Legal Opinion
United States v. $6,976,934.65, Plus Interest Deposited Into Royal Bank of Scotland International, Account No. 2029-56141070, Held in the Name of Soulbury Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided January 27, 2009No. 07-5383PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
GRIFFITH, Circuit Judge:
This case is an appeal of an in rem action brought by the United States seeking the civil forfeiture of $6,976,934.65 plus interest on the ground that it was involved in or is traceable to a scheme to launder money earned through an unlawful offshore Internet gambling enterprise. The district court invoked the fugitive disen-titlement statute, 28 U.S.C. § 2466 (Supp. V 2005), to grant summary-judgment to the government against a claim to the money filed by appellant Soulbury Limited, a British Virgin Islands…
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