United States v. Miller

T. S. Ellis, III, United States District Judge

At issue in this mail and wire fraud, money laundering conspiracy, and identity *692theft prosecution is whether the Government improperly seized defendant's assets without probable cause to believe those assets will ultimately be proved at trial to be forfeitable as tainted, and not substitute assets. This issue has been fully briefed and argued and is ripe for disposition.

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A procedural history of this case and the companion case of United States v. Wallis provides necessary context for the factual findings here.1 On October 5, 2015, the Government…