Alascia v. State, Department of Legal Affairs

Appellants, Anthony Alascia, GINLIN, LLC, and MEGJON, LLC, appeal a non-final order finding probable cause to support the State’s seizure of four parcels of real property under the Florida Contraband Forfeiture Act1 (“FCFA”) and imposing a lis pendens on that property (“the Subject Properties”).

The State initiated civil proceedings against Appellants requesting, among other things, civil forfeiture of the Subject Properties pursuant to the FCFA. The complaint alleged that Appellants were part of the Allied Veterans of the World (“AVOTW’) criminal enterprise, which operated illegal gambling…