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FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION 
Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO 
Date: 09/01/2010 
CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF FEDERAL 
Approved By: 
Drafted By: 
Case ID #: 72-MM-113327 
(U) RODRIGUEZ, ALFREDO - SEE SUB 
Details: 
Precedence: ROUTINE Date: 09/02/2010 
To: Newark Attn: Trenton RA 
From: Miami 
PB-2/PBCRA 
Contact: 
Approved By: 
Drafted By: 
Case ID #: 72-MM-113327 (Pending) 
Title: ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ; 
OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE 
Synopsis: EC requesting Trenton RA to conduct interview of federal 
inmate, 
regarding captioned investigation. 
Details: In October 2009, Miami Division opened an obstruction of 
EFTA00108846

Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF 
FEDERAL 
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010 
justice case against ALFREDO RODRIGUEZ. RODRIGUEZ was the previous 
house manager and butler to Palm Beach County resident JEFFREY 
EPSTEIN. EPSTEIN was the subject of child prostitution, 31E matter, 
worked by Miami Division beginning in 2006. Investigation of EPSTEIN 
revealed that he brought underage girls to his home to perform 
massages and paid them to engage in sex acts with himself and one 
another. The U.S. Attorney's Office entered into a non-prosecution 
agreement where EPSTEIN pled guilty to lesser state offenses in 
Florida state court. EPSTEIN was sentenced to a period of state prison 
followed by community supervision as a registered sex offender. 
EPSTEIN's victims filed suit against EPSTEIN in state and 
federal court seeking damages in civil litigation. During the 
discovery process, RODRIGUEZ was deposed by attorney BRADLEY EDWARDS 
who represented several of the victims. After his deposition, 
RODRIGUEZ contacted EDWARDS and advised that he had lists of 
additional victims that he had not previously disclosed to law 
enforcement during the criminal investigation or after being served 
with a subpoena in the civil case. RODRIGUEZ advised he would not turn 
the information over to the attorney but instead wanted monetary 
compensation. In November 2009, RODRIGUEZ attempted to sell the 
information to a 
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Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF 
FEDERAL 
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010 
UCE for $50,000.00, which resulted in the above 
captioned case. 
Also during the civil litigation, EDWARDS' law firm 
contacted 
as a potential plaintiff's witness against 
EPSTEIN. HOFFENBERG is a federal inmate at Fort Dix Federal 
Correctional Institution (FCI), inmate number 35601-054. HOFFENBERG 
was a former business associate or acquaintance of EPSTEIN. HOFFENBERG 
is serving a 20-year sentence for his role in a Ponzi scheme and 
securities fraud that was worked by the New York field office, 196C-
NY-235483. Through correspondence, HOFFENBERG advised EDWARDS' firm 
that he had information regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN being involved in 
the murder of a Columbus, Ohio attorney named ARTHUR L. SHAPIRO. 
SHAPIRO was killed on March 6, 1985 in the Columbus area. The case 
remains unsolved. A review of ACS does not reflect HOFFENBERG offered 
this information as a proffer during the 196C matter. It should be 
noted that HOFFENBERG appears to have a history of mental illness. 
Since his incarceration, he has filed civil rights complaints 
regarding the facilities he has been assigned to. 
It is requested that Trenton RA interview HOFFENBERG for 
information regarding JEFFREY EPSTEIN and his involvement or knowledge 
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Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF 
FEDERAL 
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010 
of the murder of SHAPIRO. 
Descriptive Data: 
Reference 
Name - 
Last: Hoffenberg 
First: Steven 
Race: W 
Sex: M 
Address(es) - 
House #: 
Street Name: 
Street Suffix: Rd. 
City: Fort Dix 
State: NJ 
Postal Code: 08640 
Country: USA 
Phone #: 
LEAD(s): 
Set Lead 1: (Action) 
NEWARK 
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Title: (U//FOUO) EC REQUESTING TRENTON RA TO CONDUCT INTERVIEW OF 
FEDERAL 
Re: 72-MM-113327, 09/01/2010 
AT TRENTON, NJ 
To interview federal inmate, 
, BOP number 
35601-054, regarding the murder of ARTHUR SHAPIRO. 
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