SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES G/CE/VC Branch 1/9/2019 I. Major Operational Matters (Arrests/Indictments/Convictions/Sentences/Searches/ Drug Buys) (Short Synopsis): 9A-NY-3217706SUBJECT -"RINGER", VICTIM THREATENING COMMUNICATIONS Case Manager: Margaret Girard NEW YORK, EXTORTION, 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 emails appearing to be sent by the victim, to the subject, and then post these emails on a Twitter account. The subject followed through with posting when the money was not received. The emails contai