United States v. 80,000.00 In U.S. Currency

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6 7 United States District Court 8 Central District of California 10 11 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 2:21-cv-00763-ODW (KS)

12 Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR DEFAULT

v. JUDGMENT [14]

15 $80,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, 16 Defendant.

18 I. INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND On January 27, 2021, Plaintiff United States of America (“the Government”) 21 initiated this in rem forfeiture action against Defendant $80,000.00 in U.S. Currency 22 (“Defendant Currency”), pursuant to 18 U.S.C § 981(a)(1)(C). (Compl. ¶ 1, ECF 23 No. 1.) The Government seeks forfeiture of the Defendant Currency, which was seized 24 during the execution of a warrant on August 22, 2019, at the residence of Collins 25 Nnaemeka Ojimba (“Ojimba”) in Hawthorne, California. (Id. ¶ 5.) The Government 26 alleges that “the [D]efendant [C]urrency represents or is traceable to proceeds of 27 violations, or a conspiracy to commit violations of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341 (mail fraud), 28 1343 (wire fraud), 1344 (bank fraud) and 1956 (conspiracy to engage in money 1…