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U.S. v. $293,316 in U.S. Currency, No. 03-CV-0278 (E.D.N.Y.) (349 F.Supp.2d 638) (December 23, 2004) (Judge Jack B. Weinstein)

Loaded on Feb. 1, 2005 published in Punch and Jurists February 14, 2005
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Here the Court held that a civil forfeiture of the entire amount of currency seized from the defendants would be grossly disproportionate to the gravity of their currency reporting offense and thus violative of the Excessive Fines Clause.

Defendants were convicted of concealing more than $10,000 in currency and attempting ...

 

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