Memorandum

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-