Riedl

MEMORANDUM *

Brigitte Riedl appeals an order of the district court denying her motion to set aside a forfeiture of nine real properties Riedl sold for money, described to her as “drug money” by undercover agents, in a sting operation. We AFFIRM.

On September 30, 1998, the United States obtained an indictment from a federal grand jury charging Riedl, along with two co-defendants, with several counts of money laundering and several drug-related offenses. The indictment also sought the forfeiture of nine real properties Riedl sold to undercover agents as part of an alleged money laundering scheme. Riedl had first agreed to sell just one of her properties to an undercover agent posing as a prostitute and drug dealer; thereafter, Riedl negotiated the sale of all nine properties to several undercover agents in a package deal for a total price of $2.6 million.

A jury found Riedl guilty of five counts of money laundering and four counts of offenses related to the distribution of cocaine. The jury also found that the nine properties listed in the indictment were subject to forfeiture under 18 U.S.C. § 982 (a)(1). Riedl filed a motion to set aside forfeiture under the Excessive Fines…