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Epstein's Storage Units: The Evidence the FBI Never Searched

30 EFTA citations5,369 words13 persons referenced

Between October 7, 2005, and his death on August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein maintained a network of at least seven commercial storage facilities across Florida, New York, and New Jersey. These units held computers removed from his Palm Beach mansion before a police search warrant was executed, nude photographs, telephone directories, sex toys, an 8mm tape with handwritten labels including "shower" and "lingerie," and an unknown quantity of other materials.

Epstein's Storage Units: The Evidence the FBI Never Searched

Executive Summary

Between October 7, 2005, and his death on August 10, 2019, Jeffrey Epstein maintained a network of at least seven commercial storage facilities across Florida, New York, and New Jersey. These units held computers removed from his Palm Beach mansion before a police search warrant was executed, nude photographs, telephone directories, sex toys, an 8mm tape with handwritten labels including "shower" and "lingerie," and an unknown quantity of other materials.

The computers were forensically cloned in July 2007 by Dave Kleiman — a Palm Beach computer forensics expert who would later become central to the Craig Wright / Satoshi Nakamoto Bitcoin controversy. The cloning produced 12 forensic copies. A federal grand jury subpoenaed the computers, but Epstein moved to quash the subpoena and never withdrew the motion — even though the Non-Prosecution Agreement required him to.

No law enforcement agency — not the Palm Beach Police Department, not the FBI, and not the SDNY — ever executed a search warrant on any of these storage units. The units are documented through credit card statements, invoices, email correspondence, and sworn declarations in the EFTA corpus. Separately, Ghislaine Maxwell maintained at least three additional storage units in River Edge, New Jersey, plus a high-end art storage unit at UOVO in Long Island City — also never searched.

Under Florida's Self-Storage Facility Act, unpaid units can be auctioned approximately 60 days after default. If no one continued paying after Epstein's death, the contents of the Florida units may have been sold or discarded as early as October 2019.

This report documents every storage facility identifiable in the corpus, the specific evidence they contained, the legal proceedings that should have compelled their search, and the merchant-level identifying details that could still be used to subpoena storage companies for current records.


Part 1: The Pre-Warrant Computer Removal

On October 7, 2005, private investigator Paul Lavery visited 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida — Jeffrey Epstein's mansion — and, "pursuant to the instructions of attorney Roy Black," removed over 100 items of "potential evidentiary value." The items were turned over to investigator William Riley of the firm Riley Kiraly for "inventory and safekeeping purposes."

Riley's four-page inventory memo to Roy Black, dated October 9, 2005, lists the following items removed from the residence (EFTA01733753):

Computers:
  • Dell Precision 650 — sn# BWCNM31
  • Dell Dimension 4100 — sn# 8CTMD01
  • HP Pavilion 752n — sn# MX228A0063
Telephone directories:
  • 5 silver, 2 green, 6 orange, 16 blue/black bound directories (29 total)
Photographs and recordings:
  • 1 metal HS 8mm tape with handwritten notations: "some photos, flor exercises, two jokes, dancing, shower, lingerie, good-bye"
  • 3 printed pages titled "Individual Directory Listing — Massage - Florida"
  • Multiple nude and partially nude photographs of white females
  • 1 photograph inscribed: "Jeffery, It's [name]. Better never forget about me. May 28 we'll be traveling, Love always, Class of 2005"
Sex-related materials:
  • "Compleat Slave — creating and living an erotic dominant/submissive lifestyle"
  • "Training with Miss Abernathy — a workbook for erotic slaves and their owners"
  • Multiple VHS tapes including "Cherry Poppers Crash Course Volume 9," "Cherry Poppers #15 Mischievous Maidens," "All Little Women #4," "Barely Legal," "Purely 18," and "Only 18"
  • Multiple sex toys, handcuffs, vibrators, and restraints
Other items:
  • Florida Concealed Weapons Permit (Epstein, exp. 03/29/2010)
  • Harvard University Identification Card (Epstein)
  • $2,256.00 in cash
  • Desk tray containing pens, tape recorder, blank tape, and bullets

Thirteen days later, on October 20, 2005, Palm Beach Police executed a search warrant at the same residence. The police report documents what they found — and what they didn't find:

"It appeared as though a second computer had been recently removed as the cables ends from the monitor, keyboard and mouse were in the same area. A further search of the room revealed no media storage devices, i.e. CD's, Floppy Disks, Zip Disks, etc. This type of media is commonly stored in an area where computers are placed, yet no media was found."

— Palm Beach Police Department Incident Report, Case No. 1-05-000368 (EFTA01334241)

The police found monitors with no computers, keyboards connected to nothing, and A/V capture cards with RCA jacks attached to a CPU that was disconnected from any display. One computer in the Kitchen Staff Office had its left side panel removed, exposing the hardware — powered off, unplugged. The surveillance system hard-wired into the home, which would have contained video footage of visitors, was gone.

Riley had already taken everything that mattered.


Part 2: The Forensic Cloning — Dave Kleiman

July 25-26, 2007

Nearly two years after the removal, the three computers were still in Riley's custody. Attorney Roy Black hired David Kleiman, a computer forensics expert based in Boca Raton, to create forensic images of all three machines.

A sworn declaration filed under seal in federal court (In Re Grand Jury Subpoenas FGJ 07-103, Duces Tecum Numbers OLY-63 and OLY-64) preserves the details. A Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office detective — an EnCase Certified Examiner who worked child exploitation cases — declared under penalty of perjury (EFTA00222965):

"I received a phone call from David Kleiman on the morning of July 25, 2007. Mr. Kleiman advised me that he was hired by attorney Roy Black to make three bit-stream copies and one EnCase image for each of three computers."

Kleiman asked to borrow the Sheriff's Office's hard drive duplication device. The detective declined — "the Logicube machine he wanted to use was not reliable." Kleiman instead purchased a device from Digital Intelligence and had it shipped overnight to his office in Boca Raton.

Key details from the declaration:

  • Kleiman was "former law enforcement" who had "assisted the Sheriff's Office in computer related examinations and seizures in the past"
  • The job "needed to be done as soon as possible"
  • Kleiman was meeting "a private investigator who worked with Mr. Black" the next morning — described as "an old-time New York cop-type" (Riley or Lavery)
  • The computers "had not been used since 2005" — confirming these were the El Brillo Way machines
  • Kleiman estimated the process would take "at least 10 hours or more"
  • Someone would be "standing by while the process was being completed"
Total forensic copies created: 12 — three bit-stream copies and one EnCase image for each of three computers.

The detective relayed Kleiman's call to an FBI Special Agent over lunch that same day, July 25, 2007. The FBI knew that Epstein's defense team was forensically imaging the removed computers. An identical copy of this declaration also appears at EFTA00178967, p. 219.

Who Was Dave Kleiman?

David Kleiman (January 22, 1967 — April 26, 2013) was a computer security and forensics pioneer. A former Palm Beach County Sheriff's detective, he co-authored the Syngress textbook series on computer forensics and helped establish the PBSO Computer Forensics Lab. A 1995 motorcycle accident left him wheelchair-bound; he subsequently worked as a freelance forensics consultant from Riviera Beach, Florida.

Kleiman died on April 26, 2013, from complications of MRSA — found in his home surrounded by handguns and alcohol bottles, with a gunshot wound that a medical examiner ruled was from a self-inflicted accidental discharge while bedridden.

He is most widely known for the Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit, in which his estate alleged that Kleiman was involved in the creation of Bitcoin alongside Craig Wright. The case, filed in 2018, centered on whether Kleiman and Wright had jointly mined approximately 1.1 million early Bitcoin. A jury in 2021 found Wright liable for $100 million in conversion.

No outlet has publicly connected Kleiman's role in forensically cloning Jeffrey Epstein's computers with his later fame in the Bitcoin/Satoshi Nakamoto controversy. The February 2026 reporting by The Telegraph, ABC News, and the Palm Beach Post mentions him only in passing as "a computer-forensics expert."

Part 3: The Grand Jury Subpoenas That Were Never Complied With

The federal government issued Grand Jury Subpoenas Duces Tecum OLY-63 and OLY-64 to compel production of the removed computer equipment. Epstein's attorneys filed a motion to quash.

AUSA Marie Villafana's January 29, 2008 email — part of the internal DOJ correspondence released as "Operation Leap Year" — lays out what happened (EFTA01659971):

"Judge Marra originally prepared for the hearing on Epstein's motion to quash the subpoena for the computer equipment that was removed from his home in anticipation of the execution of a search warrant. We rescheduled the hearing several times for plea negotiations and, as part of the signed agreement, Epstein was supposed to withdraw the motion to quash, but never did."

The Non-Prosecution Agreement was signed September 24, 2007. It required Epstein to withdraw the motion to quash. He never did. The hearing was continually postponed. There is no evidence in the corpus that the three computers or any of the 12 forensic copies were ever produced to the government.

A civil subpoena was also issued directly to Paul A. Lavery in Epstein v. Edwards, demanding (EFTA01713206):

"1. All computer equipment and electronic storage media removed from the residence located at 358 El Brillo Way, Palm Beach, Florida... 2. All computer equipment and electronic storage media that currently belongs to, or has ever belonged to, Jeffrey Epstein... 3. All documents and information related to the nature of the relationship between Mr. William Riley and/or Riley Kiraly and Mr. Jeffrey Epstein..."

Part 4: "I Have Them Locked in Storage"

August 23, 2009

Nearly four years after the removal and two years after the cloning, Riley still had the computers. On August 23, 2009, he emailed Robert D. Critton Jr. (Epstein's civil litigation attorney at Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman), with copies to Jessica Cadwell (a paralegal at the firm), Roy Black, and Jeffrey Epstein (EFTA00884246):

"Bob, Over the weekend I learned that plaintiff's counsel are looking to get from me the computers and paperwork I took from Jeff's house prior to the Search Warrant. I have them locked in storage and would like to know what to do with them. They are no longer needed in the criminal case, I assume. Is it possible to give you these items for your review and safekeeping or give it to Darren Indyke or back to Jeff, etc.?"

Page 2 of the email continues:

"I have attached my inventory and some of the photos of the items I have. Roy Black directed that the computers drives be cloned and he would have the results of that effort. The cloning was done by a forensic specialist, Dave Kleiman."

Epstein forwarded Riley's email first to Roy Black, then to Martin Weinberg, his criminal defense attorney.

Riley's storage location for the computers at this time was Manhattan Mini Storage in New York City. His invoices to Critton's firm confirm $490/month for "New York Storage facility" beginning no later than November 2009 (EFTA00612018).


Part 5: The Court Preservation Order

On an unspecified date in 2009, the court in the civil litigation issued a preservation order that explicitly covered storage units. The order, responding to a motion from Jane Doe plaintiffs, directed (EFTA00728870):

"Specifically, Defendant must preserve the following evidence: records of phone communications; records of domestic and international travel... any evidence stored in Defendant's storage unit; all photographs of the interior and exterior of Defendant's Palm Beach mansion as it appeared in 1998 through October 2005... and all computers used by Defendant and/or his agents and/or employees during 1998 through and including October 25, 2005, the date of the search warrant."

A separate litigation hold letter from opposing counsel to Robert D. Critton, Esq. demanded preservation of "a complete, bit-by-bit 'mirror' evidentiary image copy of the storage media of each and every personal computer" — targeting the very Kleiman forensic clones (EFTA00614372).

This preservation order remains legally binding. If the estate executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, allowed storage units containing court-ordered preserved evidence to lapse, that is a violation of the order.


Part 6: The Storage Unit Map

The EFTA corpus contains American Express credit card statements (account ending 2-61005), UBS business account records, and email correspondence that identify the following storage facilities. Merchant descriptor details, store numbers, and phone numbers are included because they are subpoenable identifiers that could be used to determine the current status of each unit.

Unit 1: The Store Room / Uncle Bob's — West Palm Beach, FL

DetailValue
---------------
Current operatorExtra Space Storage (acquired Life Storage 2023, which rebranded from Uncle Bob's 2016)
Address1401 Mercer Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
Phone(561) 659-2903
AmEx merchant stringTHE STORE ROOM AUSTR W PALM BEACH FL (pre-2014); UNCLE BOBS SELF ST0 561-659-2903 (2014-2016)
Unit size12 x 15 feet (180 sq ft)
Lease signed2003
Monthly cost$221 (2003) → $344 (2010) → $374.31 (2015)
Last charge in corpusOctober 25, 2016 ($568.36)
Paid byJanusz Banasiak's card on Epstein AmEx account
Contents documented in January 2015 email chain (EFTA01747301):

Janusz Banasiak (Epstein's Palm Beach property manager) inventoried: "White top table, Sofa with mattress, 8 bar chairs — 4 metal and 4 leather, 2 desks metal frame glass top, 2 chairs, speakers, 3 computers, screen from LSJ."

Bella Klein emailed: "Just received lease from Uncle Bob storage. Lease was signed in 2003 with The Store Room for $221 per month. Unit space is 12x15. Current cost is 374.31 per month."

Larry Visoski (Epstein's chief pilot) replied: "The checkered carpet is old Boeing carpet, I'll view the unit tomorrow... The rifles should be removed and properly stored."

Richard Kahn forwarded the photos to Epstein with the note: "Janusz would like to review with you as he believes some items such as old computers (once wiped) can be discarded."

"Once wiped." By January 2015, the three computers in this unit had already been wiped.

Source documents: EFTA01747301, AmEx charges throughout EFTA01671962.


Unit 2: Public Storage #20461 — Delray Beach, FL

DetailValue
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Store number20461
LocationDelray Beach, FL
Phone(818) 244-8080 (corporate)
AmEx merchant stringPUBLIC STORAGE 20461 DELRAY BEAC 818-244-8080
Monthly cost$87-130/month
Period in corpusDecember 2009 — May 2011+
Paid byLarry Visoski's card on Epstein AmEx account

Charges appear consistently each month on Visoski's AmEx card, starting at $87.83 (January 2010), rising to $118.37 by June 2010, and reaching $130.38 by February 2011. The contents of this unit are unknown.

Source: AmEx statements in EFTA01671962.


Unit 3: Public Storage #08219 — West Palm Beach, FL

DetailValue
---------------
Store number08219
LocationWest Palm Beach, FL
Phone(800) 688-8057 (corporate)
AmEx merchant stringPUBLIC STORAGE 08219 WFST PALM BEA FL 800-688-8057
Charge found$37.77 (January 23, 2014)
Paid byVisoski's card on Epstein AmEx account

Only a single charge appears in the corpus. This may indicate a short-term rental, a one-time access fee, or that the AmEx statements covering the full payment history for this unit fall outside the produced date range.

Note: Public Storage store #5219, located at 1301 Mercer Avenue, is approximately 100 feet from Uncle Bob's at 1401 Mercer Avenue. The "08219" merchant code may correspond to this location.

Source: EFTA01671962, p. 3737.


Unit 4: Extra Space Storage #8665 — Royal Palm Beach, FL

DetailValue
---------------
Store number8665
LocationRoyal Palm Beach, FL
Phone(888) 586-9658 (corporate)
Merchant reference7561371061537
AmEx merchant string8665 EXTRA SPACE STORAGE 7561371061537 ROYAL PALM BEA FL 8885869658
Monthly cost$123.42 (Jun-Dec 2016) → $124.49 (Jan-May 2017)
Period in corpusJune 2016 — May 2017 (AmEx statements end)
Paid byVisoski's card on Epstein AmEx account

Two Extra Space Storage facilities operate in Royal Palm Beach: 10200 Fox Trail Rd S (store #7732) and 10719 Southern Blvd (store #7332). The merchant store number 8665 would need to be cross-referenced with Extra Space Storage's payment processing records to identify the specific facility.

Source: AmEx statements in EFTA01671962.


Unit 5: Manhattan Mini Storage — New York, NY

DetailValue
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LocationManhattan, New York (specific address unknown)
Monthly cost$490.00 + 7% FL service tax = $524.30/month
Period documentedNovember 2009 — October 2010+
Paid byEpstein, via intermediary "Jack," then via Critton/HBRK
RenterWilliam Riley / Riley Kiraly

This was Riley's unit — the one where the three computers, 29 telephone directories, photographs, 8mm tape, and other items removed from El Brillo Way were held. Riley invoiced Critton's firm for "New York Storage facility" at $490/month (EFTA00612018).

In September 2010, Riley asked Epstein to take over billing directly:

"Would you get your accountant to send me credit card information so I can have it put on file to have the monthly charges at Manhattan Mini Storage billed directly to your card."

EFTA00757442

Richard Kahn responded: "$2,000 was sent to Jack on August 5th to pay for May-August 2010 Storage fees. Funds were sent to Jack on August 30th to pay for September and October 2010 Storage fees." (EFTA02422842)

Manhattan Mini Storage operates over 30 locations across Manhattan. The specific facility has not been identified from the corpus documents.


Unit 6: Extra Space Storage #0804 — River Edge, NJ (Maxwell)

DetailValue
---------------
Store number0804
LocationRiver Edge, New Jersey
Phone(201) 996-0020
Merchant reference5600000111240
Monthly total$1,000-$1,200 across multiple units
Period in corpusJanuary 2016 — November 2016
Paid byGhislaine Maxwell, via UBS debit (116 East 65th Street LLC) and ELLMAX LLC AmEx

This facility was paid from two separate Maxwell-controlled accounts:

A. UBS Business Services Account for 116 East 65th Street LLC (Financial Advisors: Scott Stack / Lyle Casriel). Cardholder: "G MAXWELL." Charges appear on pages 51-72 of EFTA01277957.

Sample charges from February 2016:

  • Feb 13: $366.31 — 0804 EXTRA SPACE ST0 201-996-0020 NJ
  • Feb 22: $257.82 — 0804 EXTRA SPACE STO RIVER EDGE NJ
  • Feb 22: $16.04 — 0804 EXTRA SPACE STO 201-956-0020 NJ
  • Feb 23: $264.76 — 0804 EXTRA SPACE STO RIVER EDGE NJ
B. ELLMAX LLC AmEx Business Gold Rewards Card. Charges appear in EFTA01684802.

Sample charges from July 2016:

  • Jul 12: $215.44 — EXTRA SPACE STORAGE 0804 5600000111240 RIVER EDGE NJ 201-996-0020
  • Jul 13: $409.11 — same
  • Jul 22: $446.08 — same, ref 8042785629684
  • Jul 23: $439.66 — same

The recurring pattern of three to four distinct monthly charge amounts — approximately $215, $366, $409, $440 — strongly suggests at least three separate storage units at this single facility. The combined monthly expenditure of $1,000-$1,200 indicates substantial storage volume.

116 East 65th Street LLC was the entity that held Ghislaine Maxwell's Manhattan townhouse, one block from Epstein's mansion at 9 East 71st Street. Maxwell was convicted in December 2021 on five counts related to sex trafficking.

These storage units have not been reported in any media coverage of the Epstein storage unit story.

Unit 7: UOVO Art Storage — Long Island City, NY (Maxwell)

DetailValue
---------------
CompanyUOVO
LocationLong Island City, New York
Phone(212) 904-0404
CategorySTORAGE RENTAL/SUPP
Monthly cost$162.56
Period in corpusJune 2016 — December 2016
Paid byGhislaine Maxwell, ELLMAX LLC AmEx

UOVO is a high-end art and collectibles storage facility. The $162.56 monthly charge is consistent with a small climate-controlled vault for artwork or valuables.

Source: EFTA01684802.


Part 7: The Pattern of Computer Wiping

The corpus documents a systematic practice of wiping computers before disposal:

January 2015 — Richard Kahn, forwarding photos from the Uncle Bob's storage unit: "Janusz would like to review with you as he believes some items such as old computers (once wiped) can be discarded" (EFTA01747301). October 2013 — Regarding a computer at one of Epstein's properties: "Scott told me that the old computer from 6 has not been wiped/cleared. He was planning to make sure you were happy with new before doing anything to old" (EFTA01951006). September 2013 — IT consultant Scott Denett: "with the old one I will wipe the data, but leave the programs and settings for you to use @ LSJ as a new computer station" (EFTA01755407). January 2017 — Lesley Groff (Epstein's executive assistant) to "James | Personal Genius": "Jeffrey would like you to get [name]'s computer and wipe it clean" (EFTA02202165). Five days later: "Jeffrey has asked that James wipe clean [name]'s old computer and then we sent to [person] in Barcelona" (EFTA02200825).

The 2013 and 2017 emails relate to routine computer upgrades — not the three El Brillo Way machines. But the January 2015 email about the Uncle Bob's storage unit explicitly references the computers in that unit as already having been wiped. The question is when, by whom, and whether the wiping destroyed data subject to the court preservation order.


Part 8: What the FBI Never Searched

The 2019 SDNY Warrants

When the SDNY arrested Epstein on July 6, 2019, they executed search warrants at exactly two locations (EFTA01301568):

  • 9 East 71st Street, New York (July 6-11, 2019) — seized CDs, photographs, hard drives, recorders, tablets, USBs, server, cash, and an Austrian passport
  • Little Saint James Island (August 12, 2019) — seized servers, surveillance system, phone system, CDs/DVDs, hard drives, desktops, laptops, logbooks
  • No search warrant was executed on:
    • Manhattan Mini Storage (the Riley computers)
    • Uncle Bob's / The Store Room, West Palm Beach
    • Public Storage, Delray Beach or West Palm Beach
    • Extra Space Storage, Royal Palm Beach
    • Extra Space Storage #0804, River Edge, NJ (Maxwell)
    • UOVO, Long Island City (Maxwell)
    • Any other storage facility

    The FBI was aware of the storage units. The 2007 declaration about Kleiman's cloning was transmitted to an FBI Special Agent on the day it happened. The Riley email about computers "locked in storage" was produced in discovery. The AmEx credit card statements documenting monthly payments to multiple storage companies were in the EFTA production. None of this led to a search warrant.

    The Safe That Almost Disappeared

    Between the July 7 and July 11 search warrants, house manager Merwin Delacruz packed Epstein's belongings from his safe into two suitcases and transported them to Richard Kahn's nearby residence (EFTA01301594). The suitcases contained two binders of CDs, multiple passports (including an Austrian passport), jewelry, a Customs mini-badge, and a wallet. Agents recovered the suitcases after contacting Kahn.

    Kahn — the same person who in January 2015 suggested the storage unit computers could be "discarded once wiped" — was the destination for safe contents being removed from a property under active federal search warrant.


    Part 9: Florida Lien Law and the Clock

    Under Florida Statutes §§ 83.801-83.809 (Self-Storage Facility Act):

    • After 5 days of unpaid rent, a storage facility may deny the renter access
    • After written notice with a 14-day demand period, the facility may advertise the unit for sale
    • The sale must be advertised once per week for 2 consecutive weeks
    • From default to auction: approximately 45-60 days
    • Surplus proceeds unclaimed for 2 years are deemed abandoned

    Jeffrey Epstein died on August 10, 2019. If no one continued paying rent on the Florida storage units, the facilities could have auctioned their contents as early as October 2019. The estate executors, Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, may have continued payments — but the sealed USVI probate proceedings have never disclosed the disposition of storage unit contents. A USVI judge has denied public access to probate reports three times, most recently in February 2026.

    Law enforcement access to storage unit contents requires a search warrant under Florida Chapter 933. A subpoena can compel the storage company to produce records — including current lease status, renter name, payment history, and whether a lien sale has occurred — but accessing the physical contents requires a warrant.

    The identifying details in this report — store numbers, merchant references, phone numbers, addresses — are sufficient to subpoena every storage company for current records.


    Part 10: The Chain of Custody That Never Was

    The timeline of the three El Brillo Way computers:

    DateEventSource
    ---------------------
    Oct 7, 2005Paul Lavery removes 3 computers + 100+ items from 358 El Brillo Way at Roy Black's directionEFTA01733753
    Oct 9, 2005Riley completes inventory, items in his custodyEFTA01733753
    Oct 20, 2005PBPD executes search warrant; finds monitors but no computers, no mediaEFTA01334241
    Jul 25, 2007Dave Kleiman calls PBSO deputy about cloning job; deputy tells FBIEFTA00222965
    Jul 26, 2007Kleiman creates 12 forensic copies (3 bit-stream + 1 EnCase × 3 computers)EFTA00222965
    Sep 24, 2007NPA signed; requires Epstein to withdraw motion to quash computer subpoenaEFTA01659971
    Jan 29, 2008AUSA Villafana notes Epstein "never did" withdraw the motionEFTA01659971
    Aug 23, 2009Riley: "I have them locked in storage" — Manhattan Mini StorageEFTA00884246
    2009Court preservation order covers "any evidence stored in Defendant's storage unit"EFTA00728870
    Nov 2009+Riley invoices for "New York Storage facility" at $490/monthEFTA00612018
    Sep 2010Riley asks Epstein to take over Manhattan Mini Storage billingEFTA00757442
    Jan 2015"3 computers" in Uncle Bob's storage, WPB; Kahn: "once wiped, can be discarded"EFTA01747301
    Jul 6, 2019SDNY arrests Epstein, searches mansion — does not search any storage unitEFTA01301568
    Aug 10, 2019Epstein dies. Florida lien clock starts if payments stop.
    ?Current status of all units unknown

    The three computers were removed from the mansion, cloned by a forensics expert who died in 2013, subpoenaed by a grand jury that never received them, held in a Manhattan storage unit paid for by the target of the investigation, transferred to a Palm Beach storage unit where they were wiped, and at no point seized by law enforcement.

    The 12 forensic copies — the bit-for-bit images that would have preserved whatever was on those drives in 2005 — have never been located. Riley's 2009 email states Roy Black "would have the results of that effort." Roy Black died in 2025.


    Document Summary Table

    EFTADSDescription
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    EFTA0173375310Riley inventory memo (Oct 9, 2005): items removed from El Brillo Way
    EFTA0133424110PBPD search warrant narrative: missing computers, no media found
    EFTA0133332710PBPD incident report duplicate: same search warrant narrative
    EFTA0168859610PBPD incident report: garage search, gun safe, massage tables
    EFTA002229659Sealed declaration: Kleiman cloning, PBSO deputy, FBI notified
    EFTA001789679Duplicate of Kleiman declaration (p. 219)
    EFTA0172878810Duplicate of Kleiman declaration
    EFTA0165997110Villafana "Operation Leap Year" email: motion to quash never withdrawn
    EFTA0171320610Civil subpoena to Paul Lavery for computers
    EFTA008842469Riley "locked in storage" email (Aug 23, 2009)
    EFTA007288709Court preservation order: "any evidence stored in Defendant's storage unit"
    EFTA006143729Litigation hold letter: bit-by-bit mirror copies demanded
    EFTA0174730110Uncle Bob's storage: inventory, lease, "once wiped can be discarded"
    EFTA0167196210AmEx statements: all FL storage charges + Extra Space Storage RPB
    EFTA006120189Riley Kiraly invoice: "New York Storage facility" $490/month
    EFTA007245869Riley Kiraly invoice: Jan-Apr 2010 storage
    EFTA007245919Riley Kiraly invoice: May-Aug 2010 "Manhatten Storage Center"
    EFTA007574429Riley asks Epstein to take over Manhattan Mini Storage billing
    EFTA007787899Riley: "My bill was paid by Jack"
    EFTA0203366310Rich Kahn: Manhattan Mini Storage billing discussion
    EFTA0242284211Kahn: "$2,000 sent to Jack" for storage fees
    EFTA0127795710UBS account: Maxwell / 116 E 65th St LLC — Extra Space Storage NJ
    EFTA0168480210ELLMAX LLC AmEx: Maxwell — Extra Space Storage NJ + UOVO
    EFTA0130156810SDNY 2019 search warrants: only 9 E 71st + LSJ searched
    EFTA0130159410Delacruz packs safe contents to Kahn's residence
    EFTA0220216510Groff: "wipe it clean" (Jan 2017)
    EFTA0220082510Groff: "wipe clean old computer, send to Barcelona" (Jan 2017)
    EFTA0195100610"Old computer from 6 has not been wiped/cleared" (Oct 2013)
    EFTA0175540710Denett: "wipe the data, leave programs" for LSJ (Sep 2013)
    EFTA000025131Photo: WD RE4 hard drive with "7INIF3" label — seized evidence

    External Sources

    ClaimSourceURL
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    Telegraph broke storage unit story, Feb 22-25, 2026The Telegraph (via Yahoo)Exclusive: Epstein hid secret files in storage units across US
    Telegraph revealed contents of storage lockerThe Telegraph (via Yahoo)The contents of Epstein's secret storage locker
    ABC News: evidence hidden for a decadeABC NewsEpstein hid trove of evidence from investigators
    Palm Beach Post: computers in storage unitsPalm Beach Post (via Yahoo)Epstein hid computers in storage units in Palm Beach County
    FBI declined to say if units were searchedWIONAt least 6 Epstein secret storage units missed by FBI
    Uncle Bob's rebranded to Life Storage (2016), acquired by Extra Space (2023)WikipediaLife Storage
    Uncle Bob's WPB = 1401 Mercer Ave, now Extra Space StorageExtra Space StorageExtra Space Storage — 1401 Mercer Ave
    Dave Kleiman: computer forensics expert, died Apr 26, 2013WikipediaDave Kleiman
    Kleiman v. Wright: Bitcoin/Satoshi Nakamoto lawsuitGizmodoThe Strange Life and Death of Dave Kleiman
    Kleiman: Riviera Beach, FL; PBSO forensicsBroward Palm Beach New TimesRiviera Beach Man Helped Invent Bitcoin
    Riley: former Bear Stearns investigatorScribdBackground on William Riley and Jeffrey Epstein
    Estate probate sealed; judge denied public access 3xSt. Thomas SourceJudge denies public access to Epstein probate reports
    House Oversight subpoenaed Indyke/Kahn, Aug 2025House Oversight CommitteeSubpoena to Epstein Estate
    Florida Self-Storage Facility ActFlorida Statutes§ 83.806

    This analysis relies on Claude Code running Opus 4.6, which can make mistakes. Every factual claim is cited to a specific EFTA document or external source. Readers are encouraged to verify independently.