United States v. Approximately $3,801,034.94 in U.S. Currency Seized From Citibank Account Number 206054579 Held in the Name of Arthur Ave. Consulting, Inc.

Introduction 1122 In June and December 2015, the United States filed civil forfeiture complaints in rem against 1133 the above-captioned assets (“defendant assets”), seeking forfeiture of the defendant assets because 1144 they are the proceeds of a criminal violation of the Arms Export Control Act (“AECA”), 22 U.S.C. § 1155 2778, et seq. The United States has served all known potential claimants to the defendant assets in a 1166 manner consistent with Dusenbery v. United States, 534 U.S. 161, 168 (2002) and the applicable 1177 statutory authority. The Dolarian Claimants have appeared in this case with the filing of their claims 1188 and answers to the complaints. See ECF Nos. 22 and 24. 1199 Further, the parties have stipulated to the consolidation of the two forfeiture actions, which was 2200 granted by the Court on April 5, 2019. See ECF No. 41. The parties jointly requested that the 2211 Scheduling Conference be rescheduled to August 30, 2022. See ECF No. 63. The Court rescheduled 2222 the Scheduling Conference for August 30, 2022. See ECF No. 64. 2233 Good Cause 2244 On May 15, 2019, a Criminal Complaint was filed against Ara G.…