United States v. Paolo Provenzi

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. 21-CV-398-LJV-JJM DECISION & ORDER PAOLO PROVENZI, et al., Defendants. From 2003 until 2019, a 1996 Ferrari F50 (the “Ferrari”) travelled around the world—from Italy to Japan to Canada. See Docket Items 1 at ¶¶ 4-6; 24-21 at ¶¶ 4-5; 31-3 at 17-19; 31-5 at 16. But in December 2019, the United States Customs and Border Patrol (“CBP”) stopped the long road trip in Buffalo, New York, as the Ferrari entered the United States. Docket Item 1 at ¶ 6. An ownership dispute over the Ferrari quickly…