美國司法部沒收陳水扁兒子210萬美元房產公告
資料提供者:Sidddney Chen
2013年2月26日
希望陸續有
Good work by U.S. Department of Justice,
hope more luxury properties in California, New York City and Keswick, Va.
belonging to the son & daughter of the Shui-Bian Chen can identify, locate,
and seize properties and accounts in the United States belonging to him and his
family.
Confiscated by the U.S. Department of
Justice Chen Shui-bian's son $ 2.1 million real estate announcement
美國司法部沒收陳水扁兒子210萬美元房產公告
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/November/12-crm-1359.html
Nov. 14, 2012 Wednesday.
Department of Justice
Office of Public Affairs
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
U.S. Forfeits $2.1 Million Worth of Property
Purchased with Alleged Bribes Paid to the Family of the Former President of
Taiwan
The Department of Justice has forfeited a
Manhattan condominium and a Virginia residence – with a combined value of
approximately $ 2.1 million – purchased with the proceeds of alleged bribes
paid to the family of the former President of Taiwan, Shui-Bian Chen, as part
of the department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. Assistant Attorney General Lanny
A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division announced the
forfeiture today with U.S . Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Director
John Morton.
On Oct. 23, 2012, U.S. District Judge Norman
M oon of the Western District of Virginia entered a final forfeiture judgment
against a residence in Keswick, Va., and On Oct. 24, 2012, U.S. District Judge
Katherine Forrest in the Southern District of New York entered a final
forfeiture judgment against a condominium in Manhattan. Both properties were
previously owned by the former first family of Taiwan through a British Virgin
Islands shell company.
Today, ICE Homeland Security Investigations
(HSI) took possession of the Virginia property. The title of the Manhattan condominium
has been vested through court order to the government.
According to the civil forfeiture complaints
filed in this case, during former President Chen’s administration, Yuanta
Securities Co. Ltd. paid a bribe of 200 million New Taiwan dollars (equivalent
to approximately $6 million USD) to former first lady Sue-Jen Wu in 2004 to
ensure that the Taiwan government would not oppose Yuanta’s bid to acquire a
financial holding company.
The former first family used Hong Kong and
Swiss bank accounts, British Virgin Island companies and a St. Kitts and Nevis
trust to purchase the two properties. One of the shell companies, Avallo
Limited, which held title to both properties through U.S. domestic companies,
settled both forfeiture actions under terms that provide for the sale of the
property and forfeiture to the U.S. government of approximately 85 percent of
the net proceeds from the sale of both properties.
“The Kleptocracy Initiative was established to prevent corrupt leaders
from using the United States as a safe haven for their ill-gotten gains,” said
Assistant Attorney General Breuer.
“The former president of Taiwan’s family allegedly accepted millions in
bribes in exchange for official action favoring Yuanta Securities, and we have
now taken possession of two valuable properties purchased with their alleged
spoils. We are committed to using
every tool available to root out foreign official corruption.”
“This most recent seizure of luxury properties in New York City and
Keswick, Va. belonging to the son of the former President of Taiwan Shui-Bian
Chen is part of a continued effort by Homeland Security Investigations special
agents to identify, locate, and seize properties and accounts in the United
States belonging to him and his family,” said ICE Director Morton. “HSI will continue to find and seize the
U.S. assets of foreign corrupt officials who try to use our country to conceal
the illicit proceeds and profits of their crimes.”
The case was prosecuted by Deputy Chief
Linda Samuel and Trial Attorney Jennifer Wallis of the Criminal Division’s
Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering Section. The Criminal Division’s Office of
International Affairs provided valuable assistance. The case was investigated by ICE-
HSI’s Foreign Corruption Investigations Group, the HSI Miami Asset
Identification and Removal Group and the HSI Attaché Hong Kong, with assistance
from the Taiwan Ministry of Justice, Special Investigations Division.
This case is part of the Justice
Department’s Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative. This initiative is carried out by
a dedicated team of prosecutors in the Asset Forfeiture and Money Laundering
Section, working in partnership with federal law enforcement agencies to
forfeit the proceeds of foreign official corruption and where appropriate
return those proceeds to benefit those harmed.
Individuals with information about possible
proceeds of foreign corruption located in or laundered through institutions in
the United States should contact federal law enforcement or send an email to http://mc/compose?to=kleptocracy%40usdoj.gov .
HSI’s Foreign Corruption Investigations
Group in Miami targets corrupt foreign officials around the world that attempt
to utilize U.S. financial institutions to launder illicit funds. The group conducts investigations into
the laundering of proceeds emanating from foreign public corruption, bribery or
embezzlement. The objective is to prevent foreign derived ill-gotten gains from
entering the U.S. financial infrastructure, to seize identified assets in the
United States and repatriate these funds on behalf of those affected.