United States of America v. $9,464.00 in US Currency et al

Filing 40

Final Judgment of Forfeiture and Certificate of Reasonable Cause. Signed on 5/31/2017 by Judge Malcolm F. Marsh. (ps2)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF OREGON

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,

v.

Case No. 3:16-cv-00462-MA
FINAL JUDGMENT OF
FORFEITURE AND
CERTIFICATE OF
REASONABLE CAUSE

$9,464.00 IN UNITED STATES
CURRENCY SEIZED FROM BEAUTY
PLUS GLOBAL AND HSIU CHEN
AKA KELLY CHEN; in rem, et al.,
Defendants.
Based upon this Court's Order of Default entered on May 15, 2017 (ECF No. 38), the
Settlement Agreement (ECF No. 35) between the United States and Claimants Tung Liang Chen,
Hsuan Yu Chen, Chin I. Chen and Beauty Plus Global, dba City Color Cosmetics, whereby
Claimants agree to forfeit to the United States all of their right, title and interest in $250,000.00
in U.S. currency (a pottion of the Defendants i11 rem, $413,213.50 in U.S. currency), and the
records in this action,
IT IS ORDERED AND ADJUDGED that this Court has subject matter jurisdiction, and
$250,000.00 in U.S. currency (a portion of the Defendants i11 re111, $413,213.50 in U.S. currency)
is condemned and forfeited to the United States of America, free and clear of the claims of any
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and all persons claiming any right, title or interest in or to these Defendants, including Tung
Liang Chen, Hsuan Yu Chen, Chin I. Chen and Beauty Plus Global, dba City Color Cosmetics.
The United States Marshals Service is directed to immediately transfer the custody and
possession of the $250,000.00 in U.S. currency to the Attorney General for disposition in
accordance with applicable statutes and regulations and provisions of this judgment.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that pursuant to the Settlement Agreement, the United
States shall return $163,213.50 in U.S. currency, including interest as calculated by the
Department of Treasury, to Claimants Tung Liang Chen, Hsuan Yu Chen, Chin I. Chen and
Beauty Plus Global, dba City Color Cosmetics.
Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2465(a)(2), this Court CERTIFIES that there was reasonable
cause for the arrest of Defendants $9,464.00 in U.S. currency seized from Beauty Plus Global
and Hsiu Chen aka Kelly Chen; $47,171.00 in U.S. currency seized from Bank of America
Account No. XXXXXXXX5191 in the name of Beauty Plus Global; $151,099.99 in U.S.
currency seized from Bank of America Account No. XXXXXXXX7667 in the name of Beauty
Plus Global dba City Color Cosmetics; and $205,478.51 in U.S. currency seized from Bank of
the West Account No. XXXXXXXX8858 in the name of Beauty Plus Global, and no federal,
state, county, or city official or agency involved in such arrest shall be liable to suit or judgment
on account of such arrest of the Defendant currency.

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The parties shall each bear their own costs and attorney fees incurred in prosecuting and
defending this action.
DATED this _"J_L day of May 2017.

MALCOLM F. MARSH
United States District Judge
Respectfully submitted,
BILLY J. WILLIAMS
United States Attorney

STEVEN T. MYGRANT, OSB #031293
Assistant United States Attorney

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