United States v. Wilson

OPINION

MILLS, Senior District Judge:

Petitioner-Appellants Richard A. Gray, Jr., Gray Investment Partners, and Cumberland Hill Capital Fund, L.P., 1 (collectively “Gray”) appeal the district court’s order dismissing their third-party petition to adjudicate property interests in forfeited property. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we reverse and remand.

I

A

Stefan Wilson operated a fraudulent investment fund. His Ponzi scheme took almost $13 million from over 50 investors. Gray was among the investors.

By January 2008, the Government had been investigating Wilson for some…