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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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:
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA : FINAL ORDER OF
: FORFEITURE
-v.- :
: S3 21 Cr. 247 (PAE)
ALVIN MAXWELL, :
:
Defendant. :
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WHEREAS, on or about April 11, 2022, this Court entered a Consent Preliminary
Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property/Money Judgment (D.E. 132) (the “Preliminary Order
of Forfeiture”), which ordered the forfeiture to the United States of all right, title and interest of
ALVIN MAXWELL (the “Defendant”) in the following property:
a. $62,162.04 in United States currency formerly on deposit in J.P. Morgan
Chase Bank Account No. 527268095 held in the name of Alvin Emile
Maxwell DBA Big Shot and seized on or about June 21, 2021;
b. $179,437.72 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Fifth Third
Bank Account No. 7933474657 held in the name of R and L Arcade Inc.
and seized on or about June 21, 2021;
c. $209,180.25 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Wells Fargo
Bank Account No. 7889836149, held in the name of WPA Green Inc. and
seized on or about June 21, 2021; and
d. $410,095.62 in United States currency formerly on deposit in Bank of
America Account No. 381058902811 held in the name of Oumou Bary LLC
and seized on or about June 21, 2021;
(a. through d. collectively, the “Specific Property”);
WHEREAS, the Preliminary Order of Forfeiture directed the United States to
publish, for at least thirty (30) consecutive days, notice of the Preliminary Order of Forfeiture,
notice of the United States= intent to dispose of the Specific Property, and the requirement that any
person asserting a legal interest in the Specific Property must file a petition with the Court in
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accordance with the requirements of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 853(n)(2) and
(3). Pursuant to Section 853(n), the United States could, to the extent practicable, provide direct
written notice to any person known to have an alleged interest in the Specific Property and as a
substitute for published notice as to those persons so notified;
WHEREAS, the provisions of Title 21, United State Code, Section 853(n)(1),
Rule 32.2(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rules G(4)(a)(iv)(C) and G(5)(a)
(ii) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions,
require publication of a notice of forfeiture and of the Government’s intent to dispose of the
Specific Property before the United States can have clear title to the Specific Property;
WHEREAS, the Notice of Forfeiture and the intent of the United States to dispose
of the Specific Property was posted on an official government internet site (www.forfeiture.gov)
beginning on May 14, 2022, for thirty (30) consecutive days, through June 12, 2022, pursuant to
Rule G(4)(a)(iv)(C) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty and Maritime Claims and
Asset Forfeiture Actions and proof of such publication was filed with the Clerk of the Court on
October 21, 2022 (D.E. 184);
WHEREAS, on or about May 10, 2022, Notice of the Preliminary Order of
Forfeiture was sent by Certified Mail to:
i. Oumou Barry
c/o Joel Silberman Esq.
26 Journal Square, Suite 300
Jersey City, New Jersey 07306
ii. WPA Green Inc.
Chief Executive Officer Peggy Thiel
c/o Touchton & Weinberger LLP
800 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1050
Los Angeles, California 90017
Attention: Melissa Weinberger, Esq.
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iii. Pamela Lynn Bullock
c/o Meredith Brewer
Dysart Willis
530 Hillsborough Street, Suite 200
Raleigh, North Carolina 27603
(collectively, the “Noticed Parties”);
WHEREAS, the Defendant and the Noticed Parties are the only people and/or
entities known by the Government to have a potential interest in the Specific Property;
WHEREAS, thirty (30) days have expired since final publication of the Notice of
Forfeiture and no petitions or claims to contest the forfeiture of the Specific Property have been
filed; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(7), the
United States shall have clear title to any forfeited property if no petitions for a hearing to contest
the forfeiture have been filed within thirty (30) days of final publication of notice of forfeiture as
set forth in Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(2).
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT:
1. All right, title and interest in the Specific Property is hereby forfeited and
vested in the United States of America, and shall be disposed of according to law.
2. Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(7) the United
States of America shall and is hereby deemed to have clear title to the Specific Property.
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3. The United States Marshals Service (or its designee) shall take possession
of the Specific Property and dispose of the same according to law, in accordance with Title 21,
United States Code, Section 853(h).
The Clerk of Court is requested to terminate the motion at Dkt. No. 185.
Dated: New York, New York
December 5, 2022
SO ORDERED:
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HONORABLE PAUL A. ENGELMAYER
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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