Forfeiture order

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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois · No. 1:24-cr-00424 · Doc. 140 · 2026-08-17 · Docket on CourtListener

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                       UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                       NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
                            EASTERN DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                )
                                        )     No. 24 CR 424-2
             v.                         )
                                        )     Judge Jeremy C. Daniel
SARGIS URUMIEH                          )

                   PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE

      The United States asks this Court to issue a preliminary order of forfeiture

pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C), Title 28, United

States Code, Section 2461(c) and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2.

      (a)    On December 10, 2024, a second superseding indictment was returned

charging SARGIS URUMIEH with wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States

Code, Section 1343 (Counts 1–8).

      (b)    The second superseding indictment sought forfeiture to the United

States of any and all right, title and interest defendant SARGIS URUMIEH may have

in any property which constitutes and is derived from proceeds traceable to the

charged wire fraud offenses, as provided in Title 18, United States Code, Section

981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c).

      (c)    On February 12, 2026, defendant SARGIS URUMIEH entered a

voluntary plea of guilty to Count One of the second superseding information before

the Court. Pursuant to the terms of the plea agreement and as a result of his violation

of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343, defendant SARGIS URUMIEH agreed
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that certain property is subject to forfeiture pursuant to Title 18, United States Code,

Section 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c)

      (d)        Defendant SARGIS URUMIEH also agreed as part of his plea

agreement to the entry of a personal money judgment in an amount to be determined

by the Court.

      (e)        Defendant SARGIS URUMIEH further agreed to the forfeiture of the

following specific property to the United States, as property which represents

proceeds defendant obtained as a result of the wire fraud offense of conviction:

            i.      $312,421.88 that is substitute res held for 29XX East Chevy Chase
                    Drive in Glendale, California (“the $312,421.88 substitute res”).

      Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED:

        1.       A judgment is entered against defendant SARGIS URUMIEH in the

amount of at least $312,421.88 as proceeds obtained by the defendant traceable to

the violation of conviction of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1343 as provided

in Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States

Code, Section 2461(c).

        2.       Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C) and Title

28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2,

all right title, and interest defendant may have in funds in the amount of

$$312,421.88 is hereby forfeit to the United States of America for disposition

according to law.

        3.       Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(c), Title 28,

United States Code, Section 2461(c), and Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2,



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all right title, and interest defendant may have in the following property is hereby

forfeit to the United States of America for disposition according to law, as property

which represents proceeds defendant obtained as a result of the wire fraud offense of

conviction:

          i.      $312,421.88 that is substitute res held for 29XX East Chevy Chase
                  Drive in Glendale, California (“the $312,421.88 substitute res”).

        4.     Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(g), as

incorporated by Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), the United States

Marshals Service, or any other authorized law enforcement agency, shall seize and

take custody of the foregoing property for disposition according to law.

        5.     Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(1), as

incorporated by Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), the United States shall

publish notice of this order and of its intent to dispose of the property according to

law. The United States may also, to the extent practicable, provide written notice to

any person known to have alleged an interest in the property that is the subject of

the preliminary order of forfeiture.

        6.     That, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(2), as

incorporated by Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), if, following notice as

directed by this Court and Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(1), any person,

other than the defendant, asserts an interest in the property that has been ordered

forfeit to the United States within 30 days of the final publication of notice or this

receipt of notice under paragraph 5, whichever is earlier, and petitions the Court for

a hearing to adjudicate the validity of this alleged interest in the property, the



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government shall request a hearing. The hearing shall be held before the Court alone,

without a jury.

        7.   Following the disposition of all third-party interests, the Court shall, if

appropriate, enter a final order of forfeiture as to the property which is the subject of

this preliminary order of forfeiture, vesting clear title in the United States of America.

        8.   Upon disposal of the subject property pursuant to the final order of

forfeiture, the net proceeds shall be applied to the forfeiture judgment entered against

the defendant in this case.

        9.   Since funds in the amount of the outstanding judgment cannot be

located to satisfy the forfeiture judgment, pursuant to the provisions of Title 21,

United States Code, Section 853(p), as incorporated by Title 18, United States Code,

Section 982(b)(1) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), and by Fed. R.

Crim. P. 32.2, the United States, has the authority to forfeit additional substitute

assets to satisfy the money judgment. Should assets become available to satisfy the

forfeiture judgment in the future, the United States shall, at that time, file a motion

for substitution of assets before this Court requesting permission to seize such assets

and publish notice of the United States’ intent to forfeit the property to satisfy any

the forfeiture money judgment according to law.

       10.   Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, as incorporated

by Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), and Subdivision (b)(3) of Rule 32.2

of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, upon entry of this Preliminary Order of

Forfeiture, the Court hereby authorizes the Attorney General or its designated




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representatives to conduct discovery to identify or locate property subject to

forfeiture, including substitute assets, and to seize property ordered forfeited upon

such terms and conditions as set forth by the Court.

         11.   Pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C), Title 28,

United States Code, Section 2461(c), and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2, the terms and

conditions of this preliminary order of forfeiture entered by this Court shall be made

part of the sentence imposed against defendant SARGIS URUMIEH and included in

any judgment and commitment order entered in this case against him.

         12.   This Court shall retain jurisdiction in this matter to take additional

action and enter further orders as necessary to implement and enforce this forfeiture

order.


                                         JEREMY C. DANIEL
                                         United States District Judge


DATED: August 17, 2026




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