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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
IN RE: OPERATION LEAP YEAR
Federal Grand Jury, 07-103
West Palm Beach, Florida
May 8, 2007
APPEARANCES:
ESQUIRE
Assistant United States Attorney
, Foreperson
TESTIMONY
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1 The sworn testimony of was taken
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3 Division, West Palm Beach, Palm Beach County, State
4 of Florida, on the 8th day of May, 2007.
5 Philip W. May, Court Reporter, was authorized to
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1 (The witness entered the grand jury room.)
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3 having been duly sworn by the grand jury foreperson,
4 was examined and testified on his oath as follows:
EXAMINATION
6 BY MS.
7 Q Special Agent could you state and
8 spell your name for the record.
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10 Q By whom are you employed?
11 A I'm employed by the FBI.
12 Q What is your position with the FBI?
13 A I'm a special agent, and have been so for four
14 years.
15 Q Are you one of the agents assigned to the
16 investigation known as Operation Leap Year?
17 A Yes, I am.
18 Q Were subpoenas caused to be issued on behalf of
19 this grand jury in connection with that investigation?
20 A Yes.
21 Q And have documents been received in response to
22 those?
23 A Yes.
24 Q What additional subpoenas have been issued, and
25 what have you received in response?
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1 A Additional subpoenas that have been issued
2 include OLY-28 to Colonial Bank, along with OLY-29, which
3 was issued to Palm Beach National Bank & Trust Company.
4 That was served on march 5, 2007. It should be known that
5 Palm Beach National Bank & Trust Company is now operated
6 by Colonial Bank, which we learned in the issuance
7 process. We did receive documents back from Colonial
8 Bank, which covered both subpoenas, on April 25, 2007.
9 Q And those sought information relating to bank
10 accounts belonging to Mr. Epstein?
11 A That is correct.
12 Q What else?
13 A Also served OLY-30 to Western Union Financial
14 Services seeking documents and records related to Jeffrey
15 Epstein. It was served on February 26, 2007, and we
16 received items back from western Union on two separate
17 dates, and two packages, the first on April 9, 2007, and
18 the second on April 11, 2007.
19 Q And those sought records of wire transfers from
20 Mr. Epstein to girls whom have been identified for this
21 investigation?
22 A Yes.
23 Q What else?
24 A We also served OLY-31 to Western Union Financial
25 Services. It was served on February 26, 2007, and they
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1 returned information which we received on May 3, 2007.
2 Q The same type of information?
3 A Yes, the same type of information, seeking wire
4 transfer information from Jeffrey Epstein to victims.
5 We also served 0LY-32 to J.P. Morgan Chase Bank.
6 After serving that one on February 26, 2007, they informed
7 us by letter that they are known as Chase, not J.P. Morgan
8 Chase. So we had to reissue another subpoena, which was
9 taken care of on March 22, '07.
10 We also issued 0LY-40 on Chase Bank as well on
11 April 4, 2007. We received records on April 13, 2007 and
12 April 19, 2007 to cover all three subpoenas that were
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14 Q And those sought information related to bank
15 accounts and credit cards related to the defendants?
16 A Yes. Additionally, we served OLY-33 on Dr.
17 Thomas Rofranno (phonetic), who's a chiropractic doctor.
18 We were seeking records related to Jeffrey Epstein as a
19 patient. The subpoena was served on March 6, 2007, and
20 Thomas Rofranno provided materials on March 16. 2007.
21 Also we have OLY-36, which was served on the
22 Palm Beach County Health Department. it was served on
23 March 5, 2007, seeking birth certificates of our victims
24 that we were researching. We received the records from
25 the Palm Beach County Health Department on April 16, 2007.
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1 We also served two subpoenas on the Adult Video
2 Warehouse. The first one was OLY-41, which was served --
3 both of these were served on April 24, 2007, and they were
4 seeking any transactions that had occurred on behalf of
5 Mr. Epstein or those individuals that were working for him
6 or with him. We received items back on the OLY-41
7 subpoena on April 30, 2007.
8 The second subpoena served on Adult Video
9 Warehouse was OLY-34. Again, it was served on April 24,
10 2007, and the Adult Video Warehouse complied and provided
11 us materials on April 30, 2007.
12 That concludes all of the items that we have
13 received to date for the outstanding subpoenas that were
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15 Q Are the documents that you refer to in that box
16 that's on the desk?
17 A Yes, they are.
18 : Does anyone want to review those
19 documents? At this time, no one is requesting that
20 they want to review the documents today.
21 Would you please swear in the witness to
22 maintain those documents.
23 (Witness sworn in as custodian of the
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25 (Witness excused.)
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1 CERTIFICATE OF REPORTER
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3 I CERTIFY pages 1 to 6 is a true transcript of
4 my shorthand notes of the testimony of III'S
5 , before the Federal Grand Jury, West Palm
6 Beach, Florida, on the 8th day of May, 2007.
7 Dated at West Palm Beach, Florida this 28th day
8 of May, 2007.
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