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`UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
`SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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`UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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`JIE LIN,
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`Defendant.
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`FINAL ORDER OF FORFEITURE
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`21 Cr. 343 (SHS)
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`WHEREAS, on or about January 31 , 2024, the Court entered a Preliminary Order
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`of Forfeiture as to Substitute Assets (the "Substitute Assets Order") (D.E. 275) with respect to JIE
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`LIN (the "Defendant"), which forfeited to the United States all right, title and interest of the
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`Defendant in the following property:
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`1.
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`$150,000 in United States currency seized on April 22, 2020 from
`the trunk of the vehicle driven by Jie Lin in Arcadia, CA
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`(the " Substitute Asset");
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`WHEREAS , the Substitute Assets Order directed the United States to publish, for
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`at least thirty (30) consecutive days, notice of the Substitute Assets Order, notice of the United
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`States' intent to dispose of the Substitute Asset, and the requirement that any person asserting a
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`legal interest in the Substitute Asset must file a petition with the Court in accordance with the
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`requirements of Title 21 , United States Code, Sections 853(n)(2) and (3). Pursuant to Section
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`853(n), the United States could, to the extent practicable, provide direct written notice to any
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`person known to have an alleged interest in the Substitute Asset and as a substitute for published
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`notice as to those persons so notified;
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`WHEREAS, the provisions of Title 21 , United State Code, Section 853(n)(l), Rule
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`32.2(6)(6) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rules G(4)(a)(iv)(C) and G(5)(a)(ii) of
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`the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions, require
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`publication of a notice of forfeiture and of the Government's intent to dispose of the Substitute
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`Asset before the United States can have clear title to the Substitute Asset;
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`WHEREAS, the Notice of Forfeiture and the intent of the United States to dispose
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`of the Substitute Asset was posted on an official government internet site (www.forfeiture.gov)
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`beginning on February 13, 2024, for thirty (30) consecutive days, through March 13, 2024,
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`pursuant to Rule G(4)(a)(iv)(C) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty and Maritime Claims
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`and Asset Forfeiture Actions and proof of such publication was filed with the Clerk of the Court
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`on June 27, 2024 (D.E. 320);
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`WHEREAS , thirty (30) days have expired since final pub! ication of the Notice of
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`Forfeiture, and no petitions or claims to contest the forfeiture of the Substitute Asset have been
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`filed ;
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`WHEREAS, the Defendant is the only individual and/or entity known by the
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`Government to have a potential interest in the Substitute Asset; and
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`WHEREAS , pursuant to Title 21 , United States Code, Section 853(n)(7), the
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`United States shall have clear title to any forfeited property if no petitions for a hearing to contest
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`the forfeiture have been filed within thirty (30) days of final publication of notice of forfeiture as
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`set forth in Title 21, United States Code, Section 853(n)(2);
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`NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED THAT:
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`All right, title and interest in the Substitute Asset is hereby forfeited and
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`vested in the United States of America, and shall be disposed of according to law.
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`2.
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`Pursuant to Title 21 , United States Code, Section 853(n)(7), the United
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`States of America shall and is hereby deemed to have clear title to the Substitute Asset.
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`3.
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`The United States Marshals Service (or its designee) shall take possession
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`of the Substitute Asset and dispose of the same according to law, in accordance with Title 21,
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`United States Code, Section 853(h).
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`Dated: New York, New York
`June 28, 2024
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`HONORA,BLE SIIDNEY H. STEIN
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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