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Notice of Administrative Forfeiture — United States v. Chad Brandon Thomas

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The United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee gave notice on 08/12/22 in United States v. Chad Brandon Thomas, No. 2:22-CR-76, that $161,938.01 seized from Regions Bank on or about March 2, 2022 was forfeited administratively, so the government is no longer seeking criminal forfeiture of that money. The Information (Doc. 1), filed July 15, 2022, charged forfeiture of the currency as proceeds of violations of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and the defendant pled guilty on August 8, 2022. Administrative forfeiture was completed on July 18, 2022 under a Proclamation of Forfeiture entered by the United States Secret Service, which lists $138,720.09 from an account in the name of Kingdom of God, Inc., $17,230.82 in the name of C. Thomas Enterprises, and $5,634.20 and $352.90 in the names of Chad Thomas and Amanda Thomas.

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“Notice of Administrative Forfeiture — United States v. Chad Brandon Thomas.” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/court-filings/us-v-chad-thomas/2022-08-12-notice-of-forfeiture-dkt-15/.

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                               UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                              EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
                                     AT GREENEVILLE

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                        )
                                                )    No. 2:22-CR-76
       v.                                       )
                                                )    JUDGE GREER
CHAD BRANDON THOMAS                             )

                       NOTICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE FORFEITURE

       The United States of America, by and through Francis M. Hamilton III, United States Attorney

for the Eastern District of Tennessee, hereby gives notice that an Information (Doc. 1) was filed on

July 15, 2022, charging forfeiture of the properties listed below, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C)

and 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c):

               $161,938.01 of United States currency seized from Regions Bank on or about March
               2, 2022, which represents proceeds the defendant personally derived from violations
               of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1343.1

               (hereinafter the “properties”)

   On August 8, 2022, Defendant pled guilty to the offenses charged in the Information and agreed

to facts sufficient to support the plea and forfeiture of properties as set forth in the Plea Agreement

(Doc. 3).

       On July 18, 2022, administrative forfeiture of the properties was completed pursuant to the

Proclamation of Forfeiture entered by the United States Secret Service in accordance with 19 U.S.C.

§ 1602 et. seq. and 18 U.S.C. § 981. The Proclamation of Forfeiture is attached hereto as Exhibit A.



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         The Proclamation of Forfeiture lists the specific property as follows: $138,720.09 seized
from Regions Bank account number 0093421974 in the name of Kingdom of God, Inc.; $17,230.82
seized from Regions Bank account number 0273733903 in the name of C. Thomas Enterprises;
$5,634.20 seized from Regions Bank account number 0261937894 in the names of Chad Thomas
and Amanda Thomas; and $352.90 seized from Regions Bank account number 0273733415 in the
names of Chad Thomas and Amanda Thomas. The specific properties equal the $161,938.01 United
States currency seized from Regions Bank listed in the Indictment.


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       Accordingly, the United States is no longer seeking criminal forfeiture of the properties and

will not ask the Court to pronounce the forfeiture as part of Defendant’s sentence or seek a final order

of forfeiture regarding the properties.



                                                        FRANCIS M. HAMILTON III
                                                        UNITED STATES ATTORNEY


                                              By:       s/Mac D. Heavener, III
                                                        MAC D. HEAVENER, III
                                                        FL Bar No. 0896748
                                                        Assistant United States Attorney
                                                        220 West Depot Street, Suite 423
                                                        Greeneville, Tennessee 37743
                                                        (423) 639-6759
                                                        Mac.heavener@usdoj.gov




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