[GRADE A2 — Jmail email records (Epstein's seized email server)]
Fourteen emails in Shuliak's account document cash withdrawal requests made on Epstein's behalf:
| Date | Amount | Request From → To | Context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2016 | $5,000 each | Shuliak → Bella Klein | "Mr. Epstein adviced that me and Jen get $5000 cash each from you for the trip" |
| Apr 20, 2018 | $10,000 | Shuliak → Richard Kahn | "Jeffrey would like me to get 10,000$ cash from you today please" |
| Jan 8, 2018 | $6,000 | Shuliak → Bella Klein | "Mr. Epstein asked for $6000 cash please. Could someone bring it to the house?" |
| Jun 13, 2019 | $5,000 | Shuliak → Bella Klein | "Jeffrey would like me to get $5000 cash from you tomorrow please" |
[V1.3] Additional Cash References (Corpus Deep Mining):
| Date | Amount | Context | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2019 | Unspecified | "Re: Cash" — subject line referencing cash arrangement | Jmail C01 |
| Jul 2014 | Unspecified | Leon Black envelope — physical cash transport to Epstein via Groff | Jmail C11 |
| Aug 2009 | $5,000 | Check to Richman Greer (law firm) — legal payment in cash equivalent | Jmail C01 |
The mechanism is consistent: Shuliak emails Klein or Kahn, states the amount and that it is at Epstein's direction, and arrangements are made for delivery to "the house" (71st Street). Bella Klein responds: "Merwin is on his way back with Cash!" (Jan 8, 2018) and "I will add you to the visitors list" (multiple occasions). The cash is physically transported by Merwin Dela Cruz, a household staff member who appears 23 times as a sender in Shuliak's account and 95 times in Groff's account.
[V1.3] The Leon Black Envelope System: Corpus mining (C11) reveals a physical envelope transport system between Leon Black and Epstein, facilitated through Groff's scheduling apparatus. One July 2014 email documents an envelope from Black being delivered to the house. A separate email contains a directive to conceal Black's identity in records — "put in donor" — suggesting deliberate name avoidance in documentation. Black was present at Epstein's residence during his own Apollo Global Management board meeting, indicating the household infrastructure served as an alternative meeting venue for high-profile financial contacts.
[V1.3] The Cash Courier Chain: Neo4j analysis (N03, N04, N16) maps the complete cash disbursement infrastructure: Klein (80 CO_APPEARED_WITH, including Pagano, Black, Dubin, Sabba) ↔ Kahn (100+ CO_APPEARED_WITH, limit hit) ↔ Dela Cruz (43 CO_APPEARED_WITH, confirmed "houseman" at 71st with personal credit card for household purchases). Klein and Kahn share mutual connections through Adam Bly, Amanda Kirby, Ann Rodriquez, and others. Dela Cruz is confirmed in the corpus as using his own credit card for household purchases and receiving reimbursement — a pattern consistent with off-books spending.
These cash requests — $5K, $6K, $10K — are individually below the $10,000 Currency Transaction Report threshold, though the April 2018 request of "$10,000" exactly meets it. This pattern is documented alongside the NYDFS finding that ATTORNEY-1 made 97 cash withdrawals of $7,500 each ($800,000 total) from a Park Avenue branch, and the Wyden memo's discovery of $800,000 in previously unreported cash withdrawals. See MOL-04: The Money Trail for the full structured withdrawal analysis.
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: The emails document a pattern of sub-$10K cash requests routed through Shuliak as intermediary. They establish that Bella Klein, Richard Kahn, and Merwin Dela Cruz facilitated cash delivery. They do NOT establish the purpose of the cash. Cash is not inherently suspicious; the pattern becomes significant only in the context of the broader structured withdrawal findings.