IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS DIVISION OF ST. THOMAS & ST. JOHN ***************** ********* ****** IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, ) ) Deceased. ) ) ST-19-PB-0000080 NOTICE TO THE COURT COMES NOW, the Government of the Virgin Islands, by and through its undersigned counsel, Virgin Islands Department ofJustice, Office of the Attorney General and advise the Court of its efforts to meet, confer and cooperate with counsel for the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein ("Estate"), in light of the Court's oral directive related to the filed "Criminal Activity Lien Notice" and the voluntary victims compensation fund ("Fund"). The purpose of this notice is to advise the court of the Government's endeavor to work cooperatively with the victims as well as the Estate on the above concerns. Since the hearing on February 4, 2020, the Government has reached out to and met with the counsel for the Estate and counsels for victims to begin the dialogue for a fair and just resolution of the following issues: A. CRIMINAL ACTIVITY LIEN NOTICE ON ESTATE ACCOUNT By way of recent background, the Court, on Tuesday, February 4, 2020, held a hearing on all outstanding motions in this matter. On Wednesday, February 5, 2020, Shauna Betz, Legal Assistant at Kellerhauls, Ferguson Kroblin (Attorneys for the Estate) sent email correspondence to the Attorney General from Estate attorney Christopher Kroblin, Esq, objecting to the Criminal Activity Lien hold ("Lien") that„ that the Government placed on accounts at the First Bank of Puerto Rico on January 31, 2020, in the name of the "The Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein," "Nautilus, Inc." and "Great St. Jim, LLC",. (See Exhibit 1) On February 6, 2020, the Attorney General responded by email, and offered to schedule a meeting with the Estate the following day, which EFTA00087286