Memorandum Subject Re: Operation Leap Year Date May 1, 2007 (Revised 9/13/07) (2nd Revision 2/19/08)' To From R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney First Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Criminal Division MAUSA, Northern Region , Chief, Northern Region I. Introduction This memorandum seeks approval for the attached indictment char in Jeffrey Epstein, Min a/k/a' JEGE Inc., and Hyperion Air, Inc. The proposed indictment contains 60 counts and seeks the forfeiture of Epstein's Palm Beach home and two airplanes? The FBI has information regarding Epstein's whereabouts on May 16th and May 19th and they would like to arrest him on one of those dates. Epstein is considered an extremely high flight risk' and, from information we have received, a continued danger 'The second revision amends the Jane Doe numbering system to correspond with the most recent indictment. It also removes the references to the overt acts and substantive allegations related to each Jane Doe because the indictment has been revised to group the overt acts related to each Jane Doe. 'Each of the airplanes is held in a separate "shell corporation," JEGE, Inc., and Hyperion Air, Inc. Epstein is the sole shareholder in both of these corporations and they serve no purpose other than to hold and maintain the airplanes for Epstein's personal use. Because these assets are not held as personal property in Epstein's name, I have indicted the two corporations, which will be named as co-conspirators and as aiders and abettors in the relevant offenses. 3Epstein's resources are virtually limitless. In addition to the two airplanes, one of which cost $42,000,000, he has homes around the world, and a fortune estimated to exceed $1 billion. EFTA00234517