United States District Court 

Eastern District of Michigan 

Southern Division 

United States of America, 

 Plaintiff, 

 

vs. Civil No. 15-11574 

Honorable Robert H. Cleland 

 

Real Property Located at 

6001 N. Ocean Drive, Unit 806, 

Hollywood, Broward County, 

Florida, Including all Buildings, 

Fixtures, Improvements, and 

Appurtenances; 

 Defendant in rem. 

 

ORDER GRANTING GOVERNMENT’S EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR 

A POST COMPLAINT RESTRAINING ORDER 

PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. § 983(j)(1)(A) 

 

 This court, having considered the Ex Parte Application of the United States for 

a Post-Complaint Restraining Order pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, 

Section, 983(j)(1)(A) hereby ORDERS as follows: 

1. Olga Zigmond, Felix Zigmond, Yelena Bolintskaya, Simona Zigmond, the 

adult daughter of Boris and Olga, Pavel Zigmond, the adult son of Boris and Olga 

Zigmond, their agents, servants, employees, attorneys, family members and those 
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persons in active concert or participation with them, and those persons, financial 

institutions, or entities who have any interest or control over the subject property 

are immediately RESTRAINED and ENJOINED from attempting or completing 

any action that would affect the availability of the defendant property or the value 

of the property for federal forfeiture including but not limited to transferring, 

assigning, pledging, distributing, encumbering, wasting, secreting or otherwise 

disposing of, diminishing the value of, or removing from the jurisdiction of the 

Eastern District of Michigan, all or any part of their interest, direct or indirect, in 

the defendant in rem. 

2. Claimant’s Counsel are immediately ORDERED to advise their client that 

she may face criminal prosecution if she violates Title 18, United States Code, 

Section 2232 which provides as follows: 

 (a) Destruction or removal of property to prevent seizure - Whoever, 

before, during, or after any search for or seizure of property by any person 

authorized to make such search or seizure, knowingly destroys, damages, 

wastes, disposes of, transfers, or otherwise takes any action, or knowingly 

attempts to destroy, damage, waste, dispose of, transfer, or otherwise take 

any action, for the purpose of preventing or impairing the Government’s 

lawful authority to take such property into its custody or control or to 

continue holding such property under its lawful custody and control, shall be 

fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 

(b) Impairment of in rem jurisdiction.—Whoever, knowing that property is 

subject to the in rem jurisdiction of a United States court for purposes of 

civil forfeiture under Federal law, knowingly and without authority from that 

court, destroys, damages, wastes, disposes of, transfers, or otherwise takes 

any action, or knowingly attempts to destroy, damage, waste, dispose of, 

transfer, or otherwise take any action, for the purpose of impairing or 
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defeating the court’s continuing in rem jurisdiction over the property, shall 

be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than 5 years, or both. 

3. This Court further ORDERS the United States Department of the 

Treasury, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal Investigations, and/or their designee 

to take the following measures: 

a) to enter immediately the defendant real property, including any structures, 

on one or more occasions during the pendency of this in rem forfeiture action 

against the defendant real property, for the purpose of conducting an inspection 

and inventory and appraisal of the defendant real property, and 

b) to be accompanied on any such occasion by any appraiser(s) selected by it 

for the purpose of appraising the condition and value of the defendant real property 

pursuant to Title 18, United States Code, Sections 985(b)(2) and 983(j), which 

appraisal may include, among other means, still and video photography; 

c) to be accompanied on any such occasion by any government and contract 

personnel selected by it for the purpose of conducting an inspection and inventory 

of the defendant real property, which inspection and inventory may include, among 

other means, still and video photography; 

d) to be accompanied on any such occasion by any federal, state, and local law 

enforcement officers selected by it to ensure the safety of personnel acting under 

this Restraining Order; and 

e) to advise anyone that any interference with anyone acting under the 
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authority of the Restraining Order shall be deemed a violation of a Court order and 

may be punished as a contempt, as a violation of Title 18, United States Code, 

Section 2232, prohibiting the impairment of in rem jurisdiction, or otherwise as 

provided by law. 

 The United States further requests that this restraining order remain in full 

force and effect until further order of this Court. 

4. Service of the Restraining Order 

 The United States further requests that the Department of Justice, the 

United States Department of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service-Criminal 

Investigations or their designees be directed to serve a copy of the restraining order 

on Olga Zigmond, Felix Zigmond, Yelena Bolotinskaya, Simona Zigmond, and 

Pavel Zigmond and to make a return thereon reflecting the date and time of 

service. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 S/Robert H. Cleland 

 ROBERT H. CLELAND 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 

Dated: April 24, 2018 

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record 

and/or pro se parties on this date, April 24, 2018, by electronic and/or ordinary mail. 

 S/Lisa Wagner 

 Case Manager and Deputy Clerk 

 (810) 292-6522