Legal Opinion
United States v. Modi
District Court, W.D. Virginia
Decided December 28, 2001No. 1:01CR00050PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JONES, District Judge.
The question presented is the extent of the government’s ability to restrain assets of the defendants prior to trial under the racketeering and money laundering criminal forfeiture statutes. Because I find that the scope of the government’s pretrial restraint is excessive, I will partially grant the defendants’ motion to modify the protective order previously entered.
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The defendants, Vinodchandra (also known as Vinod) Modi and Kailas Modi, are husband and wife and both are physicians. They are charged in a 140 count indictment with racketeering and…
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