The Cretacci decision validated a number of earlier district court cases in this circuit that had followed United States v. Torres, 28 F.3d 1463 (7th Cir. 1994) (Easterbrook, J.), cert. denied, ___ U.S. ___, 115 S.Ct. 669, 130 L.Ed.2d 603 (1994). See, e.g., United States v. Ross, 890 F. Supp. 931 (D.Nev. 1995); United States v. Nakamoto, 876 F. Supp. 235 (D.Haw.), aff'd mem., 67 F.3d 310 (1995); United States v. Kemmish, 869 F. Supp. 803 (S.D.Cal. 1994), affd mem., 66 F.3d 336 (1995). Lopez argues that the Cretacci holding is inapplicable to his case because his failure to contest the administrative forfeiture resulted from a lack of proper notice of the forfeiture.