Who is mentioned in this document?

The document primarily discusses Jeffrey Epstein and references various FBI and SDNY personnel (names redacted). It also cites nine previous federal investigations including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Goldbrene, and U.S. v. Krupkin as examples where third-party vendors were used to scan sensitive documents.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals that one month before Epstein's death in custody, FBI officials were coordinating the digitization of a large Epstein case file for federal prosecutors in New York. It shows this was standard procedure, with the FBI having used vetted third-party vendors for scanning sensitive documents in numerous previous investigations. The email indicates the case file was substantial enough in size to warrant professional scanning services.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document primarily discusses Jeffrey Epstein and references various FBI and SDNY personnel (names redacted). It also cites nine previous federal investigations including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Goldbrene, and U.S. v. Krupkin as examples where third-party vendors were used to scan sensitive documents.

What does this document reveal?

The document reveals that one month before Epstein's death in custody, FBI officials were coordinating the digitization of a large Epstein case file for federal prosecutors in New York. It shows this was standard procedure, with the FBI having used vetted third-party vendors for scanning sensitive documents in numerous previous investigations. The email indicates the case file was substantial enough in size to warrant professional scanning services.

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This is an FBI internal email from June 2019 discussing the logistics of scanning the Epstein investigation case file for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York.

This email exchange reveals internal FBI procedures following Jeffrey Epstein's arrest in July 2019. FBI officials discuss sending the Epstein case file from Miami to a third-party vendor for scanning, digitization, and indexing at SDNY's request. The email references this as standard practice, citing numerous previous investigations where outside vendors handled sensitive documents including medical and personnel records. This provides insight into the investigative process during the federal prosecution that followed Epstein's arrest.

Key Highlights

•FBI Miami coordinated with SDNY to digitize the Epstein case file using third-party vendors in June 2019
•The case file had recently been received from 'MM' (likely Miami) and required scanning due to its size
•FBI cited at least 9 previous investigations where outside vendors handled sensitive original documents
•The email shows inter-agency coordination between FBI field offices and federal prosecutors shortly before Epstein's death

Frequently Asked Questions

Books for Further Reading

Perversion of Justice: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

Julie K. Brown

Investigative journalism that broke the Epstein case open

Filthy Rich: The Jeffrey Epstein Story

James Patterson

Bestselling account of Epstein's crimes and network

Relentless Pursuit: My Fight for the Victims of Jeffrey Epstein

Bradley J. Edwards

Victims' attorney's firsthand account

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Subject: FW: records management (Epstein investigation) Date: Fri, 07 Jun 2019 19:33:22 +0000 Importance: Normal I am sure you are familiar with the Epstein case, we recently received the case file from MM. The USAO SDNY is requesting the case file be sent to a third party vendor so the documents can be scanned. Apparently this has been done numerous times in the past with other FBI files (see below). With a file this size I think their request makes sense as they want to have the file in a digital format for scanning, cataloguing, and indexing purposes. Does Miami have any objection to us releasing the file in its entirety so SDNY can utilized a vetted third party vendor to scan the files? I have cc'd the NY0 CDC, so she can weigh in on the discussion. Thanks, From: Sent: To Cc Subject: RE: records management (Epstein investigation) Sean, Thanks very much again for talking with us earlier, and we wanted to get you the example cases as promised—it's a number of cases so hopefully that's helpful. I think the ideal would be for the materials to come directly to us so our paralegals can manage the process with the vendor (unless the documents are already on their way to the New York field office), and then we can send them either to you or back to Florida once they've been scanned. The following investigations have been with our office and FBI where we've used outside vendors, including for original and highly sensitive documents (such as medical records, personnel records, etc.): U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. V. Ade!glass, U.S. V. Ng Lap Sen U.S. V. Tortora, or U.S. V. Ashrof Has U.S. V. Goldbrene U.S. V. Vargas, he, U.S. V. Krupkin, d U.S. V. Cruz, over In terms of the vendor, we choose from a small number of organizations that work with us regularly, and they keep all the information strictly confidential (by contractual requirement, most importantly, though also from a desire to be able to EFTA00037279

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continue to get work with us). I'm not aware of any instances where that has been a problem. Please do let us know if any other info would be helpful, and we're also happy to chat with anybody who wants to talk with us about it, and hopefully we can finalize this week. EFTA00037280