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Nature of Suit Code: 690
Nature of Suit: Other Forfeiture and Penalty Suits
Cause of Action: 28:1345 Complaint for Forfeiture

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UNITED STATES’ STATUS

CONFERENCE STATEMENT

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SCBN 9990)

United States Attorney

BRIAN J. STRETCH (CSBN 163973)

Chief, Criminal Division

STEPHANIE M. HINDS (CSBN 154284)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, Box 36055

San Francisco, CA 94102

Telephone: (415) 436-6816

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

email: stephanie.hinds@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Plaintiff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 

Plaintiff,

v.

1. 2005 MAYBACH 57 SEDAN, VIN

WDBVF78J45A001128;

2. 2006 HUMMER H2, VIN

5GRGN23U96H101282; AND

3. 2003 HARLEY DAVIDSON

MOTORCYCLE, VIN 1HD1FC2563Y636319

Defendants.

 

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No. C06-6636 JF

UNITED STATES’ STATUS

CONFERENCE STATEMENT AND

REQUEST TO CONTINUE CASE

MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

 The United States submits this statement to advise the Court as to the current status of this

matter and to request a continuance of the case management conference. 

This is a forfeiture action which stems from an investment fraud scheme. The government

contends that defendant conveyances constitute proceeds, or are traceable to proceeds, from a mail and

wire fraud scheme, and thus subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C). The government also

alleges that the defendant conveyances constitute property involved in money laundering transactions and

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are thus forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A). The defendant conveyances were seized by duly

authorized seizure warrants on April 25 and May 11, 2006, which remain under seal. Terry and Rebecca

Solomon are the registered owners of the defendant conveyances.

The complaint for forfeiture was originally filed under seal by order the Court on October 24,

2006, in part because Rebecca and Terry Solomon had fled the jurisdiction of the Court following the

execution of search warrants at their home and the filing of criminal charges. On or about August 29,

2007, the government moved to unseal the complaint. During the period while the complaint was sealed,

the government (with Court permission) neither published nor served notice of the complaint on the

Solomons.

 In December 2006, a federal grand jury for the Northern District of California returned an

indictment charging Rebecca and Terry Solomon with violations of mail fraud, wire fraud and money

laundering. The criminal case is currently pending before the Honorable Jeremy Fogel in San Jose. The

factual allegations in criminal case form the basis, in large part, for the allegations in the civil forfeiture

complaint. In November 2007, the Solomons were arrested abroad and extradited to Guam. They

arrived in the bay area in December 2007, where they made their initial appearances before the district

court in San Jose. The Solomons have been detained.

Undersigned government counsel recently served the attorneys representing the Solomons in

their criminal case with the complaint and other materials related to the civil forfeiture action. Should

the Solomons wish to contest the civil forfeiture proceedings, they must file a claim within 30 days of its

mailing to their attorneys. 

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In light of the above, the government requests that the case management conference currently

scheduled for Friday, January 25, 2008, be vacated, and that the matter be rescheduled for case

management conference on March 21, 2008, at 10:30 a.m., in order to provide the Solomons with

sufficient time to file claims if they so intend. 

DATED: Respectfully submitted,

JOSEPH P. RUSSONIELLO

United States Attorney

_______/s/_________________

STEPHANIE M. HINDS

Assistant United States Attorney

2/6/08 IT IS SO ORDERED. Judge Jeremy Fogel, US District Court

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