DOJ-OGR-00019951.pdf

Case 21-58, Document 39-2, 04/01/2021, 3068530, Page92 of 200 1 simply implausible that the defendant simply has a lump set of 2 assets and no other stream of income, especially given the 3 lifestyle that she has been living and as detailed in the 4 Pretrial Services report. It just doesn't make sense. Either 5 there are other assets or there is other income. We can't make 6 sense of this lifestyle and this set of financial disclosures. 7 This just doesn't make sense. And as I will detail in a 8 moment, your Honor, it is inconsistent with the limited 9 reference we have been able to obtain as we have been making an 10 effort to trace the defendant's finances. 11 On that subject, your Honor, the report does raise 12 concerns about whether the defendant has been fully transparent 13 about her finances. As one example, the defendant told 14 Pretrial Services that the New Hampshire property was owned by 15 a corporation, that she does not know the name of the 16 corporation, but that she was just permitted to stay in the 17 house. It is difficult to believe that that was a forthcoming 18 answer because it is implausible on its face and very 19 confusing, but the government has continued to investigate the 20 circumstances surrounding the purchase of that New Hampshire 21 property. 22 This morning, your Honor, I spoke with an F.B.I. agent 23 who recently interviewed a real estate agent involved in that 24 transaction in New Hampshire. The real estate agent told the 25 F.B.I. that the buyers to the house introduced themselves to SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 DOJ-OGR-00019951