NOTICE OF FILING PROPOSED PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE by USA as to Eric Dean Sheppard — USA v. SHEPPARD (Dkt. 264)

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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · No. 1:22-cr-20290-BB · Doc. 264 · 2024-06-10 · Docket on CourtListener

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA 
 
CASE NO. 22-20290-CR-BLOOM 
 
 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 
 
vs.  
 
ERIC DEAN SHEPPARD, 
 
 
Defendant. 
 
 
 
 
 
  / 
 
 
NOTICE OF FILING PROPOSED PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE 
  
 
The United States of America, by and through the undersigned Assistant United States 
Attorney, hereby files this notice of filing a preliminary order of forfeiture.   
On June 3, 2024, the United States filed a Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture 
seeking a forfeiture money judgment in the amount of $893,575 against the Defendant, and on 
June 5, 2024, filed an amended motion for preliminary order of forfeiture.1  See Gov’t Mot. for 
Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, ECF No. 252; Gov’t Amended Mot. for Preliminary Order of 
Forfeiture, ECF No. 255.     
On June 5, 2024, the Defendant filed a motion to continue the sentencing hearing or, in the 
alternative, continue the restitution and forfeiture aspects of sentencing. See Def.’s Mot. to 
Continue, ECF No. 257.  The Court granted the Defendant’s motion to continue the restitution 
and forfeiture aspects of sentencing, but denied continuing the sentencing hearing scheduled for 
June 7, 2024.  See Paperless Order, ECF 259.    
 
1 Because the Defendant’s wire fraud scheme affected a financial institution, 18 U.S.C. § 
982(a)(2)(A) is another basis for the Defendant to forfeit his proceeds. See 18 U.S.C. § 
982(a)(2)(A). Under either 981(a)(1)(C) or 982(a)(2)(A), the Defendant must forfeit proceeds of 
his fraud scheme. The amended motion notified the Court that a reference to 18 U.S.C. § 
982(a)(2)(A) was mistakenly left off the Indictment and Superseding Indictment.     
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The Court scheduled the hearing on the Government’s Amended Motion for Preliminary 
Order of Forfeiture for August 23, 2024.  See Paperless Order, ECF No. 263. 
On June 7, 2024, the Court sentenced the Defendant.  At the sentencing hearing, the Court 
imposed a general preliminary order of forfeiture against the Defendant.  The Court further 
ordered the United States to file a proposed forfeiture within three days of the sentencing hearing.2  
A proposed order is filed along with this notice.  
 
Respectfully submitted, 
MARKENZY LAPOINTE  
UNITED STATES ATTORNEY 
 
By: 
s/ Mitchell E. Hyman              
 
Mitchell Evan Hyman 
Assistant United States Attorney 
Florida Bar No. 125405 
U.S. Attorney’s Office  
99 N.E. 4th Street, 7th Floor 
Miami, Florida 33132-2111 
Telephone: (305) 961-9283 
E-mail: Mitchell.Hyman@usdoj.gov 
 
2 Over the Government’s objection, the Court ordered the Government not to include 18 U.S.C. 
982(a)(2)(A) as a basis for forfeiture in the proposed general preliminary order of forfeiture.  
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