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Internal Deutsche Bank email discussing oil options and geopolitical market outlook involving Jeffrey Epstein and senior bank staff

Internal Deutsche Bank email discussing oil options and geopolitical market outlook involving Jeffrey Epstein and senior bank staff The email contains a routine trading discussion with speculative geopolitical commentary. It mentions Jeffrey Epstein as a recipient, but provides no concrete financial flow, wrongdoing, or direct link to high‑level officials. The content is largely market‑strategy talk with vague predictions about sanctions and the Crimea referendum, offering limited investigative value. Key insights: Email chain includes Jeffrey Epstein (jeeyacation@gmail.com) as a participant in a Deutsche Bank discussion about oil options.; Deutsche Bank staff (Vinit Sahni, Nay Gupta, Paul Morris, Tazia Smith) discuss market‑making decisions and potential liquidity sources.; Speculative analysis links upcoming sanctions, the Crimea referendum, and U.S. strategic oil releases to market moves.

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Internal Deutsche Bank email discussing oil options and geopolitical market outlook involving Jeffrey Epstein and senior bank staff The email contains a routine trading discussion with speculative geopolitical commentary. It mentions Jeffrey Epstein as a recipient, but provides no concrete financial flow, wrongdoing, or direct link to high‑level officials. The content is largely market‑strategy talk with vague predictions about sanctions and the Crimea referendum, offering limited investigative value. Key insights: Email chain includes Jeffrey Epstein (jeeyacation@gmail.com) as a participant in a Deutsche Bank discussion about oil options.; Deutsche Bank staff (Vinit Sahni, Nay Gupta, Paul Morris, Tazia Smith) discuss market‑making decisions and potential liquidity sources.; Speculative analysis links upcoming sanctions, the Crimea referendum, and U.S. strategic oil releases to market moves.

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From: Paul Morris [| —_—_—_—_—_—acaT | Sent: 3/14/2014 10:27:39 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein [jeevacation@gmail.com] Subject: Re: Oil options [C] Attachments: graycol.gif Importance: — High Classification: Confidential I do want to talk to u about this, they spent too much thinking about options here, let me know when u have couple minutes. Vinit Sahni ano Original Message ----- From: Vinit Sahni Sent: 03/13/2014 09:47 PM EDT To: jeevacation@gmail.com Ce: Paul Morris Subject: Fw: Oil options Classification: External Communication Jeffrey - apologise if this long to execute next time we'll be much quicker. Nav Gupta ano Original Message ----- From: Nav Gupta Sent: 03/12/2014 09:35 PM GDT To: "jeevacation@gmail.com" <jeevacation@gmail.com> Ce: Tazia Smith; Paul Morris/db/ I; Vinit Sahni/db/ Subject: Oil options Jeffrey Just got off the phone with Vinit. DB stopped marketmaking OTC oil options - for short dated I'd go for exch traded - better liquidity and lower transaction costs in and out. My central scenario - Kerry Lavrov meeting Friday will be a bust and the Crimea referendum this weekend will result in "yes" given the 59pct ethic Russian makeup. Sunday/ Monday sanction rhetoric from ranging from g8 expulsion to Iran-style bank embargo is raised a notch. Russia follows with more threats of counter-sanctions. My sense is the Obama 5m of 696m SPR release is to show Merkel and co he will step in. He needs to because there are 8 small European and Baltic countries that rec 70%+ of their gas from Russia. Germany gets 30%. Cross asset correlations outside of the US are increasing past few days - eg copper and the Turkish lira hourly charts are on top of each other past 4 days. I'm worried there is a 30-40pct(?) chance of a hard risk off move in markets in first half of next week - more focused on European equities, copper, EM FX (Turkey, ZAR, Ruble etc) than SPX. In that scenario oil is way up. Exchange WTI calls - there are 2 options (as of 3pm est): 5day expiry 17march 2014 underlying clj4 97.92 and 35d expiry 16april2014 underlying clk4 97.59 ** The 5 day options are a bit short - one possibility is sell a 3usd out of the money put (95.5 strike) for 20cents and buy a 2usd OTM 100 call for 25. Net pay 5cents. But 5d is a bit short for me. **For 35d expiry You could look at selling 91.50 (6usd OTM put) for 56cents and buying 103c¢ (5.5usd OTM) for 58cents or the 102c (4.5usd OTM) for 76cents. CL1 <comdty> OMON on Bloomberg has live strikes and bid/ask. From: Sent: To: Subject: Attachments: Paul Morris [1111111111111111110111114111111111114] 3/14/2014 10:27:39 PM Jeffrey Epstein [jeeyacation@gmail.com] Re: Oil options [C] graycol.gif Importance: High Classification: Confidential I do want to talk to u about this, they spent too much thinking about options here, let me know when u have couple minutes. Vinit Sahni From: Vinit Sahni Sent: 03/13/2014 09:47 PM EDT To: jeevacation@gmail.com Cc: Paul Morris Subject: Fw: Oil options Classification: External Communication Jeffrey - apologise if this long to execute next time well be much quicker. Nay Gupta Original Message----- From: Nay Gupta Sent: 03/12/2014 09:35 PM GDT To: njeevacation@gmail.com" <jeevacation@gmail.com> Cc: Tazia Smith; Paul Morris/db/ Subject: Oil options Jeffrey Vinit Sahni/db/IIIIIIIIIIII Just got off the phone with Vinit. DB stopped marketmaking OTC oil options - for short dated Pd go for exch traded - better liquidity and lower transaction costs in and out. My central scenario - Kerry Lavrov meeting Friday will be a bust and the Crimea referendum this weekend will result in "yes" given the 59pct ethic Russian makeup. Sunday/ Monday sanction rhetoric from ranging from g8 expulsion to Iran-style bank embargo is raised a notch. Russia follows with more threats of counter-sanctions. My sense is the Obama 5m of 696m SPR release is to show Merkel and co he will step in. He needs to because there are 8 small European and Baltic countries that rec 70%+ of their gas from Russia. Germany gets 30%. Cross asset correlations outside of the US are increasing past few days - eg copper and the Turkish lira hourly charts are on top of each other past 4 days. I'm worried there is a 30-40pct(?) chance of a hard risk off move in markets in first half of next week - more focused on European equities, copper, EM FX (Turkey, ZAR, Ruble etc) than SPX. In that scenario oil is way up. Exchange WTI calls - there are 2 options (as of 3pm est): 5day expiry 17march 2014 underlying clj4 97.92 and 35d expiry 16apri12014 underlying clk4 97.59 ** The 5 day options are a bit short - one possibility is sell a 3usd out of the money put (95.5 strike) for 20cents and buy a 2usd OTM 100 call for 25. Net pay Scents. But 5d is a bit short for me. **For 35d expiry You could look at selling 91.50 (6usd OTM put) for 56cents and buying 103c (5.5usd OTM) for 58cents or the 102c (4.5usd OTM) for 76cents. CL1 <comdty> OMON on Bloomberg has live strikes and bid/ask. If 5d is too short and 35d is too long / not enough gamma, Tazia may be able to source liquidity from the street. Am Cc'ing her for any live pricing or additional comment Best Nay This communication may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this communication in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this communication. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this communication is strictly forbidden. Deutsche Bank does not render legal or tax advice, and the information contained in this communication should not be regarded as such.

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