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U.S. v. WAKED HATUM

No. 18-11951.

969 F.3d 1156 (2020)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nidal Ahmed WAKED HATUM, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 11, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott A.C. Meisler , U.S. Attorney General's Office, WASHINGTON, DC, Madeleine R. Shirley , Daniel Matzkin , Karen E. Moore , Emily M. Smachetti , U.S. Attorney Service — SFL, MIAMI, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Howard M. Srebnick , Marcos Beaton, Jr. , Black Srebnick Kornspan & Stumpf, PA, MIAMI, FL, Jane W. Moscowitz , Norman A. Moscowitz , Moscowitz & Moscowitz, PA, CORAL GABLES, FL, Samuel Joseph Rabin, Jr. , Samuel J. Rabin, Jr., PA, MIAMI, FL, Terrance G. Reed , Lankford & Reed, PLLC, ALEXANDRIA, VA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before MARTIN, GRANT, and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.

If a defendant is convicted of a money laundering scheme that caused no financial harm to an innocently involved bank, is an order of forfeiture still mandatory? We conclude that it is and reverse the District Court's denial of the government's forfeiture motion in this case.

I.

A. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

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