U.S. Court Enters Final Forfeiture Order for Over $16 Million against Wegelin’s Correspondent Bank Account in the U.S.

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Author: 

Bruce Zagaris

Date Published: 

Sunday, July 1, 2012

Volume: 

28

Issue: 

7

Abstract: 

 On April 24, 2012, Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that U.S. District Judge Laura Taylor Swain entered a default judgment and final order of forfeiture for over $16 million seized from the U.S. correspondent account of Wegelin & Co., a Swiss private bank.