MARTIN REIDINGER, District Judge.
On October 5, 2010, the Grand Jury returned a Bill of Indictment against the Defendant charging her with three counts of wire fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343, and one count of access device fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1029(a)(5). [Doc. 1]. The Indictment contains a Notice of Forfeiture and Finding of Probable Cause with respect to "all currency and monetary instruments which are proceeds of the crimes alleged in this bill of indictment, including but not limited to the sum of approximately $400,000." [Doc. 1 at 4]. The Defendant subsequently entered into a Plea Agreement with the Government, whereby she agreed to plead guilty to Count One of the Bill of Indictment. The Defendant further agreed to the forfeiture "to each and every asset listed in the Bill of Indictment or seized in a related investigation or administrative, state, or local action . . . ." [Doc. 16 at 3 ¶9]. In turn, the Government agreed that upon acceptance of the Defendant's guilty plea, it would move at the appropriate time to dismiss Counts Two, Three, and Four of the Indictment. [
The Government did not move for the entry of a preliminary order of forfeiture at the Rule 11 hearing. Rather, over three months later on May 20, 2011, the Government filed a motion for a preliminary order of forfeiture, seeking a monetary judgment in the amount of $400,000. [Doc. 18]. The Defendant did not file any response to the Government's motion. The Government did not reference any concurrence on the part of the Defendant, other than to state that the money judgment being sought "[i]n light of . . . the defendant's Plea Agreement . . . ." [Doc. 18 at 2]. The Plea Agreement, however, makes no reference to any proposed money judgment. Because of this obvious discrepancy, the Court deferred ruling on the motion until sentencing.
On October 31, 2011, the Probation Office completed a Presentence Report regarding the Defendant. The Presentence Report finds that the Defendant's victims suffered a total loss in the amount of $342,985.12 as a result of the Defendant's criminal conduct. [Doc. 21 at ¶14].
The Court conducted a sentencing hearing on January 19, 2012. Before the Court issued the Defendant's sentence, the Court inquired as to the Government's position on forfeiture. The Government advised that due to an oversight, a consent order had not been sought at the time of the plea hearing. [
On January 26, 2012, the Court entered a Judgment which did not include any reference to forfeiture and did not include a dismissal of the three remaining counts in the Bill of Indictment. [Doc. 26].
On February 2, 2012, the Government filed the present motion seeking to correct the Judgment to include an order of forfeiture in the form of a money judgment against the Defendant in the amount of $342,985.12. [Doc. 27]. The Government also submitted a proposed Consent Order and Judgment of Forfeiture signed by the Defendant and her attorney.
The Government contends that the Defendant agreed to the entry of the proposed money forfeiture judgment in her Plea Agreement. In the Plea Agreement, however, the Defendant agreed to the forfeiture of "each and every asset listed in the Bill of Indictment." [Doc. 16 at 3 ¶9] (emphasis added). The Indictment, in turn, provides notice of forfeiture and a finding of probable cause with respect to "all currency and monetary instruments which are proceeds of the crimes alleged in this bill of indictment, including but not limited to the sum of approximately $400,000." [Doc. 1 at 4] (emphasis added). Nothing in the Bill of Indictment provides notice that the Government intended to pursue a money judgment in the amount of $342,985.12 against the Defendant.
Nevertheless, after the sentencing hearing and after the entry of the Judgment the Defendant consented to the entry of an Order of Forfeiture in the form of a money judgment in the amount of $342,985.12. In light of the Defendant's consent, the Court will grant the Defendant's motion and will enter the Consent Order of Forfeiture.