PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO PLEA AGREEMENT AS TO 74203 ANASTACIA… — USA v. Ayvazyan et al (Dkt. 940)

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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · No. 2:20-cr-00579-SVW · Doc. 940 · 2021-09-03 · Docket on CourtListener

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A preliminary order of forfeiture pursuant to plea agreement, captioned as proposed and filed September 3, 2021 as Doc. 940 in United States v. Arman Hayrapetyan, No. 2:20-cr-00579-SVW, in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California. It forfeits the defendant's interest in real property in Palm Desert, California, based on his guilty plea to Count Twenty-six of the First Superseding Indictment, which charges conspiracy to commit money laundering under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h). The order authorizes seizure and discovery under Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and 21 U.S.C. § 853. It directs publication of notice for at least thirty (30) consecutive days and sets out how third parties may petition for a hearing under 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(2).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
WESTERN DIVISION 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
             Plaintiff, 
 
 
 
v. 
 
ARMAN HAYRAPETYAN, 
 
             Defendant. 
 
No. CR 20-00579-SVW-6 
 
[PROPOSED] PRELIMINARY ORDER 
OF FORFEITURE PURSUANT TO PLEA 
AGREEMENT AS TO 74203 
ANASTACIA LANE, PALM DESERT, 
CALIFORNIA 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upon consideration of the application of Plaintiff, United 
States of America, for a preliminary order of forfeiture 
pursuant to the plea agreement of, and guilty plea to Count 
Twenty-six of the First Superseding Indictment entered by, 
defendant ARMAN HAYRAPETYAN, and, good cause appearing thereon, 
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED: 
 
I. FORFEITABLE PROPERTY 
 
For the reasons set out below, any right, title and 
interest of defendant Arman Hayrapetyan in the following 
described property (hereinafter, the “Forfeitable Property”) is 
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hereby forfeited to the United States.  The Court finds that the 
government has established the requisite nexus between the 
Forfeitable Property and the offenses described in Count Twenty-
six of the First Superseding Indictment, which charge defendant 
with 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) (conspiracy to commit money 
laundering).  The Forfeitable Property is more particularly 
described as: 
a. 
The real property located at 74203 Anastacia Lane, 
Palm Desert, California, APN: 684-331-008, more particularly 
described as: 
Parcel 1: 
Lot 56 of Tract No. 45375, in the City of Glendale, County 
of Los Angeles, State of California, as per map recorded in 
Book 1128, Page(s) 55 to 63 inclusive of Maps, in the 
office of the County Recorder of said County. 
Except therefrom all oil and minerals in, on and under said 
land as reserved by Benjamin Dreyfus in deeds recorded in 
Book 101, Pages 551 and in Book 107, Page 447 both of 
Deeds, in said Office of the County Recorder. 
Parcel 2: 
Non-exclusive easements for access, ingress, egress, 
encroachments, maintenance, repair, drainage, support and 
other purposes, all as described in the Master Declaration 
recorded March 7, 1989 as Instrument No. 1989-354873 and 
any amendments thereto. 
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II. IMPLEMENTATION 
 
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED as follows: 
 
A. 
Upon the entry of this Order, and pursuant to Fed. R. 
Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and 21 U.S.C. § 853, the United States 
Attorney General (or a designee) is authorized to seize the 
Forfeitable Property. 
 
B. 
Upon entry of this Order, the United States is further 
authorized to conduct any discovery for the purpose of 
identifying, locating, or disposing of the Forfeitable Property 
subject to forfeiture pursuant to this Order, 21 U.S.C. § 853(m) 
and Rule 32.2(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. 
“Any discovery” shall include all methods of discovery permitted 
under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. 
 
C. 
Upon entry of this Order (and at any time in the 
future after amendment of the applicable order of forfeiture in 
this matter), the United States Attorney General (or a designee) 
is authorized to commence any applicable proceeding to comply 
with statutes governing third party rights, including giving 
notice of this and any other Order affecting specific property. 
The following paragraphs shall apply to any ancillary proceeding 
conducted in this matter: 
 
 
(1) Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(1) and 
Supplemental Rule G(4)(a)(iv)(C) of the Supplemental Rules for 
Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions, the 
government shall forthwith publish for at least thirty (30) 
consecutive days on an official government website notice of 
this order and any other Order affecting the Forfeitable 
Property, and notice that any person, other than the defendant, 
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having or claiming a legal interest in the property must file a 
petition with the Court within thirty (30) days of the 
publication of notice or receipt of actual notice, whichever is 
earlier.  The United States shall also, to the extent 
practicable, provide written notice to any person known to have 
an alleged interest in the Forfeitable Property. 
 
 
(2) Any person other than defendant ARMAN HAYRAPETYAN 
(“defendant”) asserting a legal interest in the Forfeitable 
Property may, within thirty days of the publication of notice or 
receipt of notice, whichever is earlier, petition the court for 
a hearing without a jury to adjudicate the validity of his or 
her alleged interest in the property, and for an amendment of 
the order of forfeiture, pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(2). 
 
 
(3) Any petition filed by a third party asserting an 
interest in the Forfeitable Property shall be signed by the 
petitioner under penalty of perjury and shall set forth the 
nature and extent of the petitioner’s right, title, or interest 
in such property, the time and circumstances of the petitioner’s 
acquisition of the right, title or interest in the property, any 
additional facts supporting the petitioner’s claim, and the 
relief sought. 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(3). 
 
 
(4) The United States shall have clear title to the 
Forfeitable Property following the Court’s disposition of all 
third-party interests or, if no petitions are filed, following 
the expiration of the period provided in 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(2) 
for the filing of third party petitions. 
 
D. 
Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and 
defendant’s consent, this Preliminary Order of Forfeiture shall 
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