EFTA01344769-770 (Aug 15, 2014): Tazia Smith to Lesley Groff, cc Morris: "I know Paul wanted to get this conversation in before his Mandatory Time Away (2 weeks, can't speak w clients) But this is a slow-enough moving underlier...why don't we just wait the 2 weeks until Paul gets back. I did reach back out to the trader in London that Paul and I wanted Jeffrey to be able to speak with."
Morris: "Thanks Lesley, you all can try to arrange for next week, I don't need to be on call."
WHAT THIS SHOWS AND DOES NOT SHOW: Mandatory Time Away (MTA) is a compliance control designed to detect fraud by forcing bankers offline. Smith and Morris were trying to squeeze in an Epstein call BEFORE MTA started. Morris then told the team to proceed without him — meaning Epstein had direct access to DB traders without his banker present. "The trader in London" = likely Sahni or another KCP London contact. Smith scheduling through Groff (named NPA co-conspirator) was standard operating procedure. This documents the circumvention of a compliance control, though MTA permits delegated coverage.
EFTA01344842 (Nov 18, 2015): Groff to Morris: "Paul, the meeting will be at 3:15 at Apollo tomorrow...OK for you?" — confirms the November 19, 2015 meeting was physically at Apollo Global Management offices. This corroborates the Apollo meeting documented in the Epstein-Black-Morris financial triangle (see earlier section).
EFTA01344162, EFTA01344155, EFTA01344557, EFTA01344185, EFTA01344174 (Nov 27, 2013): Janet Young (JPM) to Amanda Kirby/Lisa Hurd (DB) — assets transferred from JPM to Pershing LLC (DB's clearing firm):
WHY THIS MATTERS: Epstein held $4.5M face value of Venezuelan government bonds at JPMorgan, transferred to DB in November 2013. PDVSA (Petroleos de Venezuela) was sanctions-sensitive — Venezuelan sovereign debt carried heightened compliance risk. The transfer went through Citibank Frankfurt and Euroclear — international clearing complexity for a client already flagged as high risk. Harry Beller cc'd — Epstein's accountant directing the process. This is the asset transfer that built Southern Financial's initial portfolio at DB.