U.S. v. $1,231,349.68 IN FUNDS

No. CIV.A.01-1725(PLF).

227 F.Supp.2d 125 (2002)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. $1,231,349.68 IN FUNDS, et al., Defendants. Maria Aurora Sampedro and Laura Victoria Sampedro, Claimants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

September 26, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda Otani McKinney, U.S. Attorney's office, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Coke Morgan Stewart, Washington Lawyer's Committee, Washington, DC, for defendants.

Coke Morgan Stewart, Washington Lawyer's Committee, Washington, DC, Peter Hugh White, Hunton & Williams, McLean, VA, for Jose M. Sampedro, claimant.

Coke Morgan Stewart, Washington Lawyer's Committee, Washington, DC, James Francis Hibey, Howrey Simon Arnold & White, LLP, Washington, DC, for Laura Victoria Sampedro, Maria Aurora Sampedro, claimants.

Mark A. Srere, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for C.P.F. Corp. claimant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on a petition for the release of seized property filed by claimants Maria Aurora Sampedro and Laura Victoria Sampedro. Plaintiff, the United States of America, has filed this action in rem to enforce provisions of 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(D), which allows for the forfeiture of proceeds traceable to bribery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 201;...

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