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NICHOLAS DE PENTO Attorney at Law State Bar No. 47672 550 West "C" Street Suite 1160 San Diego, California 92101 Telephone (619) 236-1151 Fax (619) 236-1389 Attorney for Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, vs. $31,700.00 in U.S. CURRENCY, $6,000.00 in U.S. CURRENCY, 5,100.00 in U.S. CURRENCY, Defendant,

Case No. 08cv1327-DMS(POR) ANSWER TO COMPLAINT FOR FORFEITURE

By way ofAnswer to Complaint from all defendants (defendant currencies) and claimants in the original.Petition, said claimants, answer as follows: 1. Admit 2. Admit 3. Lack sufficient information or belief and on such basis deny. 4. Deny 5. Deny 6. Deny

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7. Deny 8. Admit

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Wherefore, defendants and claimants prays that the forfeiture proceedings be terminated and the defendant currencies by returned.

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/s/ Nicholas De Pento NICHOLAS DE PENTO, ESQ. Attorney for Defendants / Claimants

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Verification

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We, Khong Phengsavath, Outay Phengsavath, Thongsay Phengsavath, Lorena Esparza, are the claimants herein for respective parts of the defendant currencies alleged in the Complaint per our original Petition. 2. We have each and respectively read the Answer to Complaint for Forfeiture. 3. We each and respectfully state that the information in the Answers provided are true to the best of our respective knowledge and belief. We declare under penalty ofpeIjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this

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it..- day of August 2008 in San Diego, California.
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NICHOLAS DE PENTO Attorney at Law State Bar No. 47672 550 West C Street, Suite 1160 San Diego, CA 92101 Telephone (619) 236-1151 Fax (619)236-1389

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 We, Khong Phengsavath, Outay Phengsavath, Thongsay Phengsavath, Lorena Esparza, make this Verified Claim that each of us to our respective claims made as to specific defendant currencies in our original Petition that we are owners of said currency and designate attorney Nicholas De Pento, 550 West C Street, Suite 1160, San Diego, California, 92101 as our representative. We Khong Phengsavath, Outay Phengsavath, Thongsay Phengsavath, Lorena Esparza, declare under penalty of perjury that the foregoing is true and correct. Executed this vs.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE


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Counsel for Defendant certifies that the foregoing pleading is true and accurate to the best of his infonnation and belief, and that a copy of the foregoing document has been served via

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CM/ECF this day upon:

Case Name:

USA vs. $31,700.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY USA vs. $6,000.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY USA vs. $5,100.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY

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Case Number:

08cv1327-DMS(POR)

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David McNees Nicholas De Pento

[email protected],[email protected],: [email protected]

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Date: August 20, 2008

lsi Nicholas De Pento NICHOLAS DE PENTO Attorney for Defendant 550 West C Street, Suite 1160 San Diego, CA 92101 [email protected]

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