Preliminary Order of Forfeiture as to Personal Property — USA v. Ayvazyan et al. (Dkt. 930, C.D. Cal.)

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U.S. District Court for the Central District of California · No. 2:20-cr-00579-SVW · Doc. 930 · 2021-09-03 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
 
FOR THE CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 
 
WESTERN DIVISION 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 
 
             Plaintiff, 
 
 
 
v. 
 
ARTUR AYVAZYAN, 
 
             Defendant. 
 
No. CR 20-00579-SVW-3  
[PROPOSED] PRELIMINARY ORDER OF 
FORFEITURE AS TO PERSONAL 
PROPERTY AGAINST DEFENDANT 
ARTUR AYVAZYAN 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Upon consideration of the application of Plaintiff, United 
States of America, for a preliminary order of forfeiture and the 
jury’s special verdict determination on forfeiture with respect 
to questions 1 through 24 and defendant’s guilty conviction on 
Counts One, Two through Twelve, Thirteen through Twenty, Twenty-
four and Twenty-six of the First Superseding Indictment, Rule 
32.2(b) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, 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 Artur Ayvazyan in the following described 
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property (hereinafter, the “Forfeitable Property”) is 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 Counts One, 
Two through Twelve, Thirteen through Twenty, Twenty-four and 
Twenty-six of the First Superseding Indictment, which charge 
defendant with 18 U.S.C. § 1349 (conspiracy to commit wire fraud 
and bank fraud), 18 U.S.C. § 1343 (wire fraud), 18 U.S.C. § 
1028A(a)(1) (aggravated identity theft), 18 U.S.C. § 1344(2) 
(bank fraud and attempted bank fraud), and 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h) 
(conspiracy to commit money laundering).  The Forfeitable 
Property is more particularly described as: 
a. 
$74,557.79 in bank funds seized from Bank of America 
account number ending in 7695 held in the name of Allstate 
Towing & Transport LLC; and  
b. 
$65,990.43 in bank funds seized from Bank of America 
account ending in 9700 held in the name of Runyan Tax Service 
Inc. 
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 
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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, 
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 ARTUR AYVAZYAN 
(“defendant”) asserting a legal interest in the Forfeitable 
Property may, within thirty days of the publication of notice or 
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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 
become final as to defendant ARTUR AYVAZYAN upon entry and shall 
be made part of his sentence and included in his judgment. 
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