Opinion
SI 22 Cr. 388 (CM)
01-24-2024
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. FAKHRUDDIN GHEEWALLA, a/k/a “Dean,” Defendant.
DAMIAN WILLIAMS, United States Attorney SHIVA H. LOGARAJAH Assistant United States Attorney YELENA SHAROVA, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant
DAMIAN WILLIAMS, United States Attorney
SHIVA H. LOGARAJAH Assistant United States Attorney
YELENA SHAROVA, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant
CONSENT PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE/ MONEY JUDGMENT
COLLEEN MCMAHON, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS, on or about September 13, 2023, FAKHRUDDIN GHEEWALLA (the “Defendant”), was charged in a one-count Superseding Information, SI 22 Cr. 388 (CM) (the “Information”), with operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1960 (Count One);
WHEREAS, the Information included a forfeiture allegation as to Count One of the Information, seeking forfeiture to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(1), of any and all property, real and personal, involved in the offense charged in Count One of the Information, or any property traceable to such property;
WHEREAS, on or about September 13, 2023, the Defendant pled guilty to Count One of the Information, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Government, wherein the Defendant admitted the forfeiture allegation with respect to Count One of the Information and agreed to forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 982(a)(1), a sum of money equal to $12,000 in United States currency, representing property involved in the offense charged in Count One of the Information;
WHEREAS, the Defendant consents to the entry of a money judgment in the amount of $12,000 in United States currency, representing the amount of property involved in the offense charged in Count One of the Information; and
WHEREAS, the Defendant admits that, as a result of acts and/or omissions of the Defendant, the property involved in the offense charged in Count One of the Information 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 Attorney, Shiva H. Logarajah of counsel, and the Defendant, and his counsel, Yelana Sharova, Esq., that:
1. Asa result of the offense charged in Count One of the Information, to which the Defendant pled guilty, a money judgment in the amount of $12,000 in United States currency (the “Money Judgment”), representing the amount of property involved in the offense charged in Count One of the Information, 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, FAKHRUDDIN GHEEWALLA, and 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: Illicit Finance and Money Laundering 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 into 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 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.