Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 1 of 15 A0 442 (Rev. 11/11) Arrest Warrant UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Florida United States of America V. ERIC LIN CaseNo. [7 n1 0 330 (?Lac/r1 1 Defendant ARREST WARRANT To: Any authorized law enforcement of?cer YOU ARE COMMANDED to arrest and bring before a United States magistrate judge without unnecessary delay (name of person to be arrested) Eric Lin . 3 who is accused of an offense or violation based on the following document ?led with the court: Indictment Cl Superseding Indictment El Information Superseding Information at Complaint El Probation Violation Petition El Supervised Release Violation Petition DViolation Notice Cl Order of the Court This offense is brie?y described as follows: Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communications, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c). Date: Issuing o?icer ?3 Signature City and state: Miami, Florida Lauren: Fleischer Louis, United States Magistrate Judge tl?tlta?ia?" rare - correct copy of the document on file Angela E. Noble, Clerk. RCturn US. District Court . . Southern District of Florida warrant was received on (date) and the person was arrested on (date) By JED at (city and state) Deputy Clerk Date Lf 2mg Date: Arresting o?icer ?s Signanrre Printed name and title Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 2 of 15 A0 91 (Rev. 11/11) Criminal Complaint UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT for the Southern District of Florida United States of America V. ERIC LIN, Case No- r10 0 ?20 Louis Defendan?s) CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, the complainant in this case, state that the following is true to the best of my knowledge and belief. On or about the date(s) of 5/30/2019 through 8/13/2019 in the county of Miami?Dede in the Southern District of Florida the defendant(s) violated: Code Section Offense Description 18 U.S.C. 875(c) interstate Transmission of Threatening Communications This criminal complaint is based on these facts: See attached affidavit. at Continued on the attached sheet. Com lainant?s Si nature 17 Matt Iew Jones, Special Agent, FBI Certified to be a true ano correct copy of the document on tile Angela E. Noble Clerk Sworn to before me and signed in my preseni e. Dismm com Southern!? District of Flo% Date: ?w gi? /3 90/3 Printed name and title Bil?? De?tg ?a 5 i Judge ?3 signature Date City and state: Miami, Florida Lauren Fleischer Louis, U.S. Magistrate Judge - Printed name and rifle Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 3 of 15 SEALED AFFIDAVIT IN SUPPORT OF CRIMINAL COMPLAINT I, Matthew Jones, being duly sworn, do hereby depose and state the following: INTRODUCTION AND AGENT BACKGROUND 1. I am an investigative or law enforcement officer of the United States within the meaning of Section 2510(7) of Title 18, United States Code. That is, I am an of?cer of the United States who is empowered by law to conduct investigations of, and make arrests for, violations of Title 18 of the United States Code. 2. I am a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), United States Department of Justice, currently assigned to the Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) of the FBI Miami Division. My duties involve the investigation of a variety of violations of federal offenses including threats to life, acts of domestic terrorism, and other violations of federal law. I have been a Special Agent since January of 2018 and have been assigned to the FBI Miami Division since June 2018. I have completed approximately ?ve months of basic and specialized training at the FBI Academy, Quantico, Virginia. During that time, I received formal training and have gained experience in interviewing and interrogation techniques, arrest procedures, search applications, the execution of search and seizures, and various other criminal laws and procedures. 3. The information set forth in this Af?davit is provided in support of the attached criminal complaint, charging Eric LIN (the ?Defendant? or with Interstate Transmission of Threatening Communications, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c). 4. The information contained in this Affidavit is based on my personal knowledge, as well as information relayed to me by other law enforcement agents and of?cers Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 4 of 15 involved in this investigation. I have not included in this Af?davit each and every fact known to me or to other law enforcement officers surrounding this investigation. Rather, I have included only those facts that I believe are necessary to establish probable cause to arrest the defendant for the violation above. STATUTORY AUTHORITY 5. Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(0) makes it a federal crime to transmit in interstate and foreign commerce any communication containing any threat to kidnap any person or any threat to injure the person of another. PROBABLE CAUSE A. Threatening Communications via Facebook 6. On or about July 24, 2019, the FBI received information from the City of Miami Police Department that an individual, hereinafter referred to by his/her initials as ?Cl? received threatening messages on his/her Facebook account from the following two (2) Facebook, Inc. (?Facebook?) accounts: a. Username: ?Ell and identification (ID) number: ??4291? (hereinafter Account?), and b. Username: screen name: ID Number: ??6670? (hereinafter Account?), 7. Subsequently, the FBI interviewed C.I. who resides and works in Miami?Dade County, in the Southern District of Florida. During the interview, C.I. provided printed hard copies of the messages she received from the Facebook accounts. The printed messages, 1 Portions of the Facebook information have been redacted to protect the identity of the Facebook accounts discussed herein. Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 5 of 15 which your Af?ant reviewed, totaled over 150 pages, and contained threats to injure and/or kill C.I., his/her family members, and all Hispanics, as well as pro?Hitler and anti?Hispanic statements. In the messages from the Facebook accounts the sender calls for the ?extermination? of all Hispanics as well as other racial and ethnic groups. Notably, Cl. is from Spain. The messages that Cl. printed were sent between the period of May 30, 2019 and July 20, 2019. 8. Based on the substance of the messages (examples of which are provided below), Cl. informed the FBI that he/she believed these communications had been made by an individual that frequented the restaurant where he/ she worked. C.l. knows this individual by the name of Eric Lin. C.l. believes that the messagescame from Eric Lin because Eric Lin?s statements at the restaurant were similar in content to the Facebook messages sent by the Facebook accounts to CI. In particular, both his statements in the restaurant and the messages from the Facebook accounts discussed mass shootings and idolization of Adolf Hitler. C.l. further advised law enforcement that the messages from the Facebook accounts caused him/her to fear for his/her life and the lives of his/her family members. 9. The messages sent from the Facebook accounts to 01. were sent using the direct message or function. Some examples of the messages sent from the Facebook accounts to (3.1. include the following: a; On or about May 30, 2019, C1. received a DM from the .H. Account containing what is believed to be a photograph of Eric Lin wearing a red shirt with a Hitler photograph ??lter? superimposed on Lin?s face, and a follow up message stating: ?Composite of My Face with the Fuhrer und' Reichskanzler Notably, C.l. advised law enforcement Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 6 of 15 that on a prior occasion at the restaurant Lin showed C.I. what he/she believed to be the same ?ltered photograph. b. On or about June 7, 2019, C.I. received the following Facebook DMS from the J.H. Account: ii. iv. ?you are worth less than a Rabid Dog. . .Rabid Spics like you need to be Put down. With Extreme Ruthlessness!? will let you live so you can slowly watch me destroy your Entire Race, then your family will be targeted for being ?Anti?American? which they are.? I ?This is a RACE WAR and ALL of you will Good luck Spic Nigger Arab Jew Spainaird [Sic] . . . ?In 3 short years your entire Race your entire culture will Perish only then after I kill your Spic family will I permit you to Die by Hanging on Metal Wire.? c. On or about June 8, 2019, C.I. received the following Facebook DMs from the IH. Account: i. ii. ?I?m going to enslave Rape And use you like a baby making machine. Once I?m finished with you I might just get rid of you like apiece of trash.? ?Should I decide to kill you spies no power on earth is going to stop me. I?m cool calm calculating and methodical. I will be carrying a Rifle hand gun and SS my honor is called loyalty dagger. You try to pretend to be a Spic Nazi. You want to see Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 7 of 15 what a real Nazi can do? I guarantee I can kill you when you least expect it I?m coming to kill you.? d. On or about June 9, 2019, C1. received a Facebook DM from the J.H. Account stating, . .you and your worthless Spic Race will be Murdered will laugh and make you watch and save you for last. e. On or about June 11,2019, C.I. received a Facebook DM from the I.H. Account, stating will stop at Nothing until you, your family, your friends,, [Sic] your entire WORTHLESS LATIN RACE IS RACIALLY EXTERMINATED f. On or about July 9, 2019, C.I. received the following Facebook DMs from the ES. Account: i. ?By the Authority of ADOLF HITLER AND GOD I HEREBY DECLARE SPANISH AND ALL SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE ii. ?that?s ALL INEED AUTHORITY FROM ADOLF HITLER TO ACT. I FOLLOW ONLY ADOLF HITLER AND THEN GOD. THEY ARE ONE AND THE g. On or about July 10, 2019, C.I. received the following Facebook DMs from the ES. Account: i. ?When I come with my Arrhies I will cut you at your knees so that you know to Bow in Front of a Natural Born King. Then I will Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 8 of 15 ii. Cut your FUcking [Sic] Heart out and as it is still beating I will Eat it in front of your very eyes!? ?Come at me Spanaird [Sic]. I will give you your Death I promise you, you and all of your ?People?. May Spanish NEver [sic] be Spoken on the Face of the Earth again!? h. On or about July 11, 2019, (1.1. received a Facebook DM from the ES. Account, stating, ?The Fact is no where on Earth is Safe from me.? i. On or about July 12, 2019, (3.1. received the following Facebook DMs from the ES. Account: ii. - FUCK SPANISH SPEAKING FILTHY ANTI AMERICAN ANTI WHITE SPIC FROM NIGGER SPAIN. SPAnish [sic] people are the Niggers of Europe and should all be Put to Death!? look forward to cutting you at your knees Spaniard and then cutting out your Heart and drinking ever last drop of blood from your Veins then eating your Flesh like eating a Steak.? j. On or about July 15, 2019, C.I. received the following Facebook DMs from the .H Account: i. ii. . Miami ?Time to Die you White American HAting [Sic] Spic!? ?We will Cut You at Yours Knees SpaniardrCut out your Heart and Drink your Blood before your very eyes!? ?When the Time Comes We Will Kill every FUcking [Sic] Spic in Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 9 of 15 iv. Vi. vii. ?If you Stand in the Way we are going to put so many bullets in 9 your body that your Spanish Spie American Hating Mother is not going to be able to identify you ?Our Great President Donald John Trump is too Nice of Man. But I will say it, All you Spies, Niggers, and Muslim Hating ?Americans? Will be Killed!? will Cut you open and Drink you Blood Until you Die! PIECE OF AMERICAN HATIN DIRTY FUCKING DIRTY FUCKING SPIC LOVING k. On or about July 19, 2019, CL received the following Facebook DMs from the ES. Account: i. ii. Thank God everyday President Donald John Trump is President and that he will launch at Racial War and Crusade to keep the Niggers, Spies, and Muslims and any dangerous non?White or Ethnically or Culturally Foreign group ?In Line? By In Line? it is meant they Will either be sent to ?Concentration Camps? or dealt with Ruthlessly and Vigorously by the United States Military.? ?We are more than Ready for another Spanish?American War. We are Ready to kill Spanish peoples and Latin peoples by the Millions!? I. On or about July 20, 2019, C.I. received a Facebook DM from the ES. Account, stating just know that Providence has willed this White Holy Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 10 of 15 Racial War in the United States of America for a Reason and that I will make my name in it.? 10. On or about. August 12, 2019, the mother of Cl. contacted law enforcement to advise that the BS. Account and J.H. Account sent more DMS to C.l. beginning on August 8, 2019. Law enforcement obtained hard copy print outs of these messages. 11. Some examples of the messages sent from these Facebook accounts to Cl. include the following: a. On or about August 8, 2019, C1. received the following Facebook DMS from the Account: i. look forward to committing a ii. ?The Time will come when Miami will burn to the every Latin Man be lined up against a Wall and shot and every Latin Woman Raped or Cut to b. On or about August 9, 2019, (3.1. received the following Facebook DMS from the ES. Account: i. ?no Where is Safe in this World if you Run to Spain we will attack Spain if you Run to Great Britain we will attack Great Britain if you Run to Germany we will attack Germany if you Run to Russia Putin will give you back to ii. ?But we?ll attack Spic Miami first because, that?s where you live. . .We will Burn your House drag you in the Street and Cut you into Pieces of will be Cut a thousand Pieces as Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 11 of 15 slowly and painfully as possible like the ?Spanish Dog? you are-- I 1? ?1 may have go [Sic] gouge your Eyes out and cut your Tongue out then ?nally out your Heart out?-?That will teach you I FUCKING WORTHLESS SPIC YOU MENTALLY RETARDED i l? 12. On August 14, 2019, the mother of C1. advised that the ES. Account and .H. Account sent more DMs to Cl from August 12, 2019, through August 13, 2019. Law enforcement obtained copies of these messages. Your Affiant reviewed these messages and determined that they are similar in nature to the previously described messages to include hate rhetoric and threatening communications. B. Facebook Communications Involving Plot to Iniure Co?Worker and/or to Kidnap Cl. 13. As discussed below, your affiant obtained a search warrant from Facebook for the ES. and the .H. accounts. Those records revealed that the ES. Account was engaged in DM communications with an individual with screen name with the initials CR. (hereinafter the Account?) in which Lin offers to pay the user of the CR. Account, to travel to Miami, Florida, find C.l.?s coworker, and injure him, and/or to kidnap C.l. l4. . The messages sent from ES. Account to CR. Account were sent using the direct message or function. Some examples of the messages sent are: a. On July 10, 2019, the ES. Account sent CR. Account the following message referring to injuring C.l.?s co?worker: ?Hey Chris I was wondering if you could do me a favor. I wondering if you could go to Miami and beat up this Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 12 of 15 15. Spic who insulted me. 1 can pay you $10,000.? On July 10, 2019, the CR. Account responds to the ES. Account: ?Sure pay me first PayPal or On July 12, 2019, the ES. Account sent the following message to the CR. Account regarding the possible kidnapping of (3.1.: ?The Plan is you and Mara convince her that you are Rich White Americans people she looks up to. And then get her into a Rented House or Mansion and then chain her up and put her in a Rubber made Plastic Bin. Then you got to Drive her to Seattle[,] Washington upon which I will pay you $25,000 cash. You don't need to kill her her [Sic] hurt her so at most you will be charged with Kidnapping. Nothing will happen to you if you get the Right lawyers She's a Spic who Hates White doubt the FBI would care much about her.? . Also on July 12, 2019, the ES. Account sends the following message to the CR. Account regarding the kidnapping of Cl: ?1 don't care if I have to Pay you a Million Dollars or More I want this Done!? C. Identification of the Facebook Accounts The FBI reviewed the Facebook pages for the two Facebook accounts; however, the above?described direct messages were not visible on the publicly available portions of the Facebook accounts. Based on my training and experience, I know that DMs are not typically viewable or accessible on the public portion of a Facebook page. Rather these are typically private messages sent from one Facebook user to another. 16. From the publicly available information of the ES. Account and the 1H. Account, law enforcement was able to identify the ID numbers and usernames associated with 10 Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 13 of 15 . the Facebook accounts as follows: the ID number for the ES. Account is _4291, with the username of Eric.a.lin.-; and the ID number for the 1H. Account is _6670, with the username of 17. On August 8, 2019, your af?ant obtained a sealed search warrant to Facebook for the ES. Account and TH. Account. 18. On August 13, 2019, Facebook provided the results of the search warrant for records dated through August 8, 2019. Your af?ant reviewed these records and was able to locate many of the DMs to Cl. from the ES. Account and the 1H. Account described above. 19. The records from 'Facebook also indicate that the ES. Account is registered to usemame and associated with the telephone number ending in 6072. This number is a cellular telephone number with service provided by Wireless (hereinafter ?the Subject Cell Phone?). The TH. Account is registered to username and associated with the Subject Phone. Additionally, the records revealed that the Subject Cell Phone was used to verify the 1.11. Account. According to FacebOok, ?veri?ed? means the J.H. Account holder responded to a text sent to the Subject Cell Phone number. 20. Additionally, the Facebook records indicate that at least one of the devices used to access and use the JH. and ES. Accounts is an iPhone. D. Identification of Telephone as the Subiect Cell Phone 21. On or about August 13, 2019, law enforcement received records from Wireless the service provider for the Subject Cell Phone. According to those records the Subject Cell Phone is an iPhone and is subscribed in the name of an individual believed to be Eric Lin?s father. 22. However, the subscriber? 5 address listed on records matches the address 11 Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 14 of 15 appearing on Eric Lin?s driver?s license. Additionally, law enforcement located two records in which Eric Lin called the FBI National Tactical Operations Center to ?le a complaint. Both calls occurred on June 5, 2019 and were made from the Subject Cell Phone. In both calls the caller identi?ed himself as ?Eric Lin,? and provided a date of birth that is the same date of birth listed on the driver?s license for Eric Lin. 23. Additionally, to verify that Lin is the user of the Subject Cell Phone, on August 13, 2019, your af?ant called the Subject Cell Phone number purportedly to follow up on the June 5, 2019, complaint called in by Lin. Your affiant asked if the individual that answered the phone was Eric Lin, and a male voice responded ?yes.? During that conversation, the individual provided the same date of birth belonging to Eric Lin. The individual stated that he was currently in Los Angeles. [This Space intentionally left blank. 12 Case Document 1 Filed 08/19/19 Page 15 of 15 CONCLUSION 24. Based on the above information, I respectfully submit that there is probable cause to believe that Eric LIN, from on or about May 30, 2019 through on or about August 13, 2019, in Miami-Dade County, in the Southern District of Florida, and elsewhere transmitted in interstate or foreign commerce communications containing threats to injure the person of another, in violation of Title l8, United States Code, Section 875 FURTHER AF FIANT SAYETH NAUGHT. Matthew Jones, Special Agent Federal Bureau of Investigation Sworn subscribed before me thi?ust, 2019 in Miami, Florida. CHER LOUIS UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE SOUTHERN DISTRICT or FLORIDA Certified to be a true correct copy of the documjrildon fiie Angela E. Noble. Clerk US. District Court 1 Southern District of Fiorida By ,4 dz Deputy Clerk Date w\ l3