number(s), financial
account number(s), corporate/d.b.a records, Tax Identification Number(s), internal investigative
findings or other means, for the period January 1, 2005, to the present.
Any and all records in your care, custody, possession or control, including but not limited to:
I. Records relating to "Know Your Customer" filings, submissions, forms, requests,
supplements, and questions and answers;
2. Records relating to the opening and/or closing of accounts, including account
applications, signature cards, proof of identification, corporate resolutions, and related
records (to be included even if dated outside the above-specified time period);
3. All account monthly or other periodic statements and/or transcripts;
4. Signature cards, and any other documents reflecting the identities of individuals
authorized to conduct transactions in, or have access to, the accounts;
5. Records relating to or reflecting the names, addresses, social security numbers, and /or
employer identification numbers of all account holders;
6. Loan and/or lines of credit applications and files;
7. All account deposit and withdrawal items;
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8. Deposit records including deposit slips, items deposited, and all documents and records
or information indicating sources of deposited funds;
9. Withdrawal and deposit records including withdrawal and deposit applications, drafts,
wire transfers, and all other documents showing any record or information relating to the
destination or disposition of withdrawn or wired funds;
10. Cancelled checks (both front and back);
11. Debit and credit memoranda and related documents;
12. Records of and relating to all cashier's checks, bank checks, teller checks, certified
checks, money orders, traveler's checks, and/or other official checks issued to, or on
behalf of, any account holder;
13. Credit card accounts;
14. Loan files, including all applications and supporting documentation, to include financial
statements, credit reports, and appraisals, loan approval records, promissory notes,
mortgages, security agreements, and loan repayment records, to include any records or
information relating to payment sources;
15. Safe deposit records, including applications, signature cards, and any records relating to
access;
16. Currency transactions reports (IRS Forms 4789) and other required reports made to any
regulatory or law enforcement authority;
17. Account opening documents to include photocopies if ID, SSN card etc.;
18. Any correspondence to, from, or relating to accounts, account-holders, or other
individuals associated with accounts, including any recorded customer service telephone
calls, and including correspondence with any regulatory or law enforcement authority;
19. Memoranda, notes or other records of telephone conversations associated with accounts
or individuals associated with accounts (including conversations with any regulatory or
law enforcement authority);
20. Internal memoranda and reports;
21. Computer records / logs of any communication or attempted communication with the
customer;
22. Customer service call logs;
23. Trust accounts;
24. Any email addresses associated with the accounts/account holders;
25. All surveillance video and/or photographs of transactions;
26. Any and all corporate resolutions, certifications of incorporation, business certificates
and/or partnership agreements; and
27. Any and all correspondence, electronic or otherwise, including memoranda, emails and
text messages, that reference or concern items (1) through (26), above, and/or any
financial interests involving the individuals and/or entities identified in Section A.
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N.B.: Personal appearance is not required if the re uested records are (1) produced by on or
before the return date to Assistant U.S. Attorney
at: U.S. Attorney's Office,
Southern District of New Yor 1 St. Andrew's Plaza New York, NY 10007, telephone:
la
or via email at
and (2) accompanied by an
executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of ecords. PLEASE PROVIDE IN
Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, it is requested that you do not
disclose any information relating to this Grand Jury subpoena request to any third party.
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Declaration of Custodian of Records
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, the undersigned, hereby declare:
My name is
(name of declarant)
I am a United States citizen and I am over eighteen years of age. I am the custodian of
records of the business named below, or I am otherwise qualified as a result of my position with
the business named below to make this declaration.
I am in receipt of a Grand Ju
Sub oena, dated December 31, 2019, and signed by
Assistant United States Attorney
requesting specified records of the business
named below. Pursuant to Rules 902(11) and 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, I hereby
certify that the records provided herewith and in response to the Subpoena:
(1) were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records,
by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;
(2) were kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity; and
(3) were made by the regularly conducted business activity as a regular practice.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on
(date)
(signature of declarant)
(name and title of declarant)
(name of business)
(business address)
Definitions of terms used above:
As defined in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6), "record" includes a memorandum, report, record, or data
compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses. The term, "business"
as used in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and the above declaration includes business, institution,
association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.
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