Legal Opinion
United States v. All Funds on Deposit in Any Accounts Maintained at Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith
District Court, E.D. New York
Decided August 5, 1992No. CV 90-2510PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
WEINSTEIN, District Judge:
This case reveals the sophisticated financial operations of an international criminal syndicate. It involves more than ten million dollars in wire transfers and deposited funds seized by the government as the traceable proceeds of illegal money-laundering and narcotics transactions. The moneys were alleged by the government to be subject to forfeiture under 21 U.S.C. § 881 et seq. (1988 & Supp. Ill 1991), and 18 U.S.C. § 981 et seq. (1988 & Supp. Ill 1991). Claimants had the burden at trial of proving either that each amount was not traceable to…
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