Memorandum SubjectDate Re: Operation Leap Year April 17, 2007 ToFrom R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney Jeff Sloman. First Assistant United States Attorney W , Chief, Criminal Division , MAUSA, Northern Region Chief, Northern Region 1. Introduction This memorandum seeks approval for the attached indictment charging Jeffrey Epstein, M, a/k/a ," and . The proposed indictment contains counts and seeks the forfeiture of Epstein's Palm Beach home and two airplanes. The investigation initially was undertaken by the City of Palm Beach Police Department in response to a com laint received from the parents of a 14-year-old girl, ., from Royal Palm Beach. When . and another girl began fighting at school because the other irl accused of being a prostitute, one of the school princi als intervened. The principal searched .'s purse and found $300 cash. The principal asked . where the money came from. initially claimed that she earned the money working at "Chik-Fil-A," which no one believed. . then claimed that she made the money selling drugs; no one believed that either. finally admitted that she had been paid $300 to give a massage to a man on Palm Beach island. .'s parents approached the Palm Beach Police Department ("PBPD") about pressing charges. PBPD began investi atin the recipient of the massage, Jeffrey Epstein, and two of his assistants, and . PBPD identified 27 girls who went to Epstein's house to perform "massage services" (not including one licensed massage therapist). The girls' ages ranged from 14 years' old to 23 years' old. Some girls saw Epstein only once and some saw him dozens of times. The "massage services" performed also varied. Some girls were fully clothed while they massaged Epstein; some wore only their underwear; and some were fully nude. During all of these massages, Epstein masturbated himself and he would touch the girl performing the massage, usually fondling their breasts and touching their vag