Opinion
S3 21 Cr. 247 (PAE)
03-30-2022
DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York Dina McLeod Assistant United States Attorney BRANDON JACKSON Daniel McGuinness, Esq., Attorney for Brandon Jackson
DAMIAN WILLIAMS
United States Attorney for the
Southern District of New York
Dina McLeod
Assistant United States Attorney
BRANDON JACKSON
Daniel McGuinness, Esq.,
Attorney for Brandon Jackson
CONSENT PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE/MONEY JUDGMENT
HONORABLE PAUL A. ENGLEMAYER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE.
WHEREAS, on or about November 29, 2021, BRANDON JACKSON (the “Defendant”), was charged in a seven-count Superseding Indictment, S3 21 Cr. 247 (PAE) (the “Indictment”), with inter alia, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1349 (Count Five);
WHEREAS, the Indictment included a forfeiture allegation as to Count Five of the Indictment, seeking forfeiture to the United States Section 981(a)(1)(C) and Title 28, United States Code, Section 2461(c), of any and all property, real or personal, that constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Count Five of the Indictment, including but not limited to a sum of money in United States currency representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Count Five of the Indictment;
WHEREAS, on or about March 30, 2022, the Defendant pled guilty to Count Five of the Indictment, pursuant to a plea agreement with the Government, wherein the Defendant admitted the forfeiture allegation with respect to Count Five of the Indictment and agreed to forfeit to the United States, pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Section 981(a)(1)(C), a sum of money equal to $1, 772, 453 in United States currency, representing proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Count Five of the Indictment; 1
WHEREAS, the Defendant consents to the entry of a money judgment in the; amount of $1, 772, 453 in United States currency representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the offense charged in Count Five 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 Five 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 Attorney, Dina McLeod of counsel, and the Defendant, and his counsel, Daniel McGuinness, Esq., that::
1. Asa result of the offense charged in Count Five of the Indictment, to which the Defendant pled guilty, a money judgment in the amount of $1, 772, 453 in United States currency (the “Money Judgment”), representing the amount of proceeds traceable to the offense charged in Count Five 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, BRANDON JACKSON, 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 New2
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 i of Forfeiture/Money Judgment, and to amend it as necessary, pursuant to Rule 32.2 of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.3
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.
AGREED AND CONSENTED TO:
SO ORDERED: 4