U.S. v. U.S. CURRENCY IN SUM $185,000

No. 1:04-cv-883-ENV-CLP.

455 F.Supp.2d 145 (2006)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. UNITED STATES CURRENCY IN THE SUM OF ONE HUNDRED EIGHTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($185,000) more or less and Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred Fifty Dollars ($24,650) more or less, Defendants.

United States District Court, E.D. New York.

September 29, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelly Colleen Horan, United States Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York, for Plaintiff.

John Nicholas Iannuzzi, Iannuzzi & Iannuzzi, for Claimant.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

VITALIANO, District Judge.

This is a civil action brought by the United States of America ("Government"), pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6), seeking the condemnation and forfeiture of United States currency which the Government alleges is connected to the drug trade. Over $200,000 was seized from a car whose driver, Victor Escobar ("Escobar"), has filed a claim of ownership. The Government alleges that Escobar was transporting the...

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