Legal Opinion
United States v. $359,500 in United States Currency
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided September 28, 1998No. 1:84-cv-00661PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BACKGROUND
CURTIN, District Judge.
The United States brought this civil action pursuant to 31 U.S.C. §§ 5316(a) and 5317(b) seeking the forfeiture of the captioned currency because the claimant, Benedetto Romano, failed to file a Currency and Monetary Instrument Report (“CMIR”) in violation of 31 U.S.C. § 5311, et seq., when he crossed the Peace Bridge heading from Buffalo, New York, to Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on November 17, 1983, carrying $359,500. This case originally went to trial on May 10,1985. On September 29, 1986, this court denied the government’s petition for forfeiture, finding…
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