OFFICIAL RECORD

• OFFICIAL RECORD FD-1057 (12cv. 543-10) UNCLASSIFIED FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Electronic Communication Title: (U) Request case opening Date: 04/29/2020 From: SAN JUAN Contact: Approved By: SSRA Drafted By: Case ID #: 196D-SJ-3262541 (U) SOUTHERN TRUST; SOUTHERN COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL; Wire Fraud Synopsis: (U) To open an investigation into the transfer of $15,000,000 by Jeffrey Esptain after his death on 8/10/2019 into his defunct SOUTHERN COUNTRY INTERNATIONAL bank located in the US Virgin Islands. Details: FINANCIAL STRATEGY GROUP, LTD (FSG) submitted an application for a banking business license in the United States Virgin Islands through local attorney ERIKA KELLERHALS on 03/21/2013. JEFFREY EPSTEIN, DARREN INDYKE, and RICHARD KAHN were listed as the officers of the business with a $100,000 value at initial opening. The originally FINANCIAL STRATEGY GROUP, LTD maintained office space in the Port of Sale Mall in Havensite, but in 2015, FSG was rename