What is document EFTA00037295?

This is an internal FBI email chain from June 12, 2019, discussing the transfer of Jeffrey Epstein's case file from the FBI Miami field office to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The emails concern logistics for having the physical documents scanned and digitized by a third-party vendor.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Jeffrey Epstein as the subject of the investigation, an FBI agent named Sean who is coordinating the file transfer, and references to the USAO SDNY and FBI Miami field office (MM). It also lists multiple precedent cases including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng, U.S. v. Krupkin, and U.S. v. Cruz.

What does this document reveal?

This document reveals that just weeks before Epstein's July 2019 arrest, the FBI was actively transferring his case files from Miami to New York for digitization. It shows SDNY prosecutors were preparing for a major prosecution by having the extensive case file scanned and catalogued. The document also demonstrates that using third-party vendors to scan sensitive FBI materials, including medical and personnel records, was standard practice across multiple high-profile cases.

Why was Epstein's case file being transferred from Miami to New York?

The FBI Miami field office conducted the original investigation into Epstein that led to his 2008 plea deal. When SDNY prosecutors prepared new federal sex trafficking charges in 2019, they needed access to the original case file for evidence and context. The transfer and digitization request came just weeks before Epstein's arrest on July 6, 2019.

What cases are mentioned as precedents for using outside scanning vendors?

The document lists several cases where SDNY and the FBI used outside vendors to scan original and sensitive documents, including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Adelglass, U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng, U.S. v. Tortora, U.S. v. Ashrof Ho, U.S. v. Goldbrener, U.S. v. Vargas, U.S. v. Krupkin, and U.S. v. Cruz.

What is document EFTA00037295?

This is an internal FBI email chain from June 12, 2019, discussing the transfer of Jeffrey Epstein's case file from the FBI Miami field office to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY). The emails concern logistics for having the physical documents scanned and digitized by a third-party vendor.

Who is mentioned in this document?

The document mentions Jeffrey Epstein as the subject of the investigation, an FBI agent named Sean who is coordinating the file transfer, and references to the USAO SDNY and FBI Miami field office (MM). It also lists multiple precedent cases including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng, U.S. v. Krupkin, and U.S. v. Cruz.

What does this document reveal?

This document reveals that just weeks before Epstein's July 2019 arrest, the FBI was actively transferring his case files from Miami to New York for digitization. It shows SDNY prosecutors were preparing for a major prosecution by having the extensive case file scanned and catalogued. The document also demonstrates that using third-party vendors to scan sensitive FBI materials, including medical and personnel records, was standard practice across multiple high-profile cases.

Why was Epstein's case file being transferred from Miami to New York?

The FBI Miami field office conducted the original investigation into Epstein that led to his 2008 plea deal. When SDNY prosecutors prepared new federal sex trafficking charges in 2019, they needed access to the original case file for evidence and context. The transfer and digitization request came just weeks before Epstein's arrest on July 6, 2019.

What cases are mentioned as precedents for using outside scanning vendors?

The document lists several cases where SDNY and the FBI used outside vendors to scan original and sensitive documents, including U.S. v. Chambers, U.S. v. Adelglass, U.S. v. Ng Lap Seng, U.S. v. Tortora, U.S. v. Ashrof Ho, U.S. v. Goldbrener, U.S. v. Vargas, U.S. v. Krupkin, and U.S. v. Cruz.

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An internal FBI email from June 2019 discussing the logistics of transferring Epstein's case file from the Miami field office to SDNY for scanning and digitization by a third-party vendor.

This document is an internal FBI email chain from June 12, 2019, regarding records management for the Epstein investigation. The USAO SDNY had recently received Epstein's case file from the FBI Miami field office and was requesting permission to send the physical files to a vetted third-party vendor for scanning, cataloguing, and indexing. The email references numerous past cases where similar scanning arrangements were used for sensitive materials, demonstrating this was standard procedure. This document provides insight into the behind-the-scenes logistics of how investigators prepared Epstein's extensive files for prosecution just weeks before his July 2019 arrest.

Key Highlights

•Shows FBI Miami transferred the original Epstein case file to SDNY in June 2019, just weeks before his July arrest
•Reveals SDNY's use of third-party vendors to digitize sensitive FBI investigation files
•Lists multiple precedent cases where original FBI documents were scanned by outside vendors
•Demonstrates inter-office coordination between FBI Miami and New York field offices

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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

Witness (Cold War Classics)

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To Subject: RE: records management (Epstein investigation) Date: Wed, 12 Jun 2019 19:07:34 +0000 Importance: Normal Froml Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2019 11:54 AM Frorr on) give me a call when you have a chance. Thanks Subject: FW: records management (Epstein investigation) 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 so she can weigh in on the discussion. I would like to have your concurrence before releasing the files since they belong to MM. Thanks, Sean EFTA00037295

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From Sent• on a , a u je : : recor s managemen ps ein roves iga ion) 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. Adelglass, U.S. V. Ng Lap Se U.S. V. Tortora, o U.S. V. Ashrof Ho 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 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. thanks again EFTA00037296