United States of America v. Virtual Currency Assets Seized From: Binance US Accounts with User Identifiers Ending in 5099, 9181, and 2269 et al

Filing 48

DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORFEITURE re 46 Motion for Entry of Partial Final Judgment. Signed by Judge Sharon L. Gleason on 7/5/2024. (JDS, COURT STAFF)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF ALASKA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
v.

Plaintiff,

VIRTUAL CURRENCY ASSETS
SEIZED FROM: BINANCE US
ACCOUNTS WITH USER IDENTIFIERS
ENDING IN 5099, 9181, AND 2269, et
al.,

Case No. 3:23-cv-00079-SLG

Defendants.
DEFAULT JUDGMENT AND DECREE OF FORFEITURE
Upon consideration of Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Partial Final Judgment
at Docket 46 and the Notice of Settlement at Docket 45, it having been shown that
notice of this action and the arrest of the defendant property was provided pursuant
to Rule G of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset
Forfeiture Actions, Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and Local Admiralty Rule(c)3, that a partial final judgment is warranted, and that there is no just reason to delay
partial final judgment, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that:
1.

The United States shall return to the claimant, Kiran Arora, by and

through her attorney, Jacek Lentz, the following virtual currencies seized by the
United States from BINANCE US ACCOUNT WITH USER IDENTIFIERS ENDING
IN 9181: approximately 0.67783418 BNB, 13059998.65 SHIB, 215.9717936 DOT,

12478384.27 LUNC, 1.00654101 ETH, 230.9966431 LTC, 349.231396 LINK,
18147.58806 ADA, 52.340356 LUNA, 11619.25919 XRP, and 4363.900482 TRX.
a.

The above virtual currencies are to be transferred to the trust

account of claimant’s attorney, Jacek W. Lentz, via a virtual wallet or otherwise
according to instructions provided by claimant’s attorney.
2.

All right, title, and interest in the remaining property seized from

BINANCE US ACCOUNT WITH USER IDENTIFIERS ENDING IN 9181,
approximately 1.71984582 BTC, shall be forfeited to and shall vest in the United
States of America for disposition according to law.
3.

Judgment is entered in favor of the plaintiff, the United States of

America, and against the defendant as described above.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 5th day of July 2024, at Anchorage, Alaska.
/s/ Sharon L. Gleason
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case No. 3:23-cv-00079-SLG, USA v. Virtual Currency Assets Seized From: Binance US
Accounts with User Identifiers Ending in 5099, 9181, and 2269
Default Judgment and Decree of Forfeiture
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