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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 22‐CR‐124 (NEB/DTS)
Plaintiff,
v. PRELIMINARY ORDER OF
FORFEITURE
MOHAMED JAMA ISMAIL (2),
Defendant.
Based on the United States’ Motion for a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture, (ECF
No. 649); on the Superseding Indictment, (ECF No. 57); on the evidence admitted at trial
in this matter; on the Jury’s verdict of Guilty on Counts 1, 20, and 28 of the Superseding
Indictment, (ECF No. 558); on the Declaration of Lacramioara Blackwell, (ECF No. 650);
and on the Court having found that certain property is subject to forfeiture pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 981(a)(1)(C) in conjunction with 28 U.S.C. Section 2461(c), and 18 U.S.C.
Section 982(a)(1), the United States has established the requisite nexus between such
property and the offenses to which Defendant Mohamed Jama Ismail has been found
guilty, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:
1. The United States’ Motion for a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture (ECF
No. 649) is GRANTED;
2. The following property is forfeited to the United States pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 981(a)(1)(C) in conjunction with 28 U.S.C. Section 2461(c):
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a. $418,532.30 seized from US Bank account No. 104786619932, held in the
name of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC;
b. $4,000,422.57 seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank account No. 761580833,
held in the name of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC;
c. $5,192.25 seized from Wells Fargo account No. 5674871586, held in the
name of Mohamed Ismail;
d. Approximately $137,000 of the equity of the Real Property at 13825
Edgewood Avenue South, Savage, Minnesota 55378.
3. The following property is forfeited to the United States pursuant to 18
U.S.C. Section 982(a)(1):
a. $424,695.03 seized from US Bank account No. 104786619932, held in the
name of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC;
b. $4,000,422.57 seized from JP Morgan Chase Bank account No. 761580833,
held in the name of Empire Cuisine and Market LLC;
c. $5,192.25 seized from Wells Fargo account No. 5674871586, held in the
name of Mohamed Ismail;
d. The Real Property at 13825 Edgewood Avenue South, Savage, Minnesota
55378.
4. A money judgment forfeiture is ENTERED against Defendant Ismail
pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 981(a)(1)(C) and 28 U.S.C. Section 2461(c), and 18 U.S.C.
Section 982(a)(1) in the amount $9,559,370.81;
5. Defendant Ismail shall receive a credit against the money judgment
forfeiture for the net forfeited value of each asset that is forfeited from him in connection
with this case;
6. Defendant Ismail is ORDERED to forfeit, pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
§ 981(a)(1)(C), 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(2)(C), any property, real or
personal, constituting or derived from, any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a
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result of the fraud scheme and conspiracy alleged in Counts 1 of the Superseding
Indictment;
7. Defendant Ismail is ORDERED to forfeit, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(1)
and Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(2)(C), any property, real or personal, involved in the
Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering charged in Count 20 of the Superseding
Indictment, and any property traceable to such property;
8. Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(3) and (c)(1)(B), and 21 U.S.C. § 853(m),
the United States may conduct discovery as to Defendant Ismail to identify property
subject to forfeiture under the terms of this order and to address any factual issues raised
by a third‐party petition filed pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(c);
9. Pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(4)(A) and (B), this Preliminary Order of
Forfeiture shall become final as to Defendant Ismail at the time of sentencing, and shall
be made a part of the sentence and included in the judgment; and
10. This Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this Order, and to amend it as
necessary pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(e).
Dated: September 27, 2024 BY THE COURT:
s/Nancy E. Brasel
Nancy E. Brasel
United States District Judge
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