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Embassy of
the United States of America
Office of
the Legal Attache
US Consulate
Sydney NSW 2000
Tel.
File No. 31E-MM-108062
14 March 2011
Coordinator
International Network Coordination and Support Team (INCS)
Serious & Organised Crime
Australian Federal Police
Canberra, ACT Australia
Via email:
Interview of U.S. Citizen
Dear Mr.
Re:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation Miami Field Office (FBI Miami) is
assisting the Palm
Beach Police Department in Florida with an ongoing investigation into JEFFREY
EPSTEIN, a US
citizen.. Along with associates, EPSTEIN is believed to have manipulated underage
girls from local
high schools to perform massages and sexual acts at his residence. The victims were
usually recruited
by other underage females and after performing various acts were paid sums of money
in the $200-
$1000 . Investigation in Miami identified a victim named
married
name
born
is a U.S. citizen and the victim of
a sex
crime; she is not considered a subject, nor is she facing charges in the
investigation described below.
EFTA00005711
FBI Miami believes
was working at a local resort when she was
approached to
meet EPSTEIN at his residence.
agreed and soon began traveling with EPSTEIN
to
various locations outside the state of Florida. Several witness have corroborated
travel
with EPSTEIN. FBI Miami also has evidence EPSTEIN paid
and provided her an
apartment in exchange for sex. In addition to the accounts of travel, FBI Miami has
obtained a witness
statement from one of EPSTEIN's victims. This victim, who was 14 at the time of the
incident,
observed EPSTEIN have sexual intercourse with
who was 17 at the time.
EPSTEIN later
indicated to this victim that
was in
and had started a family of
her own.
In 2008, FBI Miami conducted investigation which determined
was residing in
Australia.
Accordingly, FBI Miami coordinated with the FBI Legal Attache Office in
Canberra for a letter to be delivered to
notifying her she was a victim of
a crime.
is believed by FBI Miami
Valley, New
South Wales 2261, telephone
On 03/04/2011,
(USAO) in West
Palm Beach, Florida and expressed her willingness to speak further with
investigators about her
activities with EPSTEIN. In further conversations with the USAO,
indicated
EPSTEIN
had instructed her to have sex with numerous associates in the both the United
States and overseas.
identified several subjects by name and indicated she had records to support
her
allegations.
further advised she could identify several other women that
were underage and
had engaged in sexual situations with EPSTEIN. Finally,
personnel to
the U.S. Consulate in Sydney, Australia on Thursday, 17 March 2011, to be
interviewed in detail and
to provide copies of the rec