RE: Epstein account opening II)

Hi Paul,

That is correct.

Best,

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Thoughts? What is JE's role here?

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From: Paul Morris <
Date: January 29, 2016 at 2:03:59 PM EST
To: Todd Stevens <
Subject: FW: Epstein account opening Dj

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Todd, so why are we doing this? This should be separate relationship

Paul Morris
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank Private Bank
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The issue is that JE was listed as president of Gratitude America Ltd in the entity's original articles of incorporation. Additionally, JE was listed as the source of funds in the initial KYC done by Paul's team.

When An reached out to Middle Office, they looked at the KYC and flagged the request as "high risk" and asked us to get AML approval. As you recall, we already went to AML (Wayne Salit) to ask whether the account opening could be done. Wayne was the one who referred us to RRC.

When we went to the RRC, they requested an external updated Enhanced Due Diligence Report. The entire back and forth over the past week is on the request for this report, which is under Paul's review for sign-off.

In summary, first, the KYC does not reflect this is a separate relationship. Second, given the post-facto nature of the changes in the article of incorporation, I think AML/RRC are very likely to still require the due diligence report.