DD Support Board and Research Team

[ssroderick]

I know I am new to posting but I am not new to reading your posts, so I appreciate your patience with me as I jump in. I am a fact and research geek....

Forfeiture and restitution are actually different things. The new restitution judgment will not forgive or replace the prior forfeiture order. Forfeiture is an amount the government has taken and keeps... so likely the government seized the $1,000,000+ from both Flaherty and Brazil at some point and then got an order allowing them to keep it. Restitution is supposed to go to victims. unfortunately it is likely that the government already took what these guys have via forfeiture and the restitution judgment will go uncollected