United States v. Switlyk

ORDER

VIRGINIA M. HERNANDEZ COVINGTON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

This matter comes before the Court in response to an inquiry from tile United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida, as follows: “If the Cohen mortgage on the Tampa Townhouse is extinguished and the Debtor has equity in the Tampa Townhouse, is the United States entitled to forfeiture of the Tampa Townhouse?” The Court held a ’hearing on October 23, 2015, to address this question and answers the Bankruptcy Court’s inquiry in the affirmative as elaborated below.

I. Background

A. Switlyk’s Criminal Casé1

On…