Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal Money — USA v. Erhinmwinrose et al (Dkt. 285, D. Colo.)

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A Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal Money Judgment against Defendant Ikponmwosa Pero Erhinmwinrose, Criminal Case No. 23-cr-00300-CNS-1, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado, filed March 19, 2026 as Document 285. It grants the government motion at ECF No. 283 and recites that on December 16, 2025 the defendant was found guilty by jury trial of Counts 1 through 4 and 12 through 18. The Indictment had charged conspiracy to commit wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1349, money laundering conspiracy under 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), wire fraud under 18 U.S.C. § 1343 and aggravated identity theft under 18 U.S.C. § 1028A. The order enters a personal money judgment of $4,261,529.22 and caps collection on Count 2 at $4,069,029.22. The signature block names United States District Judge Charlotte N. Sweeney.

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                        IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
                            FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO

 Criminal Case No. 23-cr-00300-CNS-1

 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

               Plaintiff,

 v.

 1.     IKPONMWOSA PERO ERHINMWINROSE,

            Defendant.
 ______________________________________________________________________

  PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE FOR A PERSONAL MONEY JUDGMENT
         AGAINST DEFENDANT IKPONMWOSA PERO ERHINMWINROSE
 ______________________________________________________________________

        THIS MATTER comes before the Court on the United States’ Motion for

 Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal Money Judgment against Defendant

 Ikoponmwosa Pero Erhinmwinrose pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(1),

 and Rule 32.2(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure. ECF No. 283.

        The Court having read said Motion and being fully advised in the premises finds:

        THAT on June 20, 2023, an Indictment was filed charging defendant

 Ikoponmwosa Pero Erhinmwinrose in Count 1 with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in

 violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349, in Count 2 with conspiracy to commit money laundering in

 violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1956(h), in Counts 3, 4, 12-15 with wire fraud in violation of 18

 U.S.C. § 1343, and in Counts 16-18 with aggravated identity theft in violation of 18

 U.S.C. § 1028A;

        THAT the Indictment also sought forfeiture of all property derived from any

 proceeds obtained by the defendant’s scheme pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) and


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 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c), and in any property involved the money laundering conspiracy

 pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 982(a)(1), including in the form of a personal money judgment;

        THAT on December 16, 2025, the defendant was found guilty by jury trial of

 Counts 1 through 4 and 12 through 18; and

        THAT the facts presented at trial established a factual basis and cause to issue a

 personal money judgment under 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C), 982(a)(1) and Rule 32.2(b)

 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.

        THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, DECREED AND ADJUDGED:

        THAT the United States’ Motion for Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal

 Money Judgment against Defendant Ikoponmwosa Pero Erhinmwinrose is GRANTED;

        THAT $4,261,529.22 is subject to forfeiture as proceeds obtained and property

 involved in the commission of the offenses for which defendant Ikoponmwosa Pero

 Erhinmwinrose was found guilty;

        THAT a Preliminary Order of Forfeiture for a Personal Money Judgment against

 defendant Ikoponmwosa Pero Erhinmwinrose in the amount of $4,261,529.22 shall be

 entered in accordance with 18 U.S.C. §§ 981(a)(1)(C) and 982(a)(1);

        THAT payments toward the money judgments in this case for convictions for

 Count 2 will be credited so that the United States will not collect more than the

 $4,069,029.22 on that Count;

        THAT in accordance with Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 32.2(b)(4), this

 Forfeiture Money Judgment shall become final as to the defendant at the time of

 sentencing and shall be made part of the sentence and included in the judgment; and




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       THAT this Preliminary Order of Forfeiture may be amended pursuant to the

 Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 32.2(e)(1).

       SO ORDERED this 19th day of March 2026.


                                         BY THE COURT:

                                         _________________________________
                                         Charlotte N. Sweeney
                                         United States District Judge




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