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Vinny
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First name reference to multiple individuals in Epstein-related documents
"Vinny" is a first name that stands for several different people in the files. The most substantive one is a contractor, "Vinny B." of Prime Renovations & Painting, who sent renovation estimates in October 2018 for a steam area at a New York townhouse. Those estimates were forwarded to Richard Kahn and Karyna Shuliak, and Vinny was scheduled to meet Jeffrey Epstein in person in late 2018 and early 2019.
The clearest appearances are emails from October 2018 in which Merwin Dela Cruz forwards estimates from "VINNY B." (Prime Renovations & Painting, Estimates EST-1171 and EST-1172) to Richard Kahn and Karyna Shuliak. Calendar entries and scheduling emails describe him as the contractor for the steam area and as a contractor that David Mitchell had used. A January 2019 email from Kahn to Epstein, subject "71st street," refers to "David's contractor Vinny." Other documents use "Vinny" for unrelated people: the late owner of a car service (Karosa/CARosa Limo), a driver, an electrician, and a name in a 2005 text exchange. The name alone does not show these are the same person. About 63 of the 69 documents are emails, and only a handful are calendars or other records.
Key Highlights
- •On October 10 and 11, 2018, "VINNY B." emailed estimates from Prime Renovations & Painting (EST-1171 and EST-1172). Merwin Dela Cruz forwarded them to Richard Kahn and Karyna Shuliak, with the note "Please find proposal from Vinny for steam area."
- •Epstein's schedule for Thursday, October 18, 2018 lists a 10:00am appointment with "Vinny, the contractor for steam area (Merwin organized)." A separate entry describes him as a contractor that David Mitchell had used. An email that day says "Vinny is here!", and Epstein replied (as shown in the files) "10 minutes tell him thx."
- •The contractor kept coming up into 2019. A January 2019 email chain sets aside 9am on January 17 for "Vinny and Merwin with JE." On January 14, Merwin Dela Cruz wrote that Epstein would not be in New York that day and asked whether he should attend the meeting with Vinny, suggesting a date after January 31 if so. On January 31, Kahn wrote "Vinny can come anytime this afternoon after 3pm," and on February 1 an assistant wrote that Epstein had agreed to see Kahn "at 3:15pm along with Vinny."
- •A January 3, 2019 email from Kahn to Epstein, subject "71st street," attaches an email from "David's contractor Vinny" and asks Epstein to advise. An October 4, 2018 email about a meeting on the 71st Street house has David Mitchell writing "Vinny can handle that."
- •A different Vinny was the owner of the Karosa/CARosa car service. A 2010 email says "Vinny is my contact with them." Later emails, including several from a Gabriel Roque introducing himself as a new owner of CARosa Limo, say Vinny had died, and Roque calls him his "old boss." These appear to be a different person from the contractor.
- •Other uses of the name include a 2012 scheduling email saying "Vinny has been booked" to pick up David Blaine at Teterboro, a contact list entry "Laredo Electrician (Vinny)," a 2016 charter invoice email addressed to "Vinny, and Denise," and a casual 2005 text exchange signed "Vinny." The files do not say whether any of these is the same person as the contractor or the car service owner.
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Document Mentions (20 of 69)
EFTA00285585.pdf
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00pm Appt tiss/ 7:00pm DINNER w/Woody and Soon Yi Thurs. Oct. 18. 2018 NY Reminder: Dave on holiday Oct 18-21, back to work Oct 22 10:00am Appt w/Vinny, the contractor for steam area (Merwin organized) 12:00 m Dental Cleanin at Dr. Ma nani's o ce JOJO to DRIVE YOU! 5:00pm Appt w/Brad Karp 8:00pm
EFTA00339866.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00339866
regular car serive that knows exact location of meridian but if they'd prefer to use their own„ works for me,,, My GOTO serive is Karosa (formerly Vinny was the owner, he passed away 8 months ago,,, Chris and Teressa took over the business„ Here is their number, just say Larry N212JE They have my A
EFTA00339869.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00339869
use my regular car serive that knows exact location of meridian but if prefer to use their own„ works for me,,, My GOTO serive is Karosa (formerly Vinny was the owner, he passed away 8 months ago,,, Chris and Teressa took over the business„ Here is their number, just say Larry N2I2JE They have my A
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EFTA00404933.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00404933
From: To: IC > Cc: Januiz Banasiak Francis Derb Subject: Re: Fwd: Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 17:20:57 +0000 Vinny has been bookec oick up David Blaine upon arrival into Teterboro tomorrow. Janusz, pls use suburban to pick up JE, and M. Thanks. On Sep 19, 2012
EFTA00404922.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00404922
ed, 19 Sep 2012 14:25:47 +0000 Importance: Normal , "Januiz Banasiak" "FrancMSierib" Arrival is 6:30am at Atlantic TEB, = are you going to have "Vinny" pick Je's guest on plane for our arrival or CitiCar? Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T From: Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 06:31:29 -0600 To: Janusz Banasia
EFTA00480114.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480114
rself a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry & D
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EFTA00480112.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480112
lf a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & I'm one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which I'm sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry
EFTA00480132.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480132
rself a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Lany, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry & Da
EFTA00480134.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480134
lf a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & I'm one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry & D
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EFTA00480413.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480413
lf a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & I'm one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which I'm sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have EFTA00480414 personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout th
EFTA00480436.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480436
lf a great service. Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & I'm one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which I'm sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry
EFTA00480432.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00480432
lf a great service. Ii Let me introduce myself, my name is Gabriel Roque & one of the owners of CARosa Limo. I used to be a driver for my old boss Vinny, which sure you knew, may he rest in peace. I have personally driven Larry, Dave, airplane seats, your guests, etc, throughout the years. Larry &
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EFTA00548693.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00548693
: please meet about house 71st Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2018 23:52:03 +0000 >, Merwin Thank you! On Oct 4, 2018, at 7:37 PM, David Mitchell < > wrote: Vinny can handle that DAVID MITCHELL Mitchell Holdings LLC 745 Fifth Avenue New York NY 10151 USA On Oct 4, 2018, at 6:24 PM, Karyna Shuliak < > wro
EFTA00548851.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00548851
hn HBRK Associates Inc. 575 Lexington Avenue 4th Floor N tel fa ce On Oct 12, 2018, at 11:36 AM, Merwin Dela cruz < Please find proposal from Vinny for steam area. Thanks Merwin Dela Cruz Begin forwarded message: From: "VINNY B." Date: October 11.201 at : To: Sub ec s ima c rom rime Renova
EFTA00548865.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00548865
from Prime Renovations & Painting (Estimate #: EST-I172) Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2018 15:36:38 +0000 Attachments: EST-1172.pdf Please find proposal from Vinny for steam area. Thanks Merwin Dela Cruz Begin forwarded message: From: "VINNY B." Date: October 11, 2018 at 8:10:30 PM EDT To: Subject: Estimat
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EFTA00548873.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00548873
11, 2018, at 5:34 PM, Met-win Dela Gritz > wrote: > wrote: Do you want to wait for the other proposal from the company next door before we schedule Vinny or just schedule anyway? Thanks Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone On Thursday, October 11, 2018, 4:59 PM, Richard Kahn < thank you merwin please
EFTA00548914.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00548914
ate from Prime Renovations & Painting (Estimate #: EST-I171) Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2018 00:14:21 +0000 Attachments: EST-1171.pdf Below is a quote from Vinny. Thanks Merwin Dela Cruz Begin forwarded message: From: "VINNY B." Date: October 10, 2018 at 7:20:14 PM EDT To: Subject: Estimate from Prime Re
EFTA00549111.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00549111
DT To: Richard Kahn < >, Karyna Shuliak Subject: Fwd: Estimate from Prime Renovations & Painting (Estimate #: EST-1172) Please find proposal from Vinny for steam area. Thanks Merwin Dela Cruz Begin forwarded message: From: "VINNY B." <1 Date: October 11, 2018 at 8:10:30 PM EDT To: Subject: Est
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EFTA00549130.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00549130
stimate from Prime Renovations & Painting (Estimate #: EST-1171) Date: October 10, 2018 at 8:14:21 PM EDT To: Karyna Shuliak Below is a quote from Vinny. Thanks Merwin Dela Cruz Begin forwarded message: . Richard Kahn From: "VINNY B." < > Date: October 10. 2018 at 7:20:14 PM EDT To: Subject: E
EFTA00285497.pdf
1 mentionEFTA00285497
10:00am Appt WI 2:00pm Go see Eric's fabrics at Teterboro (Jay, Chip, Dave) Jay to fly w/Chip/Dave to Islip JOJO TO DRIVE YOU TO TETERBORO Appt w/Vinny, Contractor that David Mitchell has used (he will meet with Merwin) 5:00pm to see Patrick for a cut 7:00pm DINNER w/Woody Allen, Soon Yi and maybe
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Connected Entities(20 of 140)
Jeffrey Epstein
PersonAmerican sex offender and financier (1953–2019)
52 docs52 co-mentions
Richard Kahn
PersonJeffrey Epstein's accountant and estate co-executor (2005-present)
40 docs40 co-mentions
MC
Merwin Dela Cruz
PersonEpstein building maintenance and property staff member (full name: Merwin Dela Cruz)
23 docs23 co-mentions
Marc Rich
PersonAmerican commodities trader (1934–2013)
22 docs22 co-mentions
Karyna Shuliak
PersonBelarusian dentist, Jeffrey Epstein's girlfriend and named heir to his estate
13 docs13 co-mentions
NEW YORK NY
LocationState of the United States of America
13 docs13 co-mentions
VB
VinnY Berisha
PersonPerson referenced in documents
13 docs13 co-mentions
LV
Larry Visoski
PersonAmerican pilot who worked for Jeffrey Epstein from 1991-2019, testified as key witness in Ghislaine Maxwell trial
10 docs10 co-mentions
Bella Klein
PersonAmerican accountant and assistant to Jeffrey Epstein
10 docs10 co-mentions
CARosa Limo
OrganizationLimousine service
10 docs10 co-mentions
HBRK Associates
OrganizationHBRK Associates Inc., firm registered to Epstein accountant Richard Kahn, alleged to have facilitated payments in Epstein enterprise
10 docs10 co-mentions
United States
LocationCountry located primarily in North America
10 docs10 co-mentions
Vinny & Keith
OrganizationOrganization referenced in documents
10 docs10 co-mentions
Lexington
Location1925 Lexington-class aircraft carrier
9 docs9 co-mentions
Lesley Groff
PersonExecutive assistant to Jeffrey Epstein (2001-2019)
8 docs8 co-mentions
Larry & Dave
OrganizationOrganization referenced in documents
7 docs7 co-mentions
GI
Gabriel Roque & I'm
PersonPerson referenced in documents
7 docs7 co-mentions
Teterboro
LocationBorough in New Jersey, United States
6 docs6 co-mentions
David Rodgers
PersonJeffrey Epstein's chief pilot (1991-2019), maintained flight logs documenting passengers on Epstein's private jets
6 docs6 co-mentions
John F. Kennedy
PersonPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 (1917–1963)
6 docs6 co-mentions