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JENNIFERSHASKYCALVERYChiefrAssetForfeitureandMoneyLaunderingSection(AFMLS)LINDAM.SAMUELDeputyChiefrAFMLSDANIELH.CLAMANAssistantDeputyChiefrAFMLSJANETC.HUDSON(Cal.BarNo.113996)SeniorTrialAttorneYrAFMLSWOOS.LEETrialAttorneYrAFMLSCriminalDivisionunitedStatesDepartmentofJustice1400NewYorkAvenuerN,W'r10thFloorWashingtonrD.C.20530Telephone:(202)514-1263Woo.Lee@usdoj.gov

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ANDREBIROTTErJR.UnitedStatesAttorneySTEVENR.WELK(Cal.BarNo.149883)AssistantUnitedStatesAttorney312NorthSpringStreetr14thFloorLosAngelesrCalifornia90012Telephone:(213)894-6166Steven.Welk@usdoj.govAttorneysforPlaintiffUNITEDSTATESOFAMERICA

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PlaintiffrFIRSTAMENDEDVERIFIEDCOMPLAINTFORFORFEITURE

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ONEWHITECRYSTAL-COVERED"BADTOUR

GLOVEANDOTHERMICHAELJACKSONMEMORABILIAiREALPROPERTYLOCATEDONSWEETWATERMESAROADINMALIBUrCALIFORNIA;ONE2011FERRARI

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PlaintiffUnitedStatesofAmerica,byandthroughitsundersignedattorneys,inacaseofforfeiture

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allegesthat:

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1.Thisisanaction

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toforfeitapproximately$32millioninrealandpersonalpropertyheldforthebenefitofTeodoroNguemaObiangMangue,theMinisterofAgricultureandForestryofEquatorialGuineaandthesonofthePresidentofEquatorialGuinea.Thisactionisbroughtagainstpropertythat

publicofficial,inviolationofthelawofEquatorialGuinea,and

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wasderivedfromextortion,orfromthemisappropriation,embezzlement,ortheftofpublicfundsbyorforthebenefitofapropertythatwasinvolvedinactsofmoneylaundering,inviolationofU.S.law.Aspropertyderivedfromaviolationofforeignlaw,thedefendants

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aresubjecttoforfeiturepursuantto18U.S.C.

981(a)(1)(C),andaspropertyinvolvedlnamoneylaunderingoffenseinviolationof18U.S.C.

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1956or1957,thedefendants

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aresubjecttoforfeiturepursuantto18U.S.C.

981(a)(1)(A).Thedefendants

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obtainedthroughtheabuseofpublicofficeandillegallylaunderedthroughtheabuseoffinancialinstitutionsandbusinessesintheUnitedStates,arebelievedtobecurrentlylocatedwithintheCentralDistrictofCalifornia.

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II.THEDEFENDANTSINREMA.OneWhiteCrystal-Covered"BadTour"GloveandOtherMichaelJacksonMemorabilia

2.ThedefendantWhiteCrystal-Covered"BadTour"GloveandmiscellaneousotherMichaelJacksonmemorabilia(hereinafter"defendantmemorabilia"or"defendantMichaelJacksonmemorabilia")arelistedinAttachmentsA-I,A-2,andA-3hereto.TheseitemsarebelievedtobelocatedatthedefendantrealpropertylocatedonSweetwaterMesaRoad,Malibu,California,describedbelowandinAttachmentBhereto.

B.RealPropertyLocatedonSweetwaterMesaRoad,Malibu,California

Thedefendantrealproperty,asmorefullydescribedinAttachmentBhereto,istitledinthenameofSweetwaterMalibu,LLC,islocatedonSweetwaterMesaRoad,Malibu,California,andincludesallappurtenances,improvements,andattachmentsthereon,aswellasallleases,rents,andprofitsderivedtherefrom(hereinafter"Sweetwaterproperty"or"defendantrealproperty")

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