Legal Opinion
United States v. $125,938.62
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided August 6, 2008No. 07-10380PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BLACK, Circuit Judge:
In this civil forfeiture action brought under the Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act of 2000 (CAFRA), 18 U.S.C. § 983, the district court found seven certificates of deposit held in the names of Claimant-Appellants Maria Alejandra Alemán, Norma Flores, José Grullon, and Ana Flores were subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(B) because they were derived from funds stolen from the Nicaraguan treasury during the presidency of Arnoldo Alemán.
On appeal, Appellants contend the Government failed to meet its burden of linking the certificates of deposit to embezzled…
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- United States v. Real Property in Section 9, Town 29 NorthCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2001
- United States v. BowmanCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
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