Who is Teresa Metallo in the Epstein files?

She was a Vice President in Deutsche Bank's wealth-management operations, working in risk and control and vendor oversight. She appears in internal bank emails about account-opening documents for an Epstein account in 2016 and a new derivatives account in 2018. The files show her in a compliance and operations role, not as an associate of Epstein.

Did Teresa Metallo communicate with Jeffrey Epstein?

Nothing in the files shows that. Her correspondence is with Deutsche Bank colleagues such as Lisa-M Ramos, Armen Brash, Paolo De-Leon, Diana Canter and Keith Buckholz. Epstein's name appears in subject lines and account references, but he is not a participant in her emails.

What did she do regarding the Epstein account paperwork?

In April 2016 she passed along a message about a signature card, noting that the front office needs to be reminded to get account-opening documents in a timely way. In 2018 she was asked to name her AML/Onboarding contacts and said she would set up a call to work out how to support the document requests. The files do not say what happened afterward.

Is Teresa Metallo accused of any wrongdoing?

The files contain no allegation of wrongdoing against her. Her emails read as routine compliance and onboarding work. Appearing in the files, even in documents carrying government production stamps, is not evidence of misconduct.

Why does she share so many documents with people like Bradley Gillin and Lisa-M Ramos?

Most of the overlap comes from long distribution lists on recurring Deutsche Bank check-referral and payment-approval emails, where Metallo, Ramos, Gillin and others are all copied. The shared-document counts reflect those group emails and say little about a personal connection.

Who is Teresa Metallo in the Epstein files?

She was a Vice President in Deutsche Bank's wealth-management operations, working in risk and control and vendor oversight. She appears in internal bank emails about account-opening documents for an Epstein account in 2016 and a new derivatives account in 2018. The files show her in a compliance and operations role, not as an associate of Epstein.

Did Teresa Metallo communicate with Jeffrey Epstein?

Nothing in the files shows that. Her correspondence is with Deutsche Bank colleagues such as Lisa-M Ramos, Armen Brash, Paolo De-Leon, Diana Canter and Keith Buckholz. Epstein's name appears in subject lines and account references, but he is not a participant in her emails.

What did she do regarding the Epstein account paperwork?

In April 2016 she passed along a message about a signature card, noting that the front office needs to be reminded to get account-opening documents in a timely way. In 2018 she was asked to name her AML/Onboarding contacts and said she would set up a call to work out how to support the document requests. The files do not say what happened afterward.

Is Teresa Metallo accused of any wrongdoing?

The files contain no allegation of wrongdoing against her. Her emails read as routine compliance and onboarding work. Appearing in the files, even in documents carrying government production stamps, is not evidence of misconduct.

Why does she share so many documents with people like Bradley Gillin and Lisa-M Ramos?

Most of the overlap comes from long distribution lists on recurring Deutsche Bank check-referral and payment-approval emails, where Metallo, Ramos, Gillin and others are all copied. The shared-document counts reflect those group emails and say little about a personal connection.

Back to People & Entities

Teresa Metallo

Person

200

Total Mentions

200

Documents

212

Connected Entities

Person referenced in documents

Watch: Teresa Metallo in the Epstein files

1:07

Narrated from the AI-generated summary of the documents. Numbers reflect the archive at generation time.

Teresa Metallo was a Deutsche Bank Vice President in operations, risk and control. She appears in the files in bank-internal email about account-opening paperwork for a Jeffrey Epstein account (2016) and a new derivatives account (2018). The files show her doing back-office compliance work, and they do not show any personal relationship with Epstein.

She is identified by signature block as a Vice President at Deutsche Bank: "AWM GTO-OPS, Vendor Oversight – Risk & Control" in 2016, and "WM OPS, Regulatory – Risk & Control" in 2018. In April 2016 she received a message from colleague Lisa-M Ramos about a signature card for an account titled with Jeffrey Epstein's name. She forwarded it to Armen Brash, a Director in Deutsche Bank Wealth Management, and wrote that the front office needs to be reminded to get account-opening documents in on time. In January 2018 she is part of a thread about a new derivatives account, where colleagues ask who her contacts are in AML/Onboarding and discuss her supplying KYC, PCR and RDC documents. Many of her other appearances are as a copied recipient on routine, automated-style "check referral" payment-approval emails from 2016–2018.

Key Highlights

•April 4, 2016: Lisa-M Ramos emailed Metallo that a signature card had just been sent for an account under the Jeffrey Epstein subject line. Metallo forwarded it to Armen Brash and noted the front office needs to be reminded to get account-opening documents in a timely way. Brash's replies in the files ask for a new signature card carrying both the account holder's and the power of attorney's signatures.
•January 2018: In the "New Derivatives account" thread, Paolo De-Leon asked Metallo for her points of contact in AML/Onboarding. She replied that she would set up a call with the group to discuss how to support the requests. Another colleague noted that a former team member, Gideon, had worked for her, and she was brought into the thread for that reason.
•Her role was operational: vendor oversight, regulatory and risk-and-control work, and document collection for KYC (know-your-customer) checks. None of the files show her meeting, speaking with, or writing to Epstein.
•Of 200 documents, 199 are emails and 1 is another type. No legal, financial-ledger, travel or investigative records name her. Only 14 emails carry her in the From/To/Cc header.
•Dozens of her appearances are in recurring Deutsche Bank "check referral" emails, where she is one of many people copied on approvals to post or pay items. These show a routine process, not an individual decision by her.
•Several of the emails carry Deutsche Bank and SDNY production stamps, including a Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e) confidentiality marking. That shows the emails were produced in a government matter, but it does not by itself indicate anything about her conduct.

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

Document Mentions (20 of 200)

EFTA01355973.pdf

EFTA01355973

1 mention

eith Buckholz CC: Paolo De-Leon Subject RE: New Derivatives account. I Hi Keith — I tried to call you but no voice mail Gideon used to work for Teresa Metallo so I have reached out to her She is checking on this one Just fyi — one of the accounts you listed far below has been closed on Pershing since 4/28

EFTA01355957.pdf

EFTA01355957

1 mention

holz < Cc: Paolo De-Leon < Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. Il] Hi Keith — I tried to call you but no voice mail (E) Gideon used to work for Teresa Metallo so I have reached out to her She is checking on this one Just fyi — one of the accounts you listed far below has been closed on Pershing since 4/28

EFTA01355951.pdf

EFTA01355951

1 mention

ement 345 Park Avenue - 14th Floor New York, NY, USA 10154-0004 From: Diana Canter Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 4:36 PM To: Paolo De-Leon ; Teresa Metallo < Cc: Keith Buckholz Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] Kind regards, Diana Canter CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-S

Sponsored

EFTA01356015.pdf

EFTA01356015

1 mention

eith Buckholz Cc: Paolo De-Leon Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. DJ Hi Keith — I tried to call you but no voice mail Gideon used to work for Teresa Metallo so I have reached out to her She is checking on this one Just fyi — one of the accounts you listed far below has been closed on Pershing since 4/28

EFTA01356014.pdf

EFTA01356014

1 mention

Classification: For Internal use only Hi Paolo, Can you provide the client's account number Teresa Metallo Vice President WM OPS Regulatory - Risk & Control 60 Wall Street From: Paolo De-Leon Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 9:57 AM To: Teresa Metal

EFTA01356052.pdf

EFTA01356052

1 mention

h Buckholz Cc: Paolo De-Leon Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. ill Hi Keith — I tried to call you but no voice mail @ Gideon used to work for Teresa Metallo so I have reached out to her She is checking on this one Just fyi — one of the accounts you listed far below has been closed on Pershing since 4/28

Sponsored

EFTA01356126.pdf

EFTA01356126

1 mention

Paolo, I will set up a call with all to discuss how we can support these requests. Thanks, Teresa Metallo Vice President WM OPS Regulatory - Risk & Control 60 Wall Street New York, NY 10005 From: Paolo De-Leon Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 11:07

EFTA01356092.pdf

EFTA01356092

1 mention

: Keith Buckholz Cc: Paolo De-Leon Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. Hi Keith — I tried to call you but no voice mail Gideon used to work for Teresa Metallo so I have reached out to her She is checking on this one Just fyi — one of the accounts you listed far below has been closed on Pershing since 4/28

EFTA01356100.pdf

EFTA01356100

1 mention

r'ee < >; Debra Jasper Cc: Keith Buckholz >; Srikanta Gouda <[email protected]>; [email protected]' <[email protected]>; Teresa Metallo < Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [II Adding Teresa to the thread. Teresa- it seems that Gideon Pinedo who I believe was previously on your

Sponsored

EFTA01356158.pdf

EFTA01356158

1 mention

t by acting as the point of contact for retrieving the KYC, PCR and RDC documents. Are you in agreement with this proposal? Regards, Paolo From: Teresa Metallo Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2018 12:11 PM To: Paolo De-Leon >: Debra laser Surendra Singh >; Abhijit Mukherjee Halina Laczny . . > Cc: Keit

EFTA01356131.pdf

EFTA01356131

1 mention

L LLC From: Diana Canter Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2018 11:45 AM To: Paolo De-Leo Cc: Keith Buckhol Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] Teresa Metallo These are different account numbers than were provided way below originally? Kind regards, Diana Canter Diana Canter Director I Supervisory Prin

EFTA01356172.pdf

EFTA01356172

1 mention

rom: Diana Canter Sent: Thursday, January 11 2018 4:36 PM To: Paolo De-Leon Cc: Keith Buckholz Subject: RE: New D Kind regards, Diana Canter ; Teresa Metallo CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0041827 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00188011 EFTA01356172

Sponsored

EFTA01356164.pdf

EFTA01356164

1 mention

t: Thursday, Januar 11 2018 4:36 PM To: Paolo De-Leon Cc: Keith Buckholz Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [II Kind regards, Diana Canter ; Teresa Metallo Diana Canter Director I Supervisory Principals Group-Business Supervisory Office Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. Deutsche Bank Wealth Management 1

EFTA01356167.pdf

EFTA01356167

1 mention

, 2018 11:07 AM To: Surendra Singh >; Halina Laczny < >; Abhilt Mukherjee < Cc: Keith Buckholz >; Srikanta Gouda <[email protected]>; Teresa Metallo < Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] Adding Teresa to the thread. >; Debra Jasper >; [email protected]' Teresa- it seems that G

EFTA01358100.pdf

EFTA01358100

1 mention

From: Vinayl on behalf of sigver dbgps Sent: 2/25/2016 2:56:09 PM To: Stewart 0ldfield CC: Paul Morris Joy E Mitchel Teresa Metallo Muhammod J Uddin Catherine Lo reco sigver dbgps ; Lisa- M Ramos Subject: FW: Check referral; Account no: 42955542, 42953475; Amount: 38179.66 I

Sponsored

EFTA01358140.pdf

EFTA01358140

1 mention

on behalf of sigver dbgps Sent: 6/29/2016 7:30:44 AM To: Paul Morris CC: Muhammod J uddin • Joy E Mitchell Oldfield ; Catherine Lo reco Teresa Metallo sigver dbgps Lisa-M Ramos ; Stewart ; Brianna Fowler Bradley Gillin Cynthia Rodri uez Subject: Check referral; Account no: ; Amount: 29272.1

EFTA01358499.pdf

EFTA01358499

1 mention

From: Cynthia Rodriguez Sent: 1/10/2017 8:26:22 AM To: sigver dbgps CC: Muhammodl Uddin Joy E Mitchell Teresa Metallo Julian 1 Leff Bradley Gillin Subject: Re: Check Referral - Acct 42953475 PI Stewart Oldfield Classification: For Internal Use Only Okay to pos

EFTA01358503.pdf

EFTA01358503

1 mention

From: on behalf of Sent: To: CC: Muhammad J Uddin Mitchell ; Catherine Logreco Teresa Metallo bgps ; Lisa-M Ramos Brianna Fowler Bradley Guilin Cynthia Rodriguez Priyanka Vadhera sigver dbgps 7/28/2016 7:23:54 AM Stewart 0ldfield Su

Sponsored

EFTA01358515.pdf

EFTA01358515

1 mention

From: Bradley Gillin Sent: 6/26/2017 10:30:20 AM To: sigver dbgps CC: Stewart Oldfield Muhammodl Uddin ; Joy E Mitchell I; Teresa Metallo Lisa-M Ramos Julian J Leff Kavish Sharma ; Uplabdhi Singh Cynthia Rodriguez William-M Finn Subject: RE: EMS/26O617960738: Check refrrerlas: 3

EFTA01355956.pdf

EFTA01355956

1 mention

ubject: FW: New Deriylitl isaccom MI III M Classification: For Memel use only Paolo, Do you mind running with this tomorrow? We need to check with Teresa Metallo whether she (or her team) supplied the docs required from the LS2 team in order to open the L52 facility. If she did not, then see if she knows who

Sponsored

Connected Entities(20 of 212)

Martha Stewart