Authored by Jose Nino via HeadlineUSA,
A federal correctional officer assigned to monitorJeffrey Epsteinconducted internet searches about the convicted sex offenderjust moments before his body was discoveredand received thousands of dollars in cash depositsin the weeks preceding his death, newly released Justice Departmentdocumentsshow.
Tova Noel worked as one of two Metropolitan Correctional Center employeeswho authorities later accused of fabricating logs claiming they had conducted required welfare checkson Epstein throughout the overnight hours before his August 10, 2019 death. Both guards lost their jobs, though prosecutors eventually dismissed criminal charges against them.
According toFBIforensic analysis of Bureau of Prisons computers,Noel entered the search term “latest on Epstein in jail” at 5:42 a.m.and repeated the query ten minutes later at 5:52 a.m. Her fellow officer Michael Thomas located the financier hanging in his cell at 6:30 a.m., less than 40 minutes after her final search.
Prosecutors stated that during the overnight shift, the 37-year-old Noel browsed furniture websites and slept rather than performing the required inmate checks every half hour. Thomas spent time looking at motorcycle listings online.
TheNew York Postreported thatfederal investigators produced a 66-page forensic reportexamining the desktop computers used by both officers. The Epstein related search was the sole query that the FBI chose to highlight in its analysis.
During sworn questioning by Justice Department officials in 2021, Noel disputed the FBI’s findings. “I don’t remember doing that,” she stated in the transcript. She characterized the federal records as not “accurate. I don’t recall looking him up.”
Noel also asserted that the failure to conduct proper monitoring was widespread at the Manhattan detention facility.“I’ve never worked in the Special Housing Unit and actually done rounds every 30 minutes,” she informed investigators.
Separate DOJ files reveal thatChase Bank submitted a “suspicious activity report” to the FBI in November 2019 regarding cash transactions in Noel’s account.The financial institution documented a total of12 deposits starting in April 2018, with the largest single transaction of $5,000 occurring on July 30, 2019, just 11 days before Epstein died.
Available bank records beginning in December 2018 document seven separate cash deposits amounting to $11,880. Noel began her assignment in the Special Housing Unit where Epstein was held on July 7, 2019, approximately one month before his death.
Source: ZeroHedge News
