Legal Opinion
United States v. Eleven Million Seventy-One Thousand One Hundred & Eighty-Eight Dollars & Sixty-Four Cents ($11,071,188.64)
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 6, 2016No. 15-1743PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Circuit Judge.
In December 2012, the United States filed an Amended Verified Complaint seeking civil forfeiture of $11,071,188.64 held in various banking and brokerage accounts in the United States by LaOstrich-es & Sons, Ltd. (“LaOstriches”), on the ground that the funds were money-laundered drug trafficking proceeds. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(A), 1956(a)(1)(B), 1957. LaOstriches, Laura Avila-Barraza, and Avila-Barraza’s three children filed claims to the property, asserting they are innocent owners of the funds and other defenses to the government’s claim. See 18 U.S.C. §§ 983(a)(4)…
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