Memorandum SubjectDate Re: Operation Leap Year May I, 2007 (Revised 9/13/07) (2nd Revision 2/19/08) a ToFrom R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney Jeff Sloman, First Assistant United States Attorney Chief, Criminal Division MAUSA, Northern Region Chief, Northern Region M, I. Introduction This memorandum seeks a royal for the attached indictment charging Jeffrey Epstein, 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. F-' 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 F3 and, from information we have received, a continued danger to the community based upon his continued enticement of underage girls. For these reasons, we would like to present a sealed indictment to the Grand Jury on May 15, 2007 , and we would like the presentation of that indictment and the status of the investigation to remain confidential. Epstein's crimes are considered crimes of violence and negotiation with his attorneys may undermine our arguments for pretrial detention. The investigation initially was undertaken by the City of Palm Beach Police Department in res nse to a coin laint received from the parents of a 14-year-old girl, ., from . When . and another girl began arguing at school because the other girl accused of being a prostitute, one of the school princi als intervened. The principal searched purse and where the money came from. initially claimed that found $300 cash. The principal asked 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 parents approached the Palm Beach $300 to give a massage to a man on Palm Beach Island. Police Department ("PBPD") about pressing charges. PBPD began inve