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U.S. v. $8,440,190.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

No. 11-1611.

719 F.3d 49 (2013)

UNITED STATES, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. $8,440,190.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant In Rem, Robert Hovito Van Bommel Duyzing, Claimant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

June 17, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ramón M. Gonzalez , with whom Luis Rafael Rivera was on brief, for appellant.

Myriam Yvette Fernández-González , Assistant United States Attorney, with whom Rosa Emilia Rodríguez-Vélez , United States Attorney, Nelson Pérez-Sosa , Assistant United States Attorney, Chief, Appellate Division, and Thomas F. Klumper , Assistant United States Attorney, were on brief, for appellee.

Before HOWARD, LIPEZ, and THOMPSON, Circuit Judges.

THOMPSON, Circuit Judge.

While fleeing from the Coast Guard aboard a go-fast vessel, the claimant Robert Hovito Van Bommel Duyzing ("Van Bommel") and his crew tossed approximately $8 million into the Caribbean Sea. The money was recovered by the Coast Guard and the government filed this action seeking to have the currency, along with some additional money found on the crew members' persons, forfeited to the United States. Van Bommel tried to put a stop to this, claiming...

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