Final Order of Forfeiture — United States v. Juan Carlos Castro Gonzalez (S.D.N.Y., Dkt. 44, filed 06/24/25)

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A Final Order of Forfeiture in United States v. Juan Carlos Castro Gonzalez, 22 Cr. 210 (PAE), Case 1:22-cr-00210-PAE, filed June 24, 2025 as Document 44 in the Southern District of New York. The order recites that a Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture entered on or about January 3, 2023 forfeited $7,960.00 in United States currency seized on or about November 30, 2021, and that notice was posted on www.forfeiture.gov for thirty consecutive days, through April 13, 2025, with no petitions or claims filed. It orders that the property is forfeited and vested in the United States, which has clear title, and that the United States Marshals Service take possession and dispose of it according to law. The signature block names Honorable Paul A. Engelmayer, United States District Judge.

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        Case 1:22-cr-00210-PAE              Document 44      Filed 06/24/25     Page 1 of 3




UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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                                                             :
  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA                                   :     FINAL ORDER OF
                                                             :     FORFEITURE
                   -v.-                                      :
                                                             :     22 Cr. 210 (PAE)
  JUAN CARLOS CASTRO GONZALEZ,                               :
                                                             :
                               Defendant.                    :
                                                             :
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               WHEREAS, on or about January 3, 2023, this Court entered a Consent Preliminary

Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property/Money Judgment (the “Preliminary Order of

Forfeiture”) (D.E. 27), which ordered the forfeiture to the United States of all right, title and

interest of JUAN CARLOS CASTRO GONZALEZ (the “Defendant”) in the following property:

                          a.        $7,960.00 in United States currency seized from the Defendant’s
                                   residence at the time of his arrest on or about November 30, 2021;

(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

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
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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 March 15, 2025, for thirty (30) consecutive days, through April 13, 2025, 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

June 23, 2025 (D.E. 41);

               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;

               WHEREAS, the Defendant is the only person and/or entity known by the

Government to have a potential interest the Specific Property; 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).



Dated: New York, New York
     June 24 2025
       _____,

                                                  SO ORDERED:


                                                       
                                                  ____________________________________
                                                  HONORABLE PAUL A. ENGELMAYER
                                                  UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE




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