Opinion
19Cr. 550 (NSR)
10-11-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. VANIA MAY BELL, Defendants.
DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Margery Feinzig, Vladislav Vainberg, Derek Wikstrom Assistant United States Attorneys VANIA MAY BELL, BENJAMIN GOLD, ESQ. ELIZABETH QUINN, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York
Margery Feinzig, Vladislav Vainberg, Derek Wikstrom Assistant United States Attorneys
VANIA MAY BELL, BENJAMIN GOLD, ESQ. ELIZABETH QUINN, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant Federal Defenders of New York, Inc.
CONSENT PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE/MONEY JUDGEMENT
HON. NELSON S. ROMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS, on or about July 30, 2019, VANIA MAY BELL (the “defendant”), was charged in a two count Indictment, 19 Cr. 550 (NSR) (the “Indictment”), with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Sections 1349 and 1343;
WHEREAS, the Indictment included a forfeiture allegation as to Counts One and Two of the Indictment, seeking forfeiture to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461, of any and all property, real and personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Counts One and Two of the Indictment, that the defendant personally obtained;
WHEREAS, on or about March 28, 2022 the defendant pled guilty to Count One of the Indictment, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Government, wherein the defendant admitted the forfeiture allegation with respect to Count One of the Indictment and agreed to forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461, a sum of money equal to $589,942 in United States currency, representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment that the defendant personally obtained;
WHEREAS, the defendant consents to the entry of a money judgment in the amount of $589,942 in United States currency representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment that the defendant personally obtained; and
WHEREAS, the defendant admits that, as a result of acts and/or omissions of the defendant, the proceeds traceable to the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment that the defendant personally obtained cannot be located upon the exercise of due diligence.
IT IS HEREBY STIPULATED AND AGREED, by and between the United States of America, by its attorney Damian Williams, United States Attorney, Assistant United States Attorneys Margery Feinzig, Vladislav Vainberg and Derek Wikstrom of counsel, and the Defendant, and her counsel, Benjamin Gold, Esq., and Elizabeth Quinn, Esq., that:
1. Asa result of the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment, to which the defendant pled guilty, a money judgment in the amount of $589,942 in United States currency (the “Money Judgment”), representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment that the defendant personally obtained, shall be entered against the defendant.
2. Pursuant to Rule 32.2(b)(4) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, this Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture/Money Judgment is final as to the defendant VANIA MAY BELL, shall be deemed part of the sentence of the defendant, and shall be included in the judgment of conviction therewith.
3. All payments on the outstanding money judgment shall be made by postal money order, bank or certified check, made payable, in this instance, to the United States Marshals Service, and delivered by mail to the United States Attorney's Office, Southern District of New York, Attn: Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit, One St. Andrew's Plaza, New York, New York 10007 and shall indicate the defendant's name and case number.
4. The United States Marshals Service is authorized to deposit the payments on the Money Judgment in the Assets Forfeiture Fund, and the United States shall have clear title to such forfeited property.
5. Pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(p), the United States is authorized to seek forfeiture of substitute assets of the defendant up to the uncollected amount of the Money Judgment.
6. Pursuant to Rule 32.2(b)(3) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, the United States Attorney's Office is authorized to conduct any discovery needed to identify, locate or dispose of forfeitable property, including depositions, interrogatories, requests for production of documents and the issuance of subpoenas.
7. The Court shall retain jurisdiction to enforce this Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture/Money Judgment, and to amend it as necessary, pursuant to Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
8. The Clerk of the Court shall forward three certified copies of this Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture/Money Judgment to Assistant United States Attorney Tara LaMorte, Co-Chief of the Money Laundering and Transnational Criminal Enterprises Unit, United States Attorney's Office, One St. Andrew's Plaza, New York, New York 10007.
9. The signature page of this Consent Preliminary Order of Forfeiture/Money Judgment may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
SO ORDERED.