United States of America, Libelant-Appellee v. Eugene Wagner

JAMES M. CARTER, Circuit Judge.

Wagner was charged by “libel of information” with importing certain orthopedic devices by means of false statements on invoices in violation of 19 U.S. C. §§ 1481, 1484, and 1485. The Government alleged that, as a result of these violations, the devices should be forfeited pursuant to 19 U.S.C. § 1592. The district court granted the forfeiture. We affirm.

Wagner was a dealer in orthopedic devices. In the past, he had purchased certain “artificial knees” from a manufacturer in Soviet Occupied [East] Germany for importation into the United States. Wagner paid the…