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Document Information

Type: Grand jury subpoena
File Size: 268 KB
Summary

A Grand Jury Subpoena issued on August 16, 2019, by the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York to Western Union Financial Services. The subpoena demands financial records (money transfers, money orders) from 'inception through the present' for specific individuals and entities whose identities are heavily redacted in the document. The investigation cites federal statutes related to sex trafficking (18 U.S.C. 1591), conspiracy to commit sex trafficking (1594(c)), coercion/enticement of a minor (2422(b)), and general conspiracy (371).

People (5)

Name Role Context
Geoffrey S. Berman United States Attorney
Signatory of the subpoena cover letter and subpoena.
Custodian of Records Recipient
Western Union employee responsible for providing records.
Redacted Assistant United States Attorney
Signatory of the subpoena.
Redacted Special Agent
FBI agent designated to receive the records.
Redacted Forensic Accountant
Contact person for questions regarding the subpoena.

Organizations (5)

Name Type Context
U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney Southern District of New York
Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
United States District Court Southern District of New York

Timeline (1 events)

2019-08-30
Grand Jury Appearance Date (waived if records produced beforehand)
United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, New York, NY
Western Union Custodian of Records
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Locations (4)

Location Context
The Silvio J. Mollo Building, One Saint Andrew's Plaza, New York, NY 10007
12500 E. Belford Ave, Englewood, CO 80112 (Western Union)
United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 220, New York, NY
26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278 (FBI)

Relationships (1)

U.S. Department of Justice → Legal/Investigative → Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
DOJ issuing subpoena to Western Union for records.

Key Quotes (4)

"official criminal investigation of a suspected felony being conducted by a federal grand jury"
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EFTA00019961.pdf
Quote #1
"alleged violations of federal criminal law, including: 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 1594(c), 2422(b), 371"
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EFTA00019961.pdf
Quote #2
"please provide any and all available information regarding money transfers and the purchase of money orders"
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EFTA00019961.pdf
Quote #3
"Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, it is requested that you do not disclose any information relating to this Grand Jury subpoena request to any third party."
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EFTA00019961.pdf
Quote #4

Full Extracted Text

Complete text extracted from the document (6,683 characters)

U.S. Department of Justice
United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
The Silvio J. Mollo Building
One Saint Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
August 16, 2019
BY EMAIL
Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Attn: Custodian of Records
12500 E. Belford Ave, M21A2
Englewood, CO 80112
Phone Number: 866-628-5067
FBISubpoenas@westernUnion.com
Re: Grand Jury Subpoena
Please be advised that the accompanying grand jury subpoena has been issued in connection with an official criminal investigation of a suspected felony being conducted by a federal grand jury. The Government hereby requests that you voluntarily refrain from disclosing the existence of the subpoena to any third party. While you are under no obligation to comply with our request, we are requesting you not to make any disclosure in order to preserve the confidentiality of the investigation and because disclosure of the existence of this investigation might interfere with and impede the investigation.
Thank you for your cooperation in this matter.
Very truly yours,
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney
By: [REDACTED]
Assistant United States Attorney
Southern District of New York
[REDACTED]
EFTA00019961
Grand Jury Subpoena
United States District Court
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
TO: Western Union Financial Services, Inc.
Attn: Custodian of Records
12500 E. Belford Ave, M21A2
Englewood, CO 80112
FBISubpoenas@westernUnion.com
GREETINGS:
WE COMMAND YOU that all and singular business and excuses being laid aside, you appear and attend before the GRAND JURY of the people of the United States for the Southern District of New York, at the United States Courthouse, 40 Foley Square, Room 220, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, New York, in the Southern District of New York, at the following date, time and place:
Appearance Date: August 30, 2019 Appearance Time: 10 a.m.
to testify and give evidence in regard to alleged violations of federal criminal law, including:
18 U.S.C. §§ 1591, 1594(c), 2422(b), 371
and not to depart the Grand Jury without leave thereof, or of the United States Attorney, and that you bring with you and produce at the above time and place the following:
SEE ATTACHED RIDER. Personal appearance is not required if the requested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Special Agent [REDACTED], Federal Bureau of Investigation, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, telephone [REDACTED]; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records. Please contact Forensic Accountant [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] or Special Agent [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] with any questions.
Failure to attend and produce any items hereby demanded will constitute contempt of court and will subject you to civil sanctions and criminal penalties, in addition to other penalties of the Law.
DATED: New York, New York
August 16, 2019
GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
[Signature]
[REDACTED]
Assistant United States Attorney
One St. Andrew's Plaza
New York, New York 10007
Telephone: [REDACTED]
EFTA00019962
RIDER
(Grand Jury Subpoena to Western Union, dated August 16, 2019)
For the period of inception through the present, please provide any and all available information regarding money transfers and the purchase of money orders (including but not limited to, sender's name and address, location of purchase, including name and address of selling agent, form of payment used to purchase money orders, amount of money orders purchased, date and time of purchase, the payee's name and address, the amount and currency distributed), for the following identifiers:
NAMES/ENTITIES
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
DOB
[REDACTED BLOCK]
SSN
[REDACTED BLOCK]
ADDRESS
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
PHONE
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
EMAIL
[REDACTED BLOCK]
[REDACTED BLOCK]
N.B.: Personal appearance is not required if the requested records are (1) produced by on or before the return date to Special Agent [REDACTED], Federal Bureau of Investigation, 26 Federal Plaza, New York, NY 10278, telephone [REDACTED]; and (2) accompanied by an executed copy of the attached Declaration of Custodian of Records.
PLEASE PROVIDE IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT IF POSSIBLE.
Please contact Forensic Accountant [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] or Special Agent [REDACTED] at [REDACTED] with any questions.
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EFTA00019963
IMPORTANT: REQUEST FOR NON-DISCLOSURE
Due to the ongoing nature of the investigation, it is requested that you do not disclose any information relating to this Grand Jury subpoena request to any third party.
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EFTA00019964
Declaration of Custodian of Records
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I, the undersigned, hereby declare:
My name is ___________________________________.
(name of declarant)
I am a United States citizen and I am over eighteen years of age. I am the custodian of records of the business named below, or I am otherwise qualified as a result of my position with the business named below to make this declaration.
I am in receipt of a Grand Jury Subpoena, dated August 16, 2019, and signed by Assistant United States Attorney [REDACTED], requesting specified records of the business named below. Pursuant to Rules 902(11) and 803(6) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, I hereby certify that the records provided herewith and in response to the Subpoena:
(1) were made at or near the time of the occurrence of the matters set forth in the records, by, or from information transmitted by, a person with knowledge of those matters;
(2) were kept in the course of regularly conducted business activity; and
(3) were made by the regularly conducted business activity as a regular practice.
I declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct.
Executed on ___________________.
(date)
___________________________________
(signature of declarant)
___________________________________
(name and title of declarant)
___________________________________
(name of business)
___________________________________
(business address)
Definitions of terms used above:
As defined in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6), "record" includes a memorandum, report, record, or data compilation, in any form, of acts, events, conditions, opinions, or diagnoses. The term, "business" as used in Fed. R. Evid. 803(6) and the above declaration includes business, institution, association, profession, occupation, and calling of every kind, whether or not conducted for profit.
EFTA00019965
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