Legal Opinion
United States v. All Assets Held at Bank Julius
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided April 27, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2004-0798PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, United States District Judge
This is a civil in rem action in which the United States seeks forfeiture of over $250 million scattered throughout bank accounts located in Guernsey, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Switzerland, and Antigua and Barbuda. The United States alleges that this money is the proceeds of violations of certain criminal statutes and therefore is subject to forfeiture. Based on recent Su preme Court precedent regarding the extraterritorial reach of certain U.S. statutes, Claimant Pavel Lazarenko, also known as Pavlo Lazarenko, argues that this forfeiture…
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