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Akeem v. U.S., No. 10 CV 4498(RJD) (E.D.N.Y.) (854 F.Supp.2d 289) (February 22, 2012) (Judge Raymond J. Dearie)

Loaded on Dec. 10, 2012 published in Punch and Jurists December 10, 2012
Filed under: Punch And Jurists, Motion for Return of Property.

Everyone knows that many Federal forfeiture proceedings are a farce, but this one really takes the cake. Olushola Akeem, a citizen of Nigeria, was arrested in February, 2008 at JFK Airport after he presented a counterfeit passport to an officer of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (“CBP”). Initially, Akeem ...

 

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