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Case 1:19-cr-00490-RMB Document 23 Filed 07/16/19 Page 1 of 3
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew’s Plaza
New York, New York 10007
July 16, 2019
VIA ECF REQUEST TO FILE PARTIALLY
UNDER SEAL
The Honorable Richard M. Berman
United States District Judge
Southern District of New York
United States Courthouse
500 Pearl Street
New York, New York 10007
Re: United States v. Jeffrey Epstein, 19 Cr. 490 (RMB)
Dear Judge Berman:
The Government respectfully submits this letter to provide the Court with additional
information in response to the Court’s questions at the detention hearing held on July 15, 2019
(the “Detention Hearing”).
I. Payments to Potential Witnesses1
In a July 12, 2019 letter, the Government informed the Court that the Government had
recently obtained records from a financial institution (“Institution-1”) that appeared to show the
defendant had made suspicious payments shortly after the Miami Herald began publishing, on
approximately November 28, 2018, a series of articles relating to the defendant, his alleged sexual
misconduct, and the circumstances under which he entered into a non-prosecution agreement
(“NPA”) with the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida in 2007. The same
series highlighted the involvement of several of Epstein’s former employees and associates in the
alleged sexual abuse. At the Detention Hearing, the Court asked the Go
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