Sentences with phrase «under civil asset»

It could be fraudulent and be reversed months or years down the line, it could be funds from a criminal enterprise that will be seized under civil asset forfeiture later, etc..

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, the U.S. federal prosecutors have filed civil lawsuits seeking to seize assets worth more than $ 1 billion, allegedly stolen from Malaysian state fund 1MDB, which has been under investigation for more than a year.

Advisers who presently are fiduciaries may be especially likely to fully satisfy the PTEs» Impartial Conduct Standards before January 1, 2018, in the ERISA - plan context, because advisers who make recommendations to plans and plan participants regarding plan assets, including recommendations on rollovers or distributions of plan assets, are already subject to standards of prudence and loyalty under ERISA and a violation of the Impartial Conduct Standards would be subject to claims for civil liability under ERISA.

Transactions related to 1MDB are under investigation in six countries including the United States, where the Department of Justice has launched civil cases to recover assets linked to the fund.

Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, announced a program on Wednesday under which $ 35 million in civil forfeiture assets will be used to help other cities and states tackle their own (rape - kit) backlogs, which, nationally, total in the hundreds of thousands.

Under the legal doctrine of civil asset forfeiture, your money can be accused of a crime, seized, and tried separately from its owner.

Currently, the maximum fee payable to obtain probate is # 215, but under the new proposals, couples could be looking at total fees of # 40,000 with bereaved spouses / civil partners having to find # 20,000 before they can access their deceased spouse's / civil partner's assets: a huge increase which has been met with opposition and disbelief in the industry.

Under US law, the government can seek a temporary order freezing an individual's assets, in both the civil and criminal contexts, before a case is proven at trial.

According to that Supreme Court opinion, when Haden failed to supersede the judgment against him and his business on Sacks» breach - of - contract claim, Sacks and the firm incurred considerable expense to secure a turnover order under Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code § 31.002 (e), have a receiver appointed to prevent prejudgment transfer of Haden's assets and seek dismissal of Haden's bankruptcy filings.

Instead, there are two bases of claim in the Lithuanian Civil Claim, namely (1) a claim for in personam relief under the law of unjust enrichment because there was no commercial justification for the various transactions, seeking the reversal of that unjust enrichment; and (2) a claim for a declaration that the various transfer instructions were null and void and that Snoras remains the beneficial owner of the relevant assets; this is said to be a claim for an in rem (or proprietorial) remedy.»

[that wouldn't be allowed in under normal circumstances] and the very fact that deposed officers in a major civil case * where their own assets were on the line as the insurance for wrongful conviction suits dropped them * were allowed to step one foot on that property?

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This concerned proceedings for civil recovery under Pt 5 of POCA 2002 brought by the director of the Assets Recovery Agency.

Transfers of assets between spouses or civil partners who are separated are exempt from CGT if they are made under a separation agreement or a court order.