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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
OFFICIAL Moony 
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Date of entry 
 
08/29/2019
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, home address 
borne telephone numbe 
cellular telephone number 
was interviewed at 26 Federal Plaza, 
New York, NY 10278. Also present during the interview was DEPARTMENT OF 
JUSTICE OFFICE OF THE INSPECTOR GENERAL (DOJ-OIG) Special Agent-
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After being advised of the identities of the interviewing Agents, 
that the interview was voluntary, and that lying to a federal agent is a 
crime, 
provided the following information: 
has worked for the BUREAU OF PRISONS (BOP) since 1994 with one 
break in service. 
plans on retiring in approximately 7 months. 
by him. 
account. 
confirmed that the email sent from 
as composed 
was not aware of anyone else having access to his email 
obtained the name of DOJ-OIG employee 
from another BOP 
employee, 
works in the Community Corrections 
Department at the METROPOLITAN DETENTION CENTER (MDC) in Brooklyn, New York. 
sent 
an email asking for the name of a DOJ-OIG employee he 
could contact to make the complaint. 
met 
while working at 
the FEDERAL CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTE, DANBURY in Danbury, Connecticut around 
2000. 
' current post at the METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (MCC) is at 
the rear gate. 
has worked there for several months. Some of 
primary responsibilities at the rear gate are to check vehicles making 
deliveries for any contraband, scan in packages, and to check the gate 
passes of inmates who have them. 
has an office at his post but 
spends most of his time moving around. 
BOP inmate 
has a gate pass, meaning 
can enter and exit 
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MCC to complete whatever task 
is assigned. 
also helps other 
inmates with their jobs. Typically 
leaves through the lobby to the 
Warden's complex and performs janitorial duties there. 
started this 
job approximately three weeks ago. 
has frequent interactions with 
because 
or exits the gate. 
these interactions. 
has to check 
gate pass every time 
would usually make small talk with 
enters 
during 
On or about August 15, 2019, at approximately 10:30am, 
approached 
' post at the rear gate with approximately three large bags of 
shredded paper. 
told 
that "They are shredding everything back 
there." 
said there was a white man with a Southern accent who was 
involved in the document shredding. 
was unfamiliar with anyone at 
MCC that fit that description. 
surmised that since he did not know 
who the white man with the Southern accent was, he must have been part of 
the BOP After Action team related to the JEFFREY EPSTEIN suicide. 
told 
he heard someone say, "Make sure you get that box over there too." 
thought he remembered 
telling him that someone asked 
to 
help shred documents as well. 
did not know for certain where the 
shredded documents originated from. Shredded documents are thrown out on a 
fairly regular basis through 
' post at the rear gate, but 
thought that there were more shredded documents than usual during this 
incident. 
also told 
that 
thought this was more than the 
usual amount. 
saw 
a few days later with additional shredded 
paper to throw out. 
never witnessed anyone physically shredding documents. 
never looked through the shredded documents that 
threw out. No one 
told 
that the shredded documents were related to EPSTEIN. No one 
told 
that the BOP After Action Team looking into the EPSTEIN suicide 
was shredding documents. 
is still posted at the rear gate as his primary job. 
called someone at the FBI on or about August 23, 2019 to file a 
report about this incident. He spoke with a female, but could not remember 
what office or number he called. 
heard third-hand that an "Officer 
" told former MCC Warden 
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that EPSTEIN should be confined in the 10 South wing of MCC. 
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