EFTA Document EFTA01729949

UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY Template Menke 10-1-2021 FBI New York, ID-I3 8 February 2022 50D-NY-3027571-1NTELPRODS (U) LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE: The information marked (U//LES) in this document is the property of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and is for internal use within the FBI only. Distribution outside the FBI without FBI New York's authorization is prohibited. Precautions should be taken to ensure this information is stored and/or destroyed in a manner that precludes unauthorized access. Information bearing the LES caveat may not be used in legal proceedings without first receiving authorization from the originating office. Recipients are prohibited from subsequently posting the information marked LES on a website on an unclassified network. (U) This document is classified Unclassified//Law Enforcement Sensitive. (U) This document is only for FBI internal use. Do not externally disseminate this product. (U) Tactical Intelligence Report template approved for fiscal year 2022, as of I October 2021. (U//FOUO) Research and Key Findings fo a Person of Interest for Alleged Defense Witnesses in the Ghislaine Maxwell Trial (U) Executive Summary (U//LES) FBI New York is investigating Ghislaine Maxwell in a child sex trafficking investigation based on information regarding several victims reportedly sexually abused by Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell in the mid-late 1990s to the early 2000s. Trial started for Ghislaine Maxwell on 29 November 2021 and FBI C-20 received a potential list of defense witnesses on II December 2021. FBI New York conducted research on suspected defense witnesses in order to identify the individuals and any derogatory information related to the individuals. This TIR addresses FBI New York Criminal Division Band II Threat — Crimes Against Children. • (U//FOUO) ast known INBOUND US travel occurred on 24 October 2019 • (U//FOUO) ast known OUTBOUND US travel occurred on 27 October 2019 • (U//FOUO) associate s referenced in open source articles as being a Maxwell family • (U//FOUO is referenced in open source articles for being removed as a Solicitor from t e o icitors Regulation Authority due to s hes • (U) A twitter account was identified as being associated to (U) Substantiation (IN/LES) Travel records reviewed for between I January 2000 to 14 December 2021 identified his last known international travel to the United States. • (U//LES) According to TECS travel records matching the subject, ast traveled INBOUND on 24 October 2019 from London/Heathrow Intl to John F Kennedy FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE EFTA01729949 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY Intl. GBR-United Kingdom issued Passports/ with an expiration date of I= (US Customs and Border Patrol I TECS I "Encounter Records o I 14 December 2021). • (U//LES) According to TECS travel records matching the subject, last traveled OUTBOUND on 27 October 2019 from John F Kennedy Intl to London/Heathrow Intl. (US Customs and Border Patrol I TECS I "Encounter Records of Malcolm Grumbridge"I I4 December 2021). (U) Open Source on 14 December 2021 identified two articles referencin s xw i 1 y ssociate. • (U) Online News Article o (U) According to the Steeple Times, an online magazine based in the UK, as found guilty in 2020 "of a string of rule breaches" after more than our eca es of having a legal and business career. The article states as been at the heart of the Maxwell's finances to include acte dian of The article also states established over 150 companies in total. (Steeple Times I ' & Mucky Ghislaine Maxwell" I 5 August 2021 1 www.thesteepletimes.com/movers- shakers/malcolm-grumbridge-maxwell/). • (U) Online News Article o (U) According to dailymail.com, an online news website, is referenced as a Maxwell family associate and has involvement in the Hogarth Group, a company that runs health clubs in West London. (DailyMail I "Ghislaine Maxwell still has connections despite link to Prince Andrew and Jeffery Epstein" I 2 July 2020 I www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2904115/Ghislaine-Maxwell-s- link-ssex-scandal-court-papers-involving-Prince-Andrew-Jeffery-Epstein-don-t- stop-having-amazing-social-connections.html). • (U) Online News Article o (U) According to This is Money, a UK based financial website, is listed as hay' t with two companies with e article notes had a "mystery benefactor over payments due on his home. lawyer. (This is Money I "Maxwell firms to be struck off register" I 5 August 2005 I www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/news/article-1592483/Maxwell-firms-to- be-struck-off-register.html). s listed as a Maxwell family friend and (U) s referenced in open source articles for being removed as a Solicitor from the Solicitors Regulation Authority due to several rule breaches. • (U//FOUO) (Analyst Note: The address 1 Maxwell). is a known residence of Ghislaine FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 2 EFTA01729950 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY • (U) Online News Article o (U) According to the Tatter, a British magazine that focuses on fashion, lifestyle, high society and politics is listed as a legal advisor to the Hogarth Health Club in inswich andrs referenced as a lawyer. (Tatler I "Where on earth was the British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell? At last, we know" I 3 July 2020 I www.tatler.com/article/where-on-earth-is-ghislaine-maxwell). • (U) Online News Article o (U) According to The Times, a UK based daily newspaper, quit the legal profession in 2020 after admitting to reckless con set u. several com anies re istered to the The Hogarth Group with several linked to The Times I "Disgraced solicitor axwells" I 2 August 2021 I www.thetimes.co.uk/article/disgraced-solicitor-malcolm-grumbridges-links-to- the-maxwells-tst265t2t). • (U) Website o (U) According to https://chiswickcalandar.co.uk, a UK based website as removed from the Roll of Solicitors after an investigation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) because they identified several ears of concern such as: Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing, The SRA Accounts Rules 2011, the Solicitors" Accounts Rules 1998 and the SRA Code of Conduct. Grumbridge was accused of failing to check the source of where money was coming from and failing to verify the identity of clients. The SRA stated Grumbridge "failed to behave in a way that maintain the trust the public places in him." (https://chiswickcalandar.co.uk I "Financial dealings of Hogarth Club director Malcolm Grumbridge in the spotlight" I 2 August 2021 1 https://chiswickcalandar.co.uldfinancial-dealings-of-hogarth-club-director- malcolm-grumbridge-in-the-spotlight/). (U) Open source searches identified a Twitter account associated to • (U) Twitter o U According to Twitter, Malcom Grumbridge has a twirr_nage_knorn as which h • in in February 2009. (Twitter 8 February 2022 I see attached IA). b (U) (Analyst Note: Kevin Maxwell and Ian Maxwell are Ghislaine Maxwell's brothers). FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE 3 EFTA01729951 UNCLASSIFIED//LAW ENFORCEMENT SENSITIVE FBI INTERNAL USE ONLY - DO NOT DISSEMINATE EXTERNALLY (U) Biographical Information • • • (U) Investigative/Intelligence Gaps UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U) Malcolm Grumbridge Last Name: GRUMBRIDGE First Name: MALCOLM CHRISTOPHER Birth Date: 08/15/1952 Encntr Date: 10/27/2019 (U) Sourer: TECS I Photo I UNCLASSIFIED//FOUR OFFICIAL USE ONLY I UNCLASSIFIED//FOUR OFFICIAL USE 01 Criteria: Malcolm Grumbridge DOB: UNCLASSIFIED// FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (U) Source Summary Statement (U) Reporting in this Tactical Intelligence Report was derived primarily from TECS (Treasury Enforcement Communications System). All the secured information was collected between 13 December 2021 and 16 December 2021. The reporting was current as of 19 January 2022. 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