Opinion
2:22-CR-00172-JAD-BNW
08-26-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. SERINE TALAFULU TAIFANE, Defendant.
PRELIMINARY ORDER OF FORFEITURE
This Court finds Serine Talafulu Taifane pled guilty to Count One of a One-Count Criminal Information charging her with theft of government money in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641. Criminal Information, ECF No.__; Change of Plea, ECF No.__; Plea Agreement, ECF No.__
This Court finds Serine Talafulu Taifane agreed to the imposition of the in personam criminal forfeiture money judgment of $86,310.25 set forth in the Plea Agreement and the Forfeiture Allegation of the Criminal Information. Criminal Information, ECF No.___; Change of Plea, ECF No.___; Plea Agreement, ECF No.___ .
The in personam criminal forfeiture money judgment is any property, real or personal, which constitutes or is derived from proceeds traceable to a violation of 18 U.S.C. § 641, a specified unlawful activity as defined in 18 U.S.C. § 1956(c)(7)(D), or conspiracy to commit such offense and is subject to forfeiture pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) with 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c).
This Court finds that Serine Talafulu Taifane shall pay an in personam criminal forfeiture money judgment of $86,310.25 to the United States of America pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(b)(1) and (b)(2); 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C) with 28 U.S.C. § 2461(c); and 21 U.S.C. § 853(p).
This Court finds that on the government's motion, the Court may at any time enter an order of forfeiture or amend an existing order of forfeiture to include subsequently located property or substitute property pursuant to Fed. R. Crim. P. 32.2(e) and 32.2(b)(2)(C).
The in personam criminal forfeiture money judgment complies with Honeycutt v. United States, 137 S.Ct. 1626 (2017) and United States v. Thompson, 990 F.3d 680 (9th Cir. 2021).
THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the United States of America recover from Serine Talafulu Taifane an in personam criminal forfeiture money judgment of $86,310.25.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the Clerk send copies of this Order to all counsel of record and three certified copies to the United States Attorney's Office, Attention Asset Forfeiture Unit.