Memorandum

Memorandum SubjectDate Re: Operation Leap Year January 31, 2007 ToFrom R. Alexander Acosta, United States Attorney Jeff Sloman. First Assistant United States Attorney er Chief, Criminal Division , MAUSA, Northern Region Chief, Northern Region I. Introduction This memorandum seeks approval for the attached indictment charging Jeffrey Epstein, MI, 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 corn laint received from the parents of a 14-year-old girl, ., from Royal Palm Beach. When . and anothergirl began fighting at school, one of the school prin. intervened. The principal searched .'s purse and found $200 cash, the principal accused I. of selling drugs. . denied sellin dru s, and explained that she had been paid $200 to give a massage to a man on Palm Beach island. parents were notified