Who is Kareen Johnson in the Epstein files?

She appears to be a Deutsche Bank employee. The documents show her taking part in internal account-onboarding and KYC (know-your-customer) compliance threads about Southern Financial LLC between 2017 and 2019. She is usually in the Cc line, but she also writes in at least one thread to ask the compliance team to review an issue.

Did Kareen Johnson communicate with Jeffrey Epstein?

The documents do not show any such contact. The emails are internal bank messages about paperwork, account setup and compliance review. They are not correspondence with Epstein himself.

What was the Southern Financial LLC account issue she was involved in?

The emails show Deutsche Bank staff trying to get tax documents (a W-9) and recent financial statements for the account in late 2017 and early 2018. In May 2018 the onboarding case was escalated to the AML review team with a note that it was a priority for the desk. In an email signed by her, Kareen Johnson asked whether the problem might be a merger issue. The emails shown do not state how the review ended.

Is there public information about Kareen Johnson?

No Wikipedia page or news coverage tying her to Epstein turned up. Her appearance in the files comes from her work role in these Deutsche Bank emails. It is not evidence of wrongdoing on her part.

Who is Kareen Johnson in the Epstein files?

She appears to be a Deutsche Bank employee. The documents show her taking part in internal account-onboarding and KYC (know-your-customer) compliance threads about Southern Financial LLC between 2017 and 2019. She is usually in the Cc line, but she also writes in at least one thread to ask the compliance team to review an issue.

Did Kareen Johnson communicate with Jeffrey Epstein?

The documents do not show any such contact. The emails are internal bank messages about paperwork, account setup and compliance review. They are not correspondence with Epstein himself.

What was the Southern Financial LLC account issue she was involved in?

The emails show Deutsche Bank staff trying to get tax documents (a W-9) and recent financial statements for the account in late 2017 and early 2018. In May 2018 the onboarding case was escalated to the AML review team with a note that it was a priority for the desk. In an email signed by her, Kareen Johnson asked whether the problem might be a merger issue. The emails shown do not state how the review ended.

Is there public information about Kareen Johnson?

No Wikipedia page or news coverage tying her to Epstein turned up. Her appearance in the files comes from her work role in these Deutsche Bank emails. It is not evidence of wrongdoing on her part.

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Kareen Johnson appears in Deutsche Bank internal emails from 2017 to 2019 about onboarding and compliance review of an account for Southern Financial LLC. She is mostly copied on the threads, and in one May 2018 email she writes to ask the compliance team to look into an issue. The documents show no direct contact with Jeffrey Epstein.

Most of the 70 documents are emails, and 48 have her in the From/To/Cc header. In December 2017 and January 2018 she is copied on exchanges between Nina Tona and Amber Davis about missing tax paperwork (a W-9 and financial statements) for Southern Financial LLC (ONB-1010155). In May 2018 she is copied on the escalation of a related onboarding case (ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049) to the bank's AML review team. In a message signed with her name she asks whether an issue might have been a merger problem and requests that the team take a look. In February 2019 she is a named recipient of a "KYC remediation" email, and her name also appears on an April 2019 wealth-management case-tracker update. A small number of the 70 documents are classified as investment records or other.

Key Highlights

•In a May 2018 email chain, a message signed "Kareen Johnson" asks whether an issue "was a merger issue" and asks the compliance team to look into it and say whether it needs more information.
•She is copied on the December 2017 to February 2018 thread about collecting tax documents and updated financial statements for the Southern Financial LLC account (ONB-1010155). The thread also involves Amber Davis, Nina Tona, Alastair Mackinlay and Nick Watkins.
•She is copied on the May 2018 escalation (ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049) to Deutsche Bank's AML review team. Zack Bunimovich, Martin Zeman, Jesse-J Cruz and James Gladwin are among the people on that thread.
•She is a direct recipient of a February 25, 2019 "KYC remediation" email from Ian Salters, addressed to Brian Serino and to her.
•Her strongest connections are to Nina Tona (50 shared documents), Zack Bunimovich (34) and Amber Davis (25). Many threads reference Deutsche Bank Securities in Jacksonville, Florida.
•At least one of these documents carries a grand-jury confidentiality header ("Fed. R. Crim. P. 6(e)"). This shows the emails were part of a federal investigative record. It does not by itself say anything about her role.

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EFTA01357119.pdf

EFTA01357119

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material herein without our written consent is strictly forbidden. From: Ian Salters Sent: Monday, February 25, 2019 4:00 PM To: Brian Serino ; Kareen Johnson > Cc: Bill Kin <bill.kin db.com>; Davi e-A Sferrazza ; Nina Tona Salters > Subject: KYC remediation [I] • Ian Classification: For hind use o

EFTA01357130.pdf

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Cc: Kareen Johnson < >; Alastair Mackinlay Subject: RE: SOUTHERN FINANCIAL LLC - ONB-1010155 [I] Classification: For Internal use only Amber and Karen, I have a fe

EFTA01357129.pdf

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date on the below. Thank you Nina Tona From: Alastair Mackinlay Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 11:55 AM To: Amber Davis < >; Nina Tona Cc: Kareen Johnson < Subject: RE: SOUTHERN FINAN( IAI I I ON R-1010155 (I) Please see W9 attached Thanks Alastair Mackinlay Key Client Partners - Americas Deutsc

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EFTA01357151.pdf

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the environment before printing this email From: James Gladwin Sent: 11 May 2018 18:44 To: Martin Zeman < ; Zack Bunimovich ; Jesse-J Cruz Cc: Kareen Johnson ; Daniel-A Klyashtorny >; Nina Tona S; Xavier Avila ; Davide-A Sferrazza ; AMLUK Reviews <[email protected]>; Devshiji Odedra < ; Ian Salt

EFTA01357154.pdf

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Cc: Kareen Johnson Daniel-A Klyashtorny Zack Bunimovich Subject: RE: Escalation: ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049 / Southern Financial LLC [I] Classification: For Inter

EFTA01357150.pdf

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back on 3A below Kind Regards Simon Nall <image001.gif> Deutsche Bank Email From: James Gladwin Sent: 16 May 2018 15:19 To: Martin Zeman Cc: Kareen Johnson ; Daniel-A Klyashtorny Nina Tona ~111~-; Xavier Avila Davide-A Sferrazza AMLUK Reviews >; Devshiji Odedra a; lan Salters >; Simon Nall

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EFTA01357149.pdf

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me. Is it possible this was a merger issue? Please let me know if your team could take a look and if additional information is needed. Thank you! Kareen Johnson On May 18, 2018, at 12:11 PM, James Gladwin < Classification: For Miami use only Hi Simon, Absolutely, quite simply: wrote: i. Our Jacksonvill

EFTA01357153.pdf

EFTA01357153

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details. This is a priority for our desk. Thank you. From: Zack Bunimovich Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 12:24 PM To: AMLUK Revi James Gladwin Cc: Kareen Johnson Martin Zeman ; Jesse-1 Cruz ; Daniel-A Klyashtorny ; Nina Tona Subject: RE: Escalation: ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049 / Southern Financial LLC [II

EFTA01357162.pdf

EFTA01357162

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From: Nina Tona Sent: 5/16/2018 10:59:10 AM To: Simon Nall ; Martin Zeman Kareen Johnson CC: I; Xavier Avila ; Davide-A Sferrazza .com ; AMLUK Reviews am [email protected]; Devshil Odedra m]; Ian Salters • Rick -x Patel Jesse-J Cr

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EFTA01357163.pdf

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Email From: James Gladwin Sent: 16 May 2018 15:19 To: Martin Zeman Cc: Kareen Johnson A; Daniel-A Klyashtorny < Nina Tona Ulli lia>; Xavier Avila < IMIIIIIMM; Davide-A Sferrazza <=a.; AMLUK Reviews <a; Devshiji Odedra Ian Salte

EFTA01357164.pdf

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sider the environment. before printing his email From: James Gladwin Sent: 10 May 2018 09:47 To: Martin Zeman < Zack Bunimovich < Jesse-lCru Cc: Kareen Johnson ; Daniel-A Klyashtorny • Tona Xavier Avila Davide-A Sferrazza ; AMLUK CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0043542 CON

EFTA01357165.pdf

EFTA01357165

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ore printine the; email From: Martin Zeman Sent: 08 May 2018 20:27 To: Zack Bunimovich AMLUK Reviews Jesse-J Cruz MN Ins; James Gladwin Cc: Kareen Johnson >; Daniel-A Klyashtorny " " Nina Tona ; Xavier Avila Davide-A Sferrazza u je : : sca a ion: ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049 / Southern Financia

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EFTA01357166.pdf

EFTA01357166

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From: Zack Bunimovich Sent: Tuesday, May 08, 2018 12:24 PM To: AMLUK Reviews Jesse-1 Cruz Cc: Kareen Johnson a Daniel-A Klyashtorny Nina Tona Subject: RE: Escalation: ONB- / Southern Financial LLC JIJ Classification: For Internal use only +Nina From:

EFTA01357167.pdf

EFTA01357167

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before printlim this entail From: Jesse-J Cruz Sent: 08 May 2018 15:06 To: AMLUK Reviews ; amluk compliance •, >; James Gladwin Helen Ncube Cc: Kareen Johnson a; Daniel-A Klyashtorny Zack Bunimovich Subject: RE: Escalation: ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049 / Southern Financial LLC Ill Classification: For int

EFTA01357168.pdf

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ent: Thursday, May 03, 2018 3:05 PM To: AMLUK Reviews <amluk.reviews a7db.com>• amluk compliance <amluk.compliance€clb.com> Cc: Zack Bunimovich >; Kareen Johnson Subject: Escalation: ONB-1135648 / LKYCGB-160049 / Southern Financial LLC (I] Classification: For internal use only Hi All, We are performing a p

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EFTA01362514.pdf

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s June 2017" for latest financial statements Thank you Nina Tona From: Amber Davis Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2018 8:15 PM To: Nina Tona Cc: Kareen Johnson < ck Watkins Alastair Mackinlay Subject: RE: SOUTHERN FINANCIAL LLC - ONB-1010155 Classification: For internal use only Good evening , I apolog

EFTA01362515.pdf

EFTA01362515

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Cc: Kareen Johnson < > Subject: SOUTHERN FINANCIAL LLC - ONB-1010155 Ill Classification: For internal use only Good afternoon, Could you please provide a tax docum

EFTA01362533.pdf

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use only Hello Kareen Please advise who will take this on. Thank you Nina Tona From: Amber Davis Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2018 1:12 PM To: Kareen Johnson < >; COB GMLondon-Jax < Yolanda Wood CONFIDENTIAL - PURSUANT TO FED. R. CRIM. P. 6(e) DB-SDNY-0051988 CONFIDENTIAL SDNY_GM_00 198172 EFTA01362

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EFTA01362535.pdf

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binding obligation on the part of DBSI or any of its affiliates. From: Amber Davis Sent: Wednesday, December 20, 2017 11:09 AM To: Nina Tona Cc: Kareen Johnson ; Alastair Mackinlay Subject: RE: SOUTHE 010155 III Classification: For internal use only Good morning For tax document, I need something like

EFTA01357121.pdf

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Brian Serino Jarvis CC: Jamaal Bushara Subject: WM End of Day Updates 4/25/2019 Attachments: Daily Case Tracker (WIP).xlsx Tiele Aldridge ; Kareen Johnson Hello Team, ; Oliver Esslinger Yasmeen Alim ; Nina Tona I- ; Davide Sferrazza [davide- Bill King ; Steven Mattus ; Ellenoi Please see the atta

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