UNITED STATES OF AMERICA — v. $84,615 IN U.S. CURRENCY, JONAH BRONSTEIN, —

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• holding that evidence was sufficient to establish by a preponderance of the evidence a substantial connection between claimant’s currency and drug trafficking; dog’s alert to currency provided “some — albeit slight” indication that the money was related to drug trafficking
• applying CAFRA’s standards to forfeiture action brought under 21 U.S.C. § 881(a)(6)
• affirming denial of modification of a final pretrial order in such circumstances
• “[P]ossession of a large amount of cash (here, nearly $85,000) is strong evidence that the cash is connected with drug activity.”
• claimant’s behavior during seizure — including lying to officer — undermined credibility of his assertions of legitimate reasons for possessing money
• “Circumstantial evidence can be used by the United States to establish its burden of proof.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).