`Case 1:21-cr-00609-LAP Document 526-1
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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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`ADEDAYO JOHN,
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`Defendant.
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`FINAL ORDER OF
`FORFEITURE
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`S 1 21 Cr. 609 (LAP)
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`WHEREAS, on or about June 26, 2024, this Court entered a Consent Preliminary
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`Order of Forfeiture as to Specific Property/Money Judgment (the “Preliminary Order of
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`Forfeiture”) (D.E. 481}, which ordered the forfeiture to the United States of all right, title and
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`interest of ADEDAYO JOHN (the “Defendant”) in the following property:
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`a.
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`b.
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`c,
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`$32,001.00 in United States currency seized on October 13, 2021
`from the Defendant;
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`Range
`Rover
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`2019
`SALYL2ZEV8KA794441; and
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`Rover
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`Velar,
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`VIN
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`A 2019 Mercedes-Benz GLES3C4, VIN 4JGFD6BBXMA324696
`(the “Mercedes”)
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`(a, through c., collectively, the “Specific Property’);
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`WHEREAS, the Preliminary Order of Forfeiture directed the United States to
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`publish, for at least thirty (30) consecutive days, notice of the Preliminary Order of Forfeiture,
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`notice of the United States’ intent to dispose of the Specific Property, and the requirementthat any
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`person asserting a legal interest in the Specific Property must file a petition with the Court in
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`accordance with the requirements of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 853(n)(2) and (3).
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`Pursuant to Section 853(n), the United States could, to the extent practicable, provide direct written
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`notice to any person knownto have analleged interest in the Specific Property and as a substitute
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`for published notice as to those persons so notified;
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`WHEREAS,the provisions of Title 21, United State Code, Section 853(n)(1), Rule
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`32.2(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, and Rules G(4)(a)(iv)(C) and G(5)(a)(1) 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 Specific
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`Property before the United States can have cleartitle to the Specific Property;
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`WHEREAS,the Notice of Forfeiture and the intent of the United States to dispose
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`of the Specific Property was posted on an official government internet site (www.forfeiture.gov)
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`beginning on November 9, 2024, for thirty (30) consecutive days, through December 8, 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 January 31, 2025 (D.E. 525);
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`WHEREAS,thirty (30) days have expired since final publication of the Notice of
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`Forfeiture and no petitions or claims to contest the forfeiture of the Specific Property have been
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`filed;
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`WHEREAS,
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`in or about September 2024, Mercedes-Benz Financial Services
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`(“MBFS”) advised the Governmentthat it had an interest in the Mercedes;
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`WHEREAS, on or about October 25, 2024, the Court entered a Stipulation and
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`Order (D.E. 515) wherein MBFS’ interest in the Mercedes was resolved;
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`WHEREAS, the Defendant and MBFSare the only people and/or entities known
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`by the Governmentto have a potential interest the Specific Property; 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 cleartitle 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 offinal 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, ADIUDGED AND DECREED THAT:
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`1.
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`All right, title and interest in the Specific Property 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 havecleartitle to the Specific Property.
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`3.
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`The United States (or its designee) shall take possession of the Specific
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`Property and dispose of the same according to law, in accordance with Title 21, United States
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`Code, Section 853(h).
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`Dated: New York, New York
`Jarrerary-31, 2025
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`Petpt 3,
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`SO ORDERED:
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`HONORABLE LORETTA A. PRESKA
`UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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