U.S. v. Ahmad, No. 98-1467 (4th Cir.) (213 F.3d 805) (May 25, 2000) (Judge Diana Gribbon Motz)
Here, in holding that the civil in rem forfeiture of $186,000 dollars from illegal deposit structuring and customs offenses did not violate the Eighth Amendment’s Excessive Fines Clause, the Fourth Circuit distinguished the facts of this case from that of United States v. Bajakajian, 524 U.S. 321 (1998).
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