U.S. Appellate Court Upholds Fugitive Disentitlement and Asset Forfeiture

On May 18, 2004, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit upheld a judgment of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York which, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2466, dismissed a claim by Stella Collazos to recover $1.1 million seized from the defendant account and ordered the money forfeited to the U.S.