EFTA00017912.pdf

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UNITED STATES ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
Southern District of New York
U.S. ATTORNEY GEOFFREY S. BERMAN
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, November 19, 2019
http://www.justice.gov/usao/nys
CONTACT: U.S. ATTORNEY'S OFFICE
DOJ OIG
FBI
CORRECTIONAL OFFICERS CHARGED WITH FALSIFYING RECORDS
ON AUGUST 9-10 AT THE METROPOLITAN CORRECTIONAL CENTER
Defendants Allegedly Created Records Falsely Attesting to Required Checks of Inmates the
Defendants Never Did in the Special Housing Unit on the Night Inmate Jeffrey Epstein
Committed Suicide
Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York,
Michael Horowitz, the U.S. Department of Justice ("DOJ") Inspector General, and William F.
Sweeney Jr., Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation ("FBI"), announced today the unsealing of an indictment charging federal
correctional officers TOVA NOEL and MICHAEL THOMAS with making false records and
conspiring to make false records and to defraud the United States by impairing the lawful
functions of the Metropolitan Correctional Center ("MCC"), a Manhattan detention facility that
houses federal inmates. NOEL and THOMAS surrendered this morning. The case is assigned to
Southern District of New York U.S. District Judge
U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman said: "As alleged, the defendants had a duty to ensure
the safety and security of federal inmates in their care at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Instead, they repeatedly failed to conduct mandated checks on inmates, and lied on official forms
to hide their failures. These defendants will now be held accountable for their brazen attempt to
shirk their responsibilities and conceal their conduct."
DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz said:
FBI Assistant Director William F. Sweeney Jr. said:
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According to the Indictment' filed today in Manhattan federal court:
On August 10, 2019, NOEL and THOMAS repeatedly failed to compl…

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