FINAL JUDGMENT OF FORFEITURE

JOHN A. MENDEZ, District Judge.

Pursuant to the Request for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein, the Court finds:

1. This is a civil forfeiture action against defendant Approximately $546,104.80 seized from Wachovia Bank Account Number 20000196893681 (hereafter "defendant funds") seized on or about May 28, 2013.

2. The United States and potential claimants Alex Goldman and Harold Levinson and Associates, Inc. entered into several Stipulations and Orders extending the United States' time to file a complaint in Case No. 2:13-MC-00070-MCE-DAD. The last Order was entered on or about March 25, 2014, and it extended the time to file the complaint to May 21, 2014.

3. A Verified Complaint for Forfeiture In Rem ("Complaint") was filed on May 21, 2014, alleging that said defendant funds are subject to forfeiture to the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C).

4. On June 12, 2014, the Clerk issued a Warrant for Arrest for the defendant funds, and that warrant was duly executed on June 16, 2014.

5. Beginning on May 29, 2014, for at least thirty consecutive days, the United States published Notice of the Forfeiture Action on the official internet government forfeiture site www.forfeiture.gov. A Declaration of Publication was filed on July 17, 2014.

6. On April 8 and 9, 2014 pursuant to a Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture and/or Consent Judgment of Forfeiture, potential claimants Alex Goldman, Marni Goldman, Mark Goldman, and Laura Goldman agreed to forfeit all of their right, title, and interest in the defendant funds, plus any accrued interest, to the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(A) and (C), to be disposed of according to law. That Stipulation is attached and incorporated as Exhibit A to the Request for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein.

7. On or about May 20, 2014 pursuant to a Stipulation for Final Judgment of Forfeiture, potential claimant Harold Levinson and Associates, Inc. ("HLA") agreed to forfeit all of their right, title, and interest in the defendant funds, plus any accrued interest, to the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), to be disposed of according to law. That Stipulation is attached and incorporated as Exhibit B to the Request for Final Judgment of Forfeiture filed herein.

Based on the above findings, and the files and records of the Court, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED:

1. That judgment is hereby entered against potential claimants Alex Goldman, Marni Goldman, Mark Goldman, Laura Goldman, and HLA, and all other potential claimants who have not filed claims in this action.

2. All right, title, and interest of Alex Goldman, Marni Goldman, Mark Goldman, Laura Goldman, and HLA in the defendant Approximately $546,104.80 seized from Wachovia Bank Account Number 2000019689368, plus any accrued interest, shall be forfeited to the United States pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), to be disposed of according to law.

3. That the United States and its servants, agents, and employees and all other public entities, their servants, agents, and employees, are released from any and all liability arising out of or in any way connected with the seizure or forfeiture of the defendant funds. This is a full and final release applying to all unknown and unanticipated injuries, and/or damages arising out of said seizure or forfeiture, as well as to those now known or disclosed. The potential claimants waived the provisions of California Civil Code § 1542.

4. All parties are to bear their own costs and attorneys' fees.

SO ORDERED.