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Nautilus, Inc.

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tagsentity, virgin-islands, epstein-company, little-saint-james
aliasesNautilus Inc, NAUTILUS, INC.

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TypeBusiness corporation organised under the laws of the U.S. Virgin Islands12
Articles of incorporation filedNovember 22, 2011; certificate of incorporation issued December 27, 20111
Address6100 Red Hook Quarter, B3, St. Thomas, VI 0080234
Resident agentKellerhals Ferguson LLP from formation; Business Basics VI, LLC from 2012256
OfficersJeffrey E. Epstein, president and director; Richard Kahn, treasurer and director; Darren Indyke, vice president, secretary and director37
Stated business”Holding Property for Personal Use”489
PropertyLittle St. James Island, conveyed by quitclaim deed of December 23, 2011, recorded December 30, 201110
BankFirstBank, Puerto Rico; commercial checking opened May 4, 20121112
Named as defendantGovernment of the Virgin Islands civil action, Superior Court of the Virgin Islands, Case No. ST-2020-CV-141314; Jane Doe 17 v. Indyke, S.D.N.Y. No. 1:19-cv-09610-PAE-DCF15

Nautilus, Inc. was formed as a U.S. Virgin Islands business corporation in November 2011 and took title to Little St. James Island a month later, by quitclaim deed from L.S.J., LLC, for a stated consideration of ten dollars.110 Jeffrey Epstein was its president and a director and swore that he was its sole beneficial owner; Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn were its other two officers and directors throughout the filings in the record.1637 Its annual franchise tax reports describe its business as “Holding Property for Personal Use”, and its filed balance sheets show a company whose only asset was cash.4171819

The corporation was the respondent in a 2012 Virgin Islands coastal zone enforcement action over unpermitted work on the island, which it settled by a signed agreement executed in July and August 2012.202122 It was named as a defendant in a 2019 civil action brought by a plaintiff proceeding under the pseudonym Jane Doe 17, which the named defendants moved to dismiss.1523 It was also named as a defendant in the Government of the Virgin Islands civil action against Epstein’s estate, which alleges that it “participated in carrying out, facilitating and concealing Epstein’s crimes”.24 Those are the Government’s allegations. The action is against Epstein’s estate and no answer from him to them exists; the documents cited here record no response from Nautilus, Inc., from Indyke or from Kahn to the Government’s action.

Formation

The Lieutenant Governor of the Virgin Islands certified on December 27, 2011 that Nautilus, Inc., a business corporation of the Virgin Islands, had filed articles of incorporation in his office on November 22, 2011 “as provided for by law”, and issued a certificate of incorporation.1 The articles themselves were subscribed on November 21 and acknowledged the same day before a notary; the office’s received stamp reads November 22.25

Article II names Kellerhals Ferguson LLP as resident agent and gives the corporation’s principal office as 9100 Havensight, Port of Sale, Suite 15-16, St. Thomas, the firm’s own address.2 Article IV authorises 10,000 shares of common stock at $.01 par value, with no preferred stock, and states the minimum capital with which the corporation would commence business as $1,000.26 Article V names the three persons forming the corporation as Erika A. Kellerhals, Gregory J. Ferguson and Brett Geary, each of St. Thomas; their residential addresses are blacked out in the copy cited here.26 Erika Kellerhals signed the firm’s consent to act as agent for service of process on November 21, 2011, over the description “Partner”.27

On June 1, 2012 Epstein as president and Indyke as secretary executed a Certificate of Change of Resident Agent substituting Business Basics VI, LLC for Kellerhals Ferguson LLP.5 The incoming agent signed its consent on September 13, 2012, and the Lieutenant Governor’s office received the package the same day.6

An inventory of the contents of a filing cabinet in Epstein’s office lists, under “NAUTILUS INC organizational”, the articles of incorporation, incorporators’ consents, bylaws, a subscription agreement, a stock certificate, an initial consent of directors, an initial stockholder’s consent, a tax identification number, a “Virgin Islands S Election”, and two trusts named “Nautilus I Trust” and “Nautilus II Trust”.28 The trust instruments themselves are not among the documents cited here.

Annual filings

The corporate file holds franchise tax reports and annual reports for the fiscal years ending December 31, 2011 through December 31, 2017, together with a balance sheet for each year.9341719 Every franchise tax report gives the nature of business as “Holding Property for Personal Use”, authorised capital as 10,000 shares of common stock at $.01 par value, and paid-in capital as $1,000; the tax due was $150 in the first report and in the report for the year ended December 31, 2014, and $300 in the report for the year ended December 31, 2017, the latest in the file.984 The Government of the Virgin Islands quotes that self-description in its complaint.29

The annual reports list the same three officers and directors throughout, each with the term “Serves until successor elected”: Epstein as president and director, Kahn as treasurer and director, and Indyke as vice president and secretary and director.37 The report for the year ended December 31, 2016 carries a declaration under penalty of perjury above signature lines printed for the president, Jeffrey Epstein, and the treasurer, Richard Kahn, each dated 6/23/17.7

The balance sheets show no real property. The sheets as of December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2012 each carry a single asset line, “PROPERTY”, of $1,000, against paid-in capital stock of $1,000; from 2013 the asset line is cash.1730 Cash was $11,383 at the end of 2013 against advances of $10,925, and $14,387 at the end of 2017 against advances of $12,543.1819 The corporation held fee-simple title to the island throughout those years.10

Little St. James Island

The quitclaim deed

The deed is made “the 23rd day of December, 2011, between L.S.J., LLC, a Delaware limited liability company with an address of 6100 Red Hook Quarter, Suite B-3, St. Thomas, VI 00802 (‘Grantor’), and Nautilus, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation…”, for “TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration”, and conveys the grantor’s interest “in fee simple absolute”.10 The property is described as Parcel Nos. A, B and C, Little Saint James Island, No. 6B Red Hook Quarter, of approximately 36.7, 23 and 11.8 acres, as shown on O.L.G. Map No. D9-8021-T007, and the deed recites the earlier conveyance to L.S.J., LLC by warranty deed dated April 27, 1998 and recorded May 15, 1998.10 It is signed over the line “BY: JEFFREY E. EPSTEIN, Sole Member”, witnessed, and acknowledged before Erika A. Kellerhals as notary, who was one of the three incorporators of the grantee.3126 The recording stamp reads Doc# 2011009441, five pages, December 30, 2011 at 11:23 a.m., in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds for St. Thomas and St. John, and the recording fees are printed as $6467.00.10

A cadastral attestation on the following page records the transfer as “NOTED IN THE CADASTRAL RECORDS FOR COUNTRY/TOWN PROPERTY, BOOK FOR LITTLE ST. JAMES ISLAND AKA MINGO KEY, NO. 6B RED HOOK QUARTER, ST. THOMAS, U.S. VIRGIN ISLANDS”, signed for the public surveyor on December 29, 2011.32

The stamp tax affidavit

An affidavit sworn on December 21, 2011, two days before the deed, is made by Epstein “as the President and the sole beneficial owner of Nautilus, Inc., a U.S. Virgin Islands corporation, and the sole member of L.S.J., LLC”, and asserts an exemption from stamp taxes under 33 V.I.C. §128(a)(6) on the footing that the conveyance is “for no consideration, between subsidiary entities, all beneficially owned by Jeffrey E. Epstein.”16 The affidavit describes the instrument it accompanies as a warranty deed of even date; the instrument recorded with it is a quitclaim deed dated the 23rd.1016 A manuscript note on the same page gives a value for recording purposes of $6,442,100.00.16 A Real Property Tax Clearance Letter of December 27, 2011 certifies no outstanding real property tax obligations for parcel number 1-09803-0101-00, Little St James Island, Red Hook, owner’s name L.S.J., LLC, taxes researched “up to and including 2008”.33

The Bureau’s reading of the chain of title

On August 7, 2019 an FBI senior financial investigator on Squad C-40 wrote in an internal message: “Attached is Last Deed of Record for Little St James Island, dated 12/23/2011, from L.S.J. LLC to Nautilus Inc.” and, in the next paragraph, “The sole beneficial owner and President of Nautilus Inc is Jeffrey E. Epstein.”34 A message of the following morning added, in two separate paragraphs: “If you look at the Quitclaim Deed dated 12/23/2011, see the below paragraph. The ‘Grantor’ in 2011 is L.S.J LLC (Epstein).” / “I could not pull the 1998 Deed on line, but clearly, L.S.J LLC (Grantor) first received the title on 04/27/1998.”35 A message of August 14 in a second thread reads: “The Last Deed of Record, dated 12/23/2011, indicates Nautilus Inc as holding the title.” / “L.S.J. LLC was the previous owner. Epstein is/was the sole beneficial owner of both entities.”36 The correspondents’ names are blacked out in each.

Banking

Two FirstBank signature cards for a Nautilus, Inc. commercial checking account are dated 5/4/12, each requiring one signature: one carries the name and signature of Darren Indyke, the other the name and signature of Jeffrey Epstein.11 The account number, the taxpayer and identity fields and the contact lines on that page are blacked out.11

The bank’s statement production for the account opens with the statement dated May 31, 2012, which records a single deposit of $1,000 on May 4, a service charge of $10.50 and a closing balance of $989.50.12 The statements in that production run to January 31, 2020. The statement dated July 31, 2019 shows no activity and a balance of $303,836.66; the statement dated January 31, 2020, the last in the production, shows no activity and a balance of $292,636.66.3738 No account number is reproduced here.

The 2014 campaign refund

The campaign committee “Gary King 2014” recorded a $5,000 contribution from Nautilus, Inc. in July 2014 and reported it among seven refunded contributions dated September 12, 2014; those filings, and the newspaper reporting that preceded them, are set out at Gary King.39 The bank record of the refund is in the statement production. Check no. 1632, drawn on the Gary King 2014 account at Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in New Mexico, dated 9-12-14, is payable to the order of “Nautilus, Inc.” for $5,000.00 and carries a handwritten signature; FirstBank captured and posted it on October 27, 2014, and the memo line is blacked out.40 The corresponding credit is the only entry on the account for that month, taking the balance from $68,670.39 to $73,670.39.41 The documents cited here do not say what the payment was for beyond the campaign’s own record of it.

Coastal zone enforcement, 2011 to 2012

On or about December 8, 2011, two weeks after the corporation was formed and before the deed was recorded, personnel from the Virgin Islands Divisions of Coastal Zone Management and of Fish and Wildlife made a site visit to Little St. James Cay and found excavation at the shoreline, possible near shore soil disposal, and track hoe operations at the northern point of the cay.20

The Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources, Alicia Barnes, issued a Notice of Violation, Notice of Assessment of Civil Penalty, Order for Corrective Action and Notice of Opportunity for Hearing, NOVA-01-12-STT, against Nautilus, Inc. as respondent and owner of the property, which she ordered on February 24, 2012.42 The notice orders the respondent to “remove the structure that is the subject of this Notice of Violation” and assesses a civil penalty of $150,000 “for engaging in development at Little St. James Cay without a valid CZM permit; for endangering Acropora coral, a federally protected species; for detrimentally impacting water quality in a marine habitat known to contain federally protected species; for initiating development without a permit; and for engaging in a pattern of violations of the CZM Act.”21 The Director of Coastal Zone Management faxed the notice to Maria Hodge, Esq., of the Offices of Hodge & Francois, on March 8, 2012, with the note “As requested, attached is the Notice of Violation for Nautilus, Inc.”43

A draft settlement agreement recites what followed: the notice was served on Maria T. Hodge, attorney-in-fact for Nautilus, Inc., on March 8, 2012; Hodge submitted a Request for Hearing and Answer on April 4, 2012 seeking an informal conference; and a meeting was held on April 24, 2012 with the Director, Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, legal counsel Winston Brathwaite and special projects coordinator Alex Holecek, after which negotiations ensued.44 The request and answer themselves are not among the documents cited here.

Under the terms of the agreement, and “without any admission of liability”, Nautilus, Inc. would pay a stipulated penalty of $50,000, submit a plan for the removal of the illegally filled area, and, if a qualified expert engaged by the respondent and approved by the department concluded that removal would be more detrimental than leaving the fill in place, fund a coral restoration project “in an amount not less than the cost of the removal”.4445 On compliance, the corporation and its owners, directors, officers, employees and agents, and its predecessor in interest L.S.J., LLC, would be released from civil and criminal liability for the specific violations cited in the notice, and the department covenanted not to sue for them, reserving its rights as to future violations and as to natural resource damages.4647

The release holds two successive drafts of the agreement, both superseded, and the agreement as executed. In the earlier draft the signature lines for Nautilus, Inc. and for the Director are blank above date lines reading “May _______, 2012”, and the Commissioner’s signature line and date, on the following page, are equally blank.48 In the later draft the date lines for Nautilus, Inc., for the Director and for the Commissioner all read “July _______, 2012” and all three signature lines are blank.49 On May 29, 2012 an email chain headed “Fwd: Nautilus” carries a message dated 9:45 a.m. whose header names Carol Frett as sender, transmitting the draft “for your review” and asking that comments be returned to the department’s legal counsel, Brathwaite; the header runs across a page break, and the signature typed beneath the message’s body is Maria Tankenson Hodge’s, the respondent’s own counsel, not Frett’s.50 Hodge forwarded the message to Darren Indyke the same morning with the line “I just received this and have not even read it yet but send it on to you to avoid delay”, and Indyke sent it on to Lesley Groff with the instruction “Please print two copies of the attachment.”51 On July 24 Indyke circulated a revision, writing “I made a revision to the document I just emailed to you. Discard that email, print and hold the attached document instead”, with an attachment named “Final Execution Version 7-24-12 of Nautilus-Settlement 7-5-12 (1).docx”; the following morning the recipient replied “i have printed…let me know if you wish me to give to JE”.52

The agreement as executed is in the release, duplicated three times.22 Its recitals and its stipulated penalty of $50,000 are identical to the unsigned drafts. Its signature page carries a signature for Nautilus, Inc. over a hand-completed “Its: President”, dated July 30, 2012; a signature for Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Director, Division of Coastal Zone Management, with the printed “July” struck through and “Aug” written above it, dated the 15th; and a signature for Alicia Barnes, Commissioner, with the same correction, dated the 16th.22 Execution was complete by August 16, 2012, three weeks after Indyke’s revision was printed. The office file inventory records, under the Nautilus heading, both the settlement agreement with the department and “Payment of $50,000 for Notice of Violation Issued to Nautilus”.28

Coastal zone management permit, 2014

On December 4, 2014 the Department of Planning and Natural Resources issued Minor Coastal Zone Management Permit No. CZJ-02-15L to Nautilus, Inc., naming the Government of the Virgin Islands as “Permittor” and the corporation as “Permittee”, for “the paving of existing recreational vehicle and pedestrian pathways” at Parcels A, B and C, Little St. James Cay.53 The permit incorporates by reference a CZM permit application signed October 2, 2014 and a site plan and drawings dated September 18, 2014.53 Jean-Pierre Oriol, the same official who negotiated the 2012 settlement as Director of the Division of Coastal Zone Management, signed the issuance as Acting Commissioner; the permittee’s acceptance block below it, a signature and date line, is blank.54

Construction on the island, 2015 to 2017

The Jaredian Design Group, architects, engineers and construction managers of St. Thomas, addressed a series of letters and invoices to “Jeffrey Epstein, Owner, Nautilus, Inc.” at the Red Hook address. A fee proposal of January 16, 2015 covers architectural and engineering services for Little St. James Cay.55 A letter of March 18, 2015 transmits Submission No. 2, design drawings for the maintenance workshops, and records the architect’s concern that the “Buckfield” Building “appears to be partially located in that setback” (the 50-foot CZM setback from the shoreline) and that “there is no approved permit associated with this structure.”56 A letter of April 1, 2015 transmits Submission No. 3, a conceptual layout for the maintenance and workshop building.57 Invoice 15-001.1 of April 6, 2015 is for professional architectural and engineering services for Nautilus, Inc. related to design of the maintenance shop.58 Invoice 16-010.1 of April 7, 2017, for a new structure at the eastern end of the pool terrace, states a contract amount of $75,000.00 with $45,000.00 earned and $15,000.00 then due; it is certified over the signature of the firm’s principal, and the acceptance line beneath, printed for “Jeffrey Epstein, Owner, Nautilus, Inc.”, is blank.59 A letter of June 15, 2017 concerns bid evaluations for maintenance, generator and reverse osmosis buildings.60

Investigation and litigation

FBI forfeiture subfile, 2019 to 2022

An FBI serial report headed “Serial Report for Case: 50D-NY-3027571-FF” lists seventeen serials, the first dated June 24, 2019 and the last April 14, 2022.61 The title column on the facing page runs in the same order, newest first; its last row, answering the first serial, is “(U) Forfeiture Subfile Opening Document”.62 Among the other titles are “(U) Grand Jury Subpoena to serve on USVI Director of Corporations and Trademarks for NAUTILUS INC.”, “(U) Request for a Title report and an Appraisal for Little St James Island, U.S.V.I.”, “(U) Federal Grand Jury Subpoena for State of Delaware, Div. of Corporations records for L.S.J, LLC.”, and “(U) New Criminal Case: 31E-NY-3027571-FF; Seizure: 3540-19-F-474; Asset ID: 19-FBI-006034”.62 What became of the subfile is not established by the documents cited here.

An internal thread of August 14, 2019 headed “Certified Title Search and Certified Appraisal - Little St James Island” opens with a message at 8:49 a.m. over the Squad C-40 senior financial investigator’s signature block. It asks for an indication, from a correspondent whose name is blacked out, “as to whether SDNY is inclined to pursue Little St James Island”, and says lower down: “Before we go ahead and order the certified title report and certified appraisal, it would be advisable to determine if the island will be forfeited in a civil action.”6336 The reply at 11:33 a.m. said: “We are not sure yet how we will decide to address the question of forfeiture, and that’s an ongoing and complicated conversation we’re having with our supervisors, including the chiefs of the forfeiture unit.”63 A further message the same day, over the same signature block, said: “I will proceed in anticipation of going forward with real property forfeiture (where appropriate) , until advised to stop.”63 Every correspondent in the thread is blacked out.

Jane Doe 17 action, 2019

A plaintiff proceeding under the pseudonym Jane Doe 17 sued Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, as joint personal representatives of the estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, together with Nine East 71st Street Corporation, Laurel, Inc., Financial Trust Company, Inc., NES, LLC, Maple, Inc., LSJE, LLC, HBRK Associates, Inc., Nautilus, Inc., Cypress, Inc. and JEGE, Inc., in the Southern District of New York, Case No. 1:19-cv-09610-PAE-DCF, in a complaint filed October 17, 2019.15 The complaint pleads a count against Nautilus, Inc. alone under 18 U.S.C. §1595, alleging that the corporation, “by and through its management and personnel,” participated in and financially benefited from the trafficking venture described elsewhere in the complaint.64

On December 23, 2019 the named defendants, described in their own filing as the “Corporate Defendants,” moved to dismiss the complaint under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6).65 Their memorandum argues, among other grounds, that “Plaintiff’s claims against the Corporate Defendants must be dismissed for the additional reason that they are based on conclusory statements and impermissible group pleading—not facts.”23 The documents cited here do not record the outcome of the motion.

Government of the Virgin Islands civil action

The Government of the Virgin Islands named Nautilus, Inc. as a defendant in its action against Epstein’s estate, its co-executors and a group of Virgin Islands entities. The copy of its First Amended Complaint in the release is filed as an exhibit in a Southern District of New York docket on September 1, 2020.14

The complaint pleads that Nautilus, Inc. was incorporated on November 22, 2011; that the Recorder of Deeds records it as owner of “Little St. James, a/k/a Parcel Number 109803010100, a parcel of 3.1 million square feet valued at $3.2 million, with buildings and improvements valued at $4 million”; that Epstein was its president and director “which corporate filings describe as ‘holding property for personal use’”, with Indyke and Kahn as secretary and treasurer; and that “The Estate values Epstein’s holdings of Nautilus, Inc., which holds title to Little St. James at $63.9 million.”6629 It pleads the December 30, 2011 recording of the transfer from L.S.J., LLC for “TEN DOLLARS ($10.00) and other good and valuable consideration”.29 Its allegation about the corporation is that “Nautilus, Inc. participated in carrying out, facilitating and concealing Epstein’s crimes, hence Little St. James became an instrumentality of those crimes.”24

The Second Amended Complaint, filed as an exhibit on January 10, 2023, repeats those paragraphs in the same terms.67 It pleads that the estate’s Petition for Probate valued Great St. James and Little St. James collectively at $86 million, and that Great St. James was held not by Nautilus but by Great St. Jim, LLC, organised on October 26, 2015.6869 It also pleads that Poplar, Inc., which held title to Great St. James according to the Petition for Probate, was incorporated on November 22, 2011, the same day as Nautilus, with the same stated purpose and the same secretary and treasurer.70

Those are the Government’s allegations. The action is against Epstein’s estate and no answer from him to them exists. The documents cited here record no response from Nautilus, Inc., from Indyke or from Kahn to this action.

Criminal activity lien, 2020

The Attorney General of the Virgin Islands filed a Criminal Activity Lien Notice under Title 14 V.I.C. § 610 of the Criminally Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act in the matter of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, Probate No. ST-19-PB-80, reciting the civil proceeding Case No. ST-2020-CV-14 and naming as defendants the estate, The 1953 Trust, Plan D, LLC, Great St. Jim, LLC, Nautilus, Inc., Hyperion Air, LLC and Poplar, Inc.1371 The notice creates a lien on any personal or real property in the territory in the name of or under the signatory authority of those parties, on any beneficial interest of theirs in such property, and on any and all bank accounts, certificates of deposit and other accounts in their names.71 It carries two dates in its own print: the running head of its second page reads January 16, 2020 and the line above the signature reads January 16, 2019. It is signed by Carol Thomas-Jacobs, Esq., Deputy Attorney General, beneath the printed block of Denise N. George, Esq., Attorney General.71

What the documents cited here do not establish

A full-text search of the released files under “Nautilus” and “Nautilus, Inc” returns several hundred pages, most of it the same corporate-filing, coastal zone, banking and litigation material described above, and some of it concerning a science magazine of the same name that has nothing to do with this company. A search returns a floor, not a count of the release, and is not reported here as a complete listing of what exists. The documents cited here do not record what became of the island after the Government’s action was filed, whether the fill identified in the notice of violation was removed or a coral restoration project funded, the outcome of the Jane Doe 17 action, or the terms of the Nautilus I and Nautilus II trusts.

Little Saint James; LSJE, LLC and L.S.J., LLC; Laurel, Inc.; JEGE LLC; Southern Trust Company; HBRK Associates; Great St. James; Darren Indyke; Richard Kahn; Gary King.

Footnotes

  1. Certificate of incorporation of Nautilus, Inc., Office of the Lieutenant Governor of the Virgin Islands, December 27, 2011. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.1. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  2. Articles of Incorporation of Nautilus, Inc., Articles I to III. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.2. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  3. Annual Report on Domestic or Foreign Corporations, Nautilus, Inc., for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, dated June 30, 2012. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.26. The officers’ street addresses are blacked out and no address of theirs is reproduced here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  4. Franchise Tax Report, domestic corporation, Nautilus, Inc., dated June 30, 2018, tax closing date December 31, 2017, the latest in the file. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.13. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5

  5. Certificate of Change of Resident Agent for Nautilus, Inc., executed June 1, 2012 by the president and the secretary. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 pp.10-11. ↩ ↩2

  6. Resident Agent Form, consent of agent for service of process, Business Basics VI, LLC, September 13, 2012, with the received stamp of the same date. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.12. The contact lines on the form are blacked out. ↩ ↩2

  7. Annual Report, Nautilus, Inc., for the tax closing date December 31, 2016, dated June 30, 2017, with the officers’ signature block. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.16. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  8. Franchise Tax Report, domestic corporation, Nautilus, Inc., dated June 30, 2015, tax closing date December 31, 2014. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.19. ↩ ↩2

  9. Report of Corporation Franchise Tax Due, domestic corporation, Nautilus, Inc., dated June 30, 2012 and marked first report, for the period ended June 30, 2012. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.25. No number printed on the form is reproduced here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  10. Quitclaim Deed, L.S.J., LLC to Nautilus, Inc., made December 23, 2011 and recorded December 30, 2011, Office of the Recorder of Deeds for St. Thomas and St. John. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305148 p.1. No number printed on the transmission header of that page is reproduced here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4 ↩5 ↩6 ↩7

  11. FirstBank signature cards for the Nautilus, Inc. commercial checking account, dated 5/4/12. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01269322 p.1. The account, taxpayer, identity and contact fields on that page are blacked out. No other page of that production is cited here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  12. FirstBank statement of account, Nautilus, Inc., commercial checking, statement date 05/31/12, the first in the production. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01271382 p.1. No account number is reproduced here. ↩ ↩2

  13. Criminal Activity Lien Notice, Attorney General of the United States Virgin Islands, in the matter of the Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, Probate No. ST-19-PB-80. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00074744 p.117. Nothing else in that production is cited here. ↩ ↩2

  14. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, First Amended Complaint, filed as an exhibit on September 1, 2020 in Case 1:15-cv-07433-LAP. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00018778 p.1. The pins to this document are to pages of the exhibit as filed; the complaint’s own folio runs one lower. ↩ ↩2

  15. Jane Doe 17 v. Darren K. Indyke and Richard D. Kahn, as joint personal representatives of the estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, Nine East 71st Street Corporation, Laurel, Inc., Financial Trust Company, Inc., NES, LLC, Maple, Inc., LSJE, LLC, HBRK Associates, Inc., Nautilus, Inc., Cypress, Inc. and JEGE, Inc., S.D.N.Y. No. 1:19-cv-09610-PAE-DCF, complaint filed October 17, 2019, caption. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02737902 p.1. A sibling copy is filed at https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02738058; no page of that copy is cited here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  16. Affidavit of Jeffrey E. Epstein sworn December 21, 2011, recorded with the deed, with the manuscript value line. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305148 p.4. ↩ ↩2 ↩3 ↩4

  17. Balance sheet of Nautilus, Inc. as of December 31, 2011. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.33. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  18. Balance sheet of Nautilus, Inc. as of December 31, 2013. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.31. ↩ ↩2

  19. Balance sheet of Nautilus, Inc. as of December 31, 2017. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.27. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  20. Notice of Violation NOVA-01-12-STT, Alicia Barnes, Commissioner, Department of Planning and Natural Resources v. Nautilus, Inc., findings of fact. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00603188 p.3. The pins to this document are to pages of the fax transmission as received; the notice’s own printed folio runs one lower. ↩ ↩2

  21. The same notice, determination, order for corrective action and notice of penalty assessment. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00603188 p.6. ↩ ↩2

  22. Settlement Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources and Nautilus, Inc., executed signature page: a signature for Nautilus, Inc. over a hand-completed “Its: President”, dated July 30, 2012; a signature for Jean-Pierre L. Oriol, Director, Division of Coastal Zone Management, the printed “July” struck through and “Aug” written above it, dated the 15th; a signature for Alicia Barnes, Commissioner, the same correction, dated the 16th; recitals and civil penalty identical to the draft cited above. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00591225 p.6. Duplicated at https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01121120 p.6 and https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01121126 p.6; no other page of any of the three copies is cited here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  23. Defendants’ Memorandum of Law in Support of Their Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint, the group-pleading argument as to the “Corporate Defendants,” a term the memorandum defines to include Nautilus, Inc. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02738046 p.9. ↩ ↩2

  24. The same complaint, paragraph 26. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00018778 p.6. ↩ ↩2

  25. The same articles, subscription and acknowledgment page, with the Lieutenant Governor’s received stamp. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.8. ↩

  26. The same articles, Articles IV and V. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.3. The incorporators’ residential addresses are blacked out and are not reproduced here. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  27. Consent of Agent for Service of Process, Kellerhals Ferguson LLP, November 21, 2011. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.9. ↩

  28. “File Cabinet Two”, an inventory of the contents of a filing cabinet in Epstein’s office, listing folder headings by entity; the Nautilus heading. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00299927 p.24. Nothing else in the inventory is cited here. ↩ ↩2

  29. The same complaint, paragraphs 23 and 24. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00018778 p.6. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  30. Balance sheet of Nautilus, Inc. as of December 31, 2012. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00085121 p.32. ↩

  31. The same deed, signature and acknowledgment page. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305148 p.2. ↩

  32. The same recording, cadastral attestation of December 29, 2011. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305148 p.3. ↩

  33. Real Property Tax Clearance Letter, Office of the Tax Collector, Division of Real Property Tax, December 27, 2011, recorded with the deed. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01305148 p.5. ↩

  34. The same chain, the message of August 7, 2019 at 9:51 a.m. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00037750 p.2. ↩

  35. FBI internal email chain, “Little St James Island - Last Deed of Record”, the message of August 8, 2019 at 9:13 a.m. The correspondents are redacted. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00037750 p.1. ↩

  36. The same chain, second page, the remainder of the 8:49 a.m. message. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00089152 p.2. ↩ ↩2

  37. The same production, statement date 07/31/19. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01271382 p.186. ↩

  38. The same production, statement date 01/31/20, the last in it. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01271382 p.200. ↩

  39. Cross-reference, not a source: the campaign filings recording the contribution and the seven refunded-contribution entries of September 12, 2014, and the newspaper reporting that preceded them, are cited on Gary King. ↩

  40. The same production, FirstBank item record for a $5,000 transit item captured and posted October 27, 2014, with the image of Gary King 2014 check no. 1632 dated 9-12-14 payable to Nautilus, Inc. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01271382 pp.202-203. The account and memo lines are blacked out. ↩

  41. The same production, statement date 10/31/14. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01271382 p.57. ↩

  42. The same notice, executed final page, ordered the 24th day of February 2012 over the Commissioner’s signature. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00603188 p.9. The fax transmits an unexecuted copy of that page at p.8 and the executed one at p.9. ↩

  43. Department of Planning and Natural Resources facsimile transmittal, Director of Coastal Zone Management to Maria Hodge, Esq., March 8, 2012, transmitting the notice of violation. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00603188 p.1. The fax numbers on the cover are blacked out. ↩

  44. Settlement Agreement between the Government of the Virgin Islands Department of Planning and Natural Resources and Nautilus, Inc., recitals and civil penalty assessment. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300146 p.2. ↩ ↩2

  45. The same draft, corrective actions. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300146 p.3. ↩

  46. The same draft, release and covenant not to sue. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300146 p.4. ↩

  47. The same draft, reservations of rights. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300146 p.5. ↩

  48. An earlier draft of the same agreement, signature page: blank signature lines for Nautilus, Inc. and for the Director, each above a date line reading “May _______, 2012”. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00543885 p.5. The Commissioner’s blank signature line and date continue on the next page. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00543885 p.6. ↩

  49. The same draft, signature page: three blank signature lines and three date lines reading “July _______, 2012”. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00300146 p.6. ↩

  50. The same chain, continued: the header naming Carol Frett as sender runs across the page break from the previous page; the message transmits the draft “for your review”; the signature typed beneath its body is Maria Tankenson Hodge’s. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00412373 p.2. ↩

  51. Email chain, “Fwd: Nautilus”, May 29, 2012, attaching “Nautilus-Settlement_5-8-2012.docx”: the message of 10:10 a.m. from Maria Hodge to Darren Indyke, and Indyke’s forward of 11 a.m. to Lesley Groff. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00412373 p.1. No number printed in the signature blocks is reproduced here. ↩

  52. Email, “Re: Privileged and Confidential”, July 25, 2012, quoting Darren Indyke’s message of July 24, 2012 at 6:13 p.m. and its attachment name. The other correspondent is redacted. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00408359 p.1. ↩

  53. Minor Coastal Zone Management Permit No. CZJ-02-15L, Nautilus, Inc., authority, scope and documents incorporated by reference. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01091526 p.1. ↩ ↩2

  54. The same permit, issuance page: “On this 4th Day of December, 2014 the Department of Planning and Natural Resources hereby issues Minor CZM Permit No. CZJ-02-15L”, signed by Jean-Pierre Oriol, Acting Commissioner, above a blank permittee acceptance block. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01091526 p.5. ↩

  55. Jaredian Design Group to “Jeffrey Epstein, Owner, Nautilus, Inc.”, fee proposal for architectural-engineering services for Little St. James Cay, January 16, 2015. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00601451 p.1. ↩

  56. Jaredian Design Group to the same, Submission No. 2, design drawings for the maintenance workshops, March 18, 2015. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00599511 p.1. No email address printed on the letter is reproduced here. ↩

  57. Jaredian Design Group to the same, Submission No. 3, conceptual layout for the maintenance and workshop building, April 1, 2015. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00594958 p.1. ↩

  58. Jaredian Design Group invoice 15-001.1, project 15-001, April 6, 2015. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00593363 p.1. ↩

  59. Jaredian Design Group invoice 16-010.1, project 16-010, April 7, 2017, with the certification and the blank acceptance block. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00589844 p.1. ↩

  60. Jaredian Design Group to the same, bid evaluations for the maintenance, generator and reverse osmosis buildings, June 15, 2017. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00591096 p.1. Nothing else in that run is cited here. ↩

  61. FBI serial report headed “Serial Report for Case: 50D-NY-3027571-FF”, serial number and date columns. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01730748 p.145. This identifier opens a continuous run of page stamps covering more than one case file, and no other part of it is cited here. ↩

  62. The title column of the same report, on the facing page. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA01730748 p.146. ↩ ↩2

  63. FBI internal email chain, “Certified Title Search and Certified Appraisal - Little St James Island”, first page, carrying the message of August 14, 2019 at 8:49 a.m., the reply at 11:33 a.m. and the answer to it. The header time on the top message is in coordinated universal time; the quoted messages beneath carry local times. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00089152 p.1. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

  64. The same complaint, Count XI, the cause of action pleaded against Nautilus, Inc. alone under 18 U.S.C. §1595. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02737902 p.28. ↩

  65. Notice of Motion to Dismiss Plaintiff’s Complaint, filed December 23, 2019 on behalf of all named defendants. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA02738044 p.1. ↩

  66. The same complaint, paragraphs 21 and 22. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00018778 p.5. ↩

  67. The same complaint, paragraphs 22 to 27. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00161836 pp.40-41. The pins to this document are to pages of the exhibit as filed; the complaint’s own folio runs one lower. ↩

  68. Government of the Virgin Islands v. Estate of Jeffrey E. Epstein, Second Amended Complaint, filed as an exhibit on January 10, 2023 in Case 1:22-cv-10904-JSR, paragraph 14. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00161836 p.39. The pins to this document are to pages of the exhibit as filed; the complaint’s own folio runs one lower. ↩

  69. The same complaint, paragraph 28. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00161836 p.41. ↩

  70. The same complaint, paragraphs 30 and 32. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00161836 p.42. ↩

  71. The same notice, second page, the property covered and the signature block. https://epstein-data.com/EFTA00074744 p.118. The instrument spells the last-named defendant “POPLAR, INC.” three times on this page and “POLAR, INC.” once on the page before; the form used here is the one it uses three times, and it is the form the Government’s complaints use. ↩ ↩2 ↩3

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