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1 1/17/2020 SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES VIOLENT CRIMINAL THREAT (VCT) Branch OVERALL SOPHISTICATED TECHNIQUES/STATS METHODS ARRESTS CONVICTIONS DISRUPTIONS DISMANTLEMENTS YTD=Year to Date I. Major Operational Matters (Arrests/Indictments/Convictions/Sentences /Searches/Drug Buys) 1. EFTA00172198 2 1/17/2020 2 EFTA00172199 3 1/17/2020 Efl 3 EFTA00172200 4 1/17/2020 C-19; 9A-NY-3217706; SUBJECT -"RINGER", VICTIM- EXTORTION, THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS; C/A SA On 01/08/2020, a cooperating defendant in the JEFFREY EPSTEIIN case reported to the FBI that he/she was receiving Overt Extortion threats via email. The subject was communicating via an application called CRIPTEXT and sending daily emails since 01/01/2020 to the victim, requesting money via paypal and Bitcoin in exchange to keep the subject from exposing information about the victim's relationship with JEFFREY EPSTEIN and others. If the subject did not receive payment, the subject would fabricate false