Opinion
21 Cr. 155 (JGK)
03-21-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. NOE VILLA RIOS, Defendant.
AGREED AND CONSENTED TO: DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of new York RUSHMIBHASKARAN DATE Assistant United States Attorney NOE VILLA RIOS CHRISTOPHER J. GUNTHER, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant
AGREED AND CONSENTED TO: DAMIAN WILLIAMS United States Attorney for the Southern District of new York
RUSHMIBHASKARAN DATE Assistant United States Attorney
NOE VILLA RIOS CHRISTOPHER J. GUNTHER, ESQ. Attorney for Defendant
CONSENT PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE/ MONEY JUDGMENT
HON. JOHN G. KOELTL UNFTED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
WHEREAS, on or about March 8, 2021, NOE VILLA RIOS (the “Defendant”}, among others, was charged in one count of a two-count Indictment, 21 Cr. 155 (JGK) (the “Indictment”), with narcotics conspiracy, in violation of Title 21, U nited States Code, Section 846 (Count One);
WHEREAS, the Indictment included a forfeiture allegation as to Count One of the Indictment, seeking forfeiture to the United States, pursuant to Title 21, United States Code, Section 853, of any and all properly constituting, or derived from, any proceeds obtained, directly or indirectly, as a result of the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment, and any and all property used, or intended to be used, in any manner or part, to commit, or to or to facilitate the commission of the offense charged in Count One 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 One of the Indictment;
WHEREAS, on or about March 21, 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 21, United States Code, Section 853 a sum of money equal to $25,238 in United States currency, representing proceeds traceable to the commission of the offense charged in Count One of the Indictment;
WHEREAS, the Defendant consents to the entry of a money judgment in the amount of $25,238 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, for which the Defendant is jointly and severally liable with his co-defendants, Alfredo Rodriguez, and Jesus Torres Angulo (the “Co-defendants”), to the extent forfeiture money judgments are entered against the Co-defendants in this case and $21,940 of which the Defendant is jointly and severally liable with co-defendant Melvin Nathan Beltre's forfeiture money judgment entered against him by this Court on March 15, 2022; 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 Attorney, Rushmi Bhaskaran of counsel, and the Defendant, and his counsel, Christopher J. Gunther, 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 $25,238 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, for which the Defendant is jointly and severally liable with his Co-defendants, to the extent forfeiture money judgments are entered against the Co-defendants in this case and $21,940 of which the Defendant is jointly and
severally liable with co-dcfendant Melvin Nathan Beltre's forfeiture money judgment entered against him by this Court on March 15, 2022 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, NOE VILLA RIOS, 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: 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 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: