Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Hunter VanPelt (No. 1:21-cr-00006, N.D. Ga.)

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A Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, Document 54 filed August 18, 2021 in United States of America v. Hunter VanPelt, Criminal Action No. 1:21-cr-00006-MHC, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia. The order recites that VanPelt pleaded guilty to the Information and that the United States sought forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A). It lists property to be forfeited, including $8,401.00 in U.S. Currency seized on or about October 6, 2020 and funds seized from accounts in the names of Corkrum Consolidated Inc., Kiwi International Inc. and First Corporate International, Inc. It provides for published notice and third-party petitions within thirty days, and states that it is final as to the Defendant but preliminary as to third parties.

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“Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Hunter VanPelt (No. 1:21-cr-00006, N.D. Ga.).” Original at ecf.gand.uscourts.gov. Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/consent-preliminary-order-of-forfeiture-usa-v-vanpelt-dkt-54-n-d-ga-16d97f2e0f/, SHA-256 2937aab6931a478b89bbb3aa72682b917da6020bd64492de052c26243d557b06.

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Case 1:21-cr-00006-MHC-RDC Document 54 Filed 08/18/21 Page 1 of 4

ORIGINAL FILED IN OPEN COURT
U.S.D.C ATLANTA
AUG 18 2021
Date: __________________________
KEVIN P. WEIMER, Clerk
s/Lynn Wood Beck
By: ____________________________
Deputy Clerk

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA
ATLANTA DmSION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Criminal Action No.

l:21-cr-00006-MHC
V.

HUNTER VANPELT, A/K/A HUNTER
LAUREN VANPELT, A/K/A ELLEN
CORKRUM, A/K/A ELLEN YABBA KWAME
CORKRUM

CONSENT PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE
Hunter VanPelt, a/k/a Hunter Lauren VanPelt, a/k/a Ellen Corkrum, a/k/a

Ellen Yabba Kwame Corkrum having pleaded guilty to the Information,

pursuant to which the United States sought forfeiture of certain property under

18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A), and the Court having determined that the property

described below is subject to forfeiture pursuant thereto, that the Government

has established the requisite nexus between said property and the offense

charged in the Information and the Defendant having consented to this Consent

Preliminary Order of Forfeiture becoming final as to her, being made a part of

her sentence and being included in the judgment against her;

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Hunter VanPelt, a/k/a Hunter Lauren

VanPelt, a/k/a Ellen Corkrum, a/k/a Ellen Yabba Kwame Corkrum shall forfeit

to the United States the following property pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(2)(A):
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a. $8,401.00 in U.S. Currency seized from Defendant's residence on or

about October 6, 2020;

b. $216,474.36 in funds seized from Navy Federal Credit Union

Account Number ending 8872 held in the name of Hunter Lauren

VanPelt;

c. $2,685.36 in funds seized from Minnco Credit Union Account

Number ending 6906 held in the name of Lucretia K. Turnquist;

d. $91,574.53 in funds seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank Account

Number ending 3083 held in the name Corkrum Consolidated Inc.;

e. $69,636.43 in funds seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank Account

Number ending 611 held in the name of Kiwi International Inc.;

f. $1,666,755.44 in funds seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank Account

Number ending 6303 held in the name of First Corporate

International, Inc.; and,

g. $21,854.00 in funds seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank Account

Number ending 9031 held in the name of Nephrology Network

Group LLC.

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that upon entry of this order, the United States

Attorney General, or his designee, is authorized to seize the property in

accordance with Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3).

The United States shall publish notice of this Order and its intent to

dispose of the property in accordance with Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(6) and in such

a manner as described in Supplemental Rule G(4)(a)(iii) and (iv) of the Federal
Case 1:21-cr-00006-MHC-RDC Document 54 Filed 08/18/21 Page 3 of 4

Rules of Civil Procedure. The United States shall send written notice, in

accordance with Supplemental Rule G(4)(b)(iii)-(v), to any person who

reasonably appears to be a potential claimant with standing to contest the

forfeiture of the above-listed property in the ancillary proceeding.

Pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(2), as incorporated by 18 U.S.C. § 982(b)(l),

any person, other than the named Defendant, asserting a legal interest in the

property may within thirty days of the final publication of the notice or their

receipt of the notice, whichever is earlier, petition the Court for a hearing without

a jury to adjudicate the validity of their alleged interest in the property and for an

amendment to the order of forfeiture. Any petition filed by a third party

asserting an interest in the property shall be signed by the petitioner under

penalty of perjury and shall set forth the nature and extent of the petitioners

right, title, or interest in the property, the time and circumstance of the

petitioner s acquisition of the right, title, or interest, and any additional facts

supporting the petitioner s claim and the relief sought

After the disposition of any motion filed under Fed. R. Crim. P.

32.2(c)(l)(A) and before a hearing on the petition, discovery may be conducted in

accordance with the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure upon a showing that such

discovery is necessary or desirable to resolve factual issues.

The United States shall have clear title to the property following the

Court's disposition of all third-party interests or, if none, following the

expiration of the period provided in 21 U.S.C. § 853(n)(2) for the filing of the
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third-party petitions. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this order and

to amend it as necessary, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(e).

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4),

this Preliminary Order of Forfeiture is hereby final as to the Defendant but

remains preliminary as to third parties until the ancillary proceeding is

concluded under Rule 32.2(c).

SO ORDERED this 16 ""day of O€L/^ 2021.

MARKH.COHEN
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Submitted by:

Christo^hefL Huber
Assistant United States Attorney

Consented to:

Brenda Joy (B.J.) ^ernstein
for DefMdant
Georgia Bar No.

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