Who is Halina Laczny in the Epstein files?

Halina Laczny was a Deutsche Bank employee, an Assistant Vice President in DB Services New Jersey (GTO Research & Investigations). They appear in 171 documents, mostly internal bank emails. In 54 of those emails they are a sender or recipient. The clearest thread is the October 2015 urgent request to re-open a closed account under case #1469681.

What was the October 2015 account re-opening about?

The emails show Laczny and colleagues in Deutsche Bank's private wealth and account-opening teams working quickly to get a closed account re-opened. They coordinated approvals between teams. A related message says a client was funding a transaction in the account. The emails shown do not name the account holder, so they do not establish whose account it was without reading the full documents.

Do the documents show Halina Laczny communicating with Jeffrey Epstein?

No. The emails are internal Deutsche Bank correspondence with colleagues such as Daphne Cales, Jj Litchford, Debra Jasper, Enid Ellis and Gaurav Bhargava. None of the documents shown has Laczny writing to Epstein or his associates, and they show no personal relationship. Their presence reflects a back-office compliance and operations role at the bank.

Is there public information about Halina Laczny outside the files?

No Wikipedia page or news coverage of Halina Laczny turned up. Everything known here comes from the Deutsche Bank emails and records in the archive.

Who is Halina Laczny in the Epstein files?

Halina Laczny was a Deutsche Bank employee, an Assistant Vice President in DB Services New Jersey (GTO Research & Investigations). They appear in 171 documents, mostly internal bank emails. In 54 of those emails they are a sender or recipient. The clearest thread is the October 2015 urgent request to re-open a closed account under case #1469681.

What was the October 2015 account re-opening about?

The emails show Laczny and colleagues in Deutsche Bank's private wealth and account-opening teams working quickly to get a closed account re-opened. They coordinated approvals between teams. A related message says a client was funding a transaction in the account. The emails shown do not name the account holder, so they do not establish whose account it was without reading the full documents.

Do the documents show Halina Laczny communicating with Jeffrey Epstein?

No. The emails are internal Deutsche Bank correspondence with colleagues such as Daphne Cales, Jj Litchford, Debra Jasper, Enid Ellis and Gaurav Bhargava. None of the documents shown has Laczny writing to Epstein or his associates, and they show no personal relationship. Their presence reflects a back-office compliance and operations role at the bank.

Is there public information about Halina Laczny outside the files?

No Wikipedia page or news coverage of Halina Laczny turned up. Everything known here comes from the Deutsche Bank emails and records in the archive.

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Halina Laczny was a Deutsche Bank Assistant Vice President in DB Services New Jersey (GTO Research & Investigations). They appear in internal bank emails, including a October 2015 push to re-open a closed account (case #1469681) and routine overdraft and non-post transaction approvals in 2018–2019.

The files include 54 emails in which Laczny is on the From, To or Cc line. In early October 2015 they wrote and forwarded urgent requests asking Deutsche Bank's Private Wealth Management account-opening group to approve and re-open a closed account. They also appear as a named approver in a financial record on "Status E" account exceptions. In 2018 and 2019 they are mostly copied on overdraft ("OD Referral") and non-post transaction emails sent by a Jaipur, India operations team. Most of the 171 documents are emails, and only a few are substantive non-email records. The emails shown do not say whose account was being re-opened.

Key Highlights

•On October 2, 2015 Laczny emailed colleagues in the Private Wealth Management account-opening group (AOG) and the closing-notice team. The subject was "ref. case#1469681 – reopen a[ccount] – urgent", with Importance: High. They noted the bank could not add or change details on a closed account.
•By October 5–6, 2015 an AOG approval step had been completed. Laczny forwarded the thread onward and asked that case #1469681 be approved and AOG be asked to enter the case and re-open the account.
•Laczny signs as Assistant Vice President, DB Services New Jersey, GTO Research & Investigations, 100 Plaza One, Jersey City, NJ. One thread includes a line mentioning the United States Virgin Islands. The text shown does not explain its relevance.
•A financial record on account-opening requirements lists Laczny among a short group (with Kathryn J. Stanfield, Enid Ellis, Roxanne Scott, Lillian Torres and Yvette Tirrito) who could give one-time approval when an account lacked "Status-E".
•Laczny is named, with Enid Ellis, Debra Jasper and Roxanne Scott, on a recipient list for a "New Derivatives account" thread involving FX middle office, collateral and PWM derivatives staff. Some of these pages carry DB-SDNY Bates numbers and a grand jury confidentiality legend.
•In 2018–2019 Laczny, usually alongside Debra Jasper, is copied on daily OD Referral and non-post transaction emails. This is routine banking-exception processing and is lower in signal than the 2015 account re-opening thread.

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Document Mentions (20 of 171)

EFTA01398390.pdf (email 14: RE: New Derivatives account. [I])

EFTA01398390_email_014

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Singh <nitin- Sendhil-kumar ; FX Middle Office >; Roxanne Scott < ; FX Middle Office <fx- ; Hiren Mathur >; Enid Ellis < K <sendhil- ; Debra ; Halina ; CRM-PWM EFTA01398408

Srikanta Gouda a; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Sendhil-kumar K <sendhil- ; FX Middle Office ; Debra Jasper < ; Roxanne Scott < -; Halina Laczny < ; FX Middle Office <fx- ; Collateral Admin-NY ; Nitin-X Singh <nitin- Derivatives Collateral-Assets Newyork Subject: RE: New Derivative

le Office < CRM-PWM Derivatives ; Enid Ellis ; Collateral-Assets Newyork <collateral- Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] ›; Debra Jasper Halina Laczny >; Hiren Mathur Classification: For internal use only Hi Keith, Generally we do not required the below information in order to setting up a New

EFTA01403122.pdf (email 3: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/)

EFTA01403122_email_003

2 mentions

d; Halina Laczny; Paul Morris Cc: Catherine Logreco Subject: RE: Account closing notifications - urgent [I] Classification: For internal use only Halina: We have to confirm these accounts won't get purged from M&I over the weekend. Anyway we can put a status U on the account? Or make sure they don't

In Manish absence please read below and advise, thank you. Kind regards, Halina Laczny Assistant Vice President DB Services New Jersey, GTO Research & Investigations 100 Plaza One - 3rd Floor Jerse Cit , NJ 07311-3901 MS : Phone

EFTA01359853.pdf

EFTA01359853

2 mentions

anch Supervisor Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas Lendin• & e ass.41.,* P4wOrm From: Jj Litchford Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 3:54 PM To: Halina Laczny; Paul Morris; Daphne Cales Cc: Catherine Logreco Subject: RE: Account closing notifications - urgent [I] Classification: For Internal uae only Th

l Morris; Daphne Cales Cc: Catherine Logreco Subject: RE: Account closing notifications - urgent [I] Classification: For Internal uae only Thanks Halina, we are working on a KYC for the account. This is on hold until Monday. Appreciate the help. JJ Litchford Associate Banker Deutsche Bank Trust Co

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EFTA02295969.pdf

EFTA02295969

2 mentions

» Classification: Confidential » Hi Amanda, ICI » As requested, please see attached the copy of the check for amt, >> $1,070..» » Kind regards, Halina » <mime-attachment.gif> » Kind regards, » Halina Laczny » Assistant Vice President » DB Services New Jersey, » GTO Research & Investigations »

e-attachment.gif> » Securities offered through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. » Forwarded by Amanda Kirby/db/dbcom on 08/06/2014 12:39 PM » From: Halina Laczny/db/dbcom EFTA_R1_01156582 EFTA02295969 » To: Amanda Kirby/db/dbcom@DBAMERICAS, » Date: 08/06/2014 12:36 PM » Subject: Fw: Case # for A/c >>

EFTA01398352.pdf (email 14: RE: New Derivatives account. [I])

EFTA01398352_email_014

2 mentions

ngh ; Collateral Admin-NY ; CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Surendra Singh < >; Sendhil- kumar K ; FX Middle Office <fx- >; Debra Jasper >.; Roxanne Scott Halina Laczny ; FX Middle Office ; Hiren Mathur CRM-PWM Derivatives • ; Enid Ellis Subject: FW: New Derivatives account. [I] EFTA01398375 Classification:

c: Srikanta Gouda a.; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Sendhil-kumar K <sendhil- ; FX Middle Office ; Debra Jasper < ; Roxanne Scott ; Halina Laczn < ; FX Middle Office <fx- ; Hiren Mathur Derivatives Collateral-Assets Newyork Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] ; Nitin-X Singh

EFTA01403122.pdf (email 1: FW: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/)

EFTA01403122

2 mentions

gava; Anil Tewani; Manish-m Gupta Subject: RE: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/- - urgent [I] Classification: For internal use only EFTA01403122 Hi Halina, I have confirmed with FIS. And they say that the account will get purge form system after the 180 days from the day it got closed from system. Th

Subject: FW: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/ From: Halina Laczny ‹ > Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 17:10:34 -0400 To: Daphne Cales Cc: Jj Litchford Classification: For internal use only Daphne, Please read below FIS

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EFTA01363686.pdf

EFTA01363686

2 mentions

From: Sent: To: CC: Halina laczny Debra Jasper ; Oversight Control Subject: RE: OD Referral dated 06-05-2019 For Hemant-Kumar Rathore 6/6/2019 1:42:15 PM Stewart Oldfiel

essincalist.db.com From: Natalie Barak Sent: Thursday, June 06, 2019 1:38 PM To: Hemant-Kumar Rathore Stewart Oldfield Gillin Rachel Wachs Cc: Halina Laczny Debra Jasper ; Oversight Control Subject: RE: OD Referral dated 06-05-2019 For AC Classification: For Internal use only Do NOT pay Waive fee B

EFTA01362492.pdf

EFTA01362492

2 mentions

From: Natalie Barak Sent: 6/10/201910:35:53 AM To: Hemant-Kumar Rathore tewart Oldfield Bradley Gitlin Rachel Wachs CC: Halina laczny [email protected]; gtopwm pan tingexception ec [email protected]; Oversight Control ([email protected]) Subject: RE: OD Re

:I:yr. h< From: Hemant-Kumar Rathore Sent: Monday, June 10, 2019 10:24 AM To: Stewart Oldfie ; Natalie Barak Bradley Gillin ; Rachel Wachs Cc: Halina Laczny Oversight Control Subject: OD Referral dated 06-07-2019 For ACM 42953758 Hi Team, Please find the attached OD Referral for today and approve thes

EFTA01402204.pdf

EFTA01402204

2 mentions

Subject: Re: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/ From: Daphne Cales ‹ > Date: Fri, 02 Oct 2015 16:44:46 -0400 To: Halina Laczny Cc: Jj Litchford Classification: For Internal Use Only Thanks. - urgent [I] From: Halina Laczny Sent: Friday, October 02, 2015 04:43 PM To: D

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EFTA01355925.pdf

EFTA01355925

2 mentions

nta Gouda < >; Nitin-X Singh <flinge Collateral Admin-NY ; CUSTOMERBUILD ; Sendhil-kurt ( FX Middle Office ; Debra Jasper ; Roxanne Scott >; Halina Laczny >; FX Middle Office 4 >; Hiren Mathur >; CRM-PWM Derivatives <gin >; Enid Ellis Collateral-Assets Newyork CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CR

-NY Cc: Nitin-X Singh Collateral Admin-NY < ; CUSTOMERBUILD BLO < Sendhil-kumar K >; FX Middle Office am ; Debra Jasper Roxanne Scott >; Halina Laczny ll>; FX Middle Office ; CRM-PWM Derivatives < Enid Ellis <a; Collateral-Assets Newyork <, Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. Classifi

EFTA01398320.pdf (email 16: RE: New Derivatives account. [I])

EFTA01398320_email_016

2 mentions

From: Keith Buckholz Sent: Monday, November To: Surendra Singh Cc: Nitin-X Singh Sendhil-kumar K ; Debra Jasper ; Halina Laczny Office >; Hiren Mathur CRM-PWM Derivatives •; Enid Ellis ; Collateral-Assets Newyork <collateral- Subject: RE: New Derivatives account. [I] Cla

EFTA01398352.pdf (email 13: RE: New)

EFTA01398352_email_013

2 mentions

kanta Gouda a.; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Sendhil-kumar K <sendhil- ; FX Middle Office • ; Debra Jasper < >; Roxanne Scott < -; Halina Laczny < ; FX Middle Office <fx- ; Collateral Admin-NY ; Nitin-X Singh <nitin- Derivatives Collateral-Assets Newyork Hiren Mathur • ; CRM-PWM

e: From: Keith Buckholz Sent: Monday, November To: Srikanta Gouda Cc: Nitin-X Sin Sendhil-kumar Subject: RE: New Srikanta, >; Debra Jasper ; Halina Laczny CRM-PWM Derivatives ; Collateral-Assets Newyork <collateral- 20 2017 2:01 PM ; Surendra Singh ; Collateral Admin-NY ; Collateral Admin-NY ; CUS

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EFTA02303862.pdf

EFTA02303862

2 mentions

rk, NY, USA Email Classification: Confidential Hi Amanda, As requested, please see attached t=e copy of the check for amt, $1,070. Kind regards, Halina <mime-attachment.gif> Kind regards, Halina Laczny Assistant Vice President DB Services New Jersey, GTO Research & Investigations 100 Plaza One

al Hi Amanda, As requested, please see attached t=e copy of the check for amt, $1,070. Kind regards, Halina <mime-attachment.gif> Kind regards, Halina Laczny Assistant Vice President DB Services New Jersey, GTO Research & Investigations 100 Plaza One - 3rd Floor Jersey City, NJ 07311-3901 MS : JCY03-

EFTA01398415.pdf (email 7: RE: New Derivatives account. [I])

EFTA01398415_email_007

2 mentions

ckholz ; Collateral Admin-NY ; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; FX Middle Office <fx- >; Debra Jasper < >; Roxanne Scott EFTA01398424 ; Halina Laczny ; FX Middle Office < ; Hiren Mathur , CRM-PWM Derivatives ; Enid Ellis >.; Collateral-Assets Newyork <collateral- > Subject: RE: New Derivativ

b.com>; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Sendhil-kumar K <sendhil- [email protected]›; FX Middle Office ; Debra Jasper >; Roxanne Scott < ; Halina Laczn ; FX Middle Office <fx- ; Hiren Mathur Derivatives >; Enid Ellis < Collateral-Assets Newyork <[email protected]> Subject:

EFTA01356103.pdf

EFTA01356103

2 mentions

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EFTA01359749.pdf

EFTA01359749

2 mentions

From: b Litchford Sent: 10/5/2015 3:37:10 PM To: Daphne Gales Subject: RE: URGENT: Account Re-opening HI ; Halina Laczny Classification: For internal use only Hiya-- The case to reopen has been re-submitted with A0G approval attached. Case: Halina, can you help expe

ening HI ; Halina Laczny Classification: For internal use only Hiya-- The case to reopen has been re-submitted with A0G approval attached. Case: Halina, can you help expediate this? Appreciate all of your help! 11 JJ Litchford Associate Banker Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas 11111ragement

EFTA01359850.pdf

EFTA01359850

2 mentions

From: Halina Laczny Sent: 10/2/2015 5:10:34 PM To: Daphne Cales CC: lj Litchford Subject FW: ref. cas - reopen a c 959017 - urgent II] Classification: For Int

v Bhargava; Anil Tewani; Manish-m Gupta Subject: RE: ref. case#1469681 - reopen a/c#42959017 - urgent [I] Classification: For Internal use only Hi Halina, I have confirmed with AS. And they say that the account will get purge form system after the 180 days from the day it got closed from system. The

EFTA01360357.pdf

EFTA01360357

2 mentions

Catherine Logreco Subject RE: Account closing notifications - urgent Ill ; Halina Laczny I I; Paul Morris Classification: For Internal use only Halina: We have to confirm these accounts won't get purged from M&I over the weekend. Anyway we can put a status U on the account? Or make sure they don't

om: Daphne Cales Sent: 10/2/2015 3:56:11 PM To: Jj Litchford CC: Catherine Logreco Subject RE: Account closing notifications - urgent Ill ; Halina Laczny I I; Paul Morris Classification: For Internal use only Halina: We have to confirm these accounts won't get purged from M&I over the weekend. Anywa

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EFTA01398628.pdf

EFTA01398628

2 mentions

Derivatives account. [I] ; Surendra Singh ; Collateral Admin-NY ; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; 'FX Middle Office' ; Debra Jasper >; Halina Laczny ; CRM-PWM Derivatives ; Collateral-Assets Newyork Classification: For internal use only Hi Srikanta, ; Roxanne Scott ; Hiren Mathur Is there a

ta Gouda ; Nitin-X Singh ; Collateral Admin-NY CUSTOMERBUILD BLO ; Sendhil-kumar K < ; FX Middle Office ; Debra Jasper < ; Roxanne Scott < ; Halina Laczn < ; FX Middle Office ; Hiren Mathur >; CRM-PWM Derivatives ; Enid Ellis < Collateral-Assets Newyork Subject: RE: New Derivatives accoun

EFTA01403122.pdf (email 4: RE: Account closing notifications - urgent [I])

EFTA01403122_email_004

2 mentions

l Morris; Daphne Cales Cc: Catherine Logreco Subject: RE: Account closing notifications - urgent [I] Classification: For internal use only Thanks Halina, we are working on a KYC for the account. This is on hold until Monday. Appreciate the help. {cid:[email protected]} JJ Litchford A

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