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The State of California declined to prosecute the money
laundering charges, and petitioner pleaded no contest to a
misdemeanor violation of the vehicle code. Petitioner received a
sentence of 15 days in the county jail. The charges against
Nelson were dismissed.
On November 29, 1988, petitioner, using a phony Missouri
driver's license in the name of Robert Morrison for
identification, leased safe deposit box number 5507 (the box)
from Universal Safe Deposit Corp. (Univault). Univault is a
private safe deposit facility and computer tape storage business
in New York, New York. Petitioner put a black attache case
containing bundles of cash, which totaled $339,860, into the box.
The next day, petitioner added Melinda Ferris as a joint lessee;
however, petitioner did not enter the box after his initial
visit.
The currency seized from the California banks eventually was
forfeited to the United States. During the civil forfeiture
proceedings, on January 20, 1989, attorneys for petitioner filed
an opposing motion to the Government's motion for a default
judgment with respect to the $2,417,570 found in the three boxes
at the BoA-Sunnyvale. In this motion, petitioner claimed
ownership of the $2,417,570 at issue, the $3,530,600 found in the
boxes at the San Jose banks, and the 1986 white 2-door Cadillac.
Petitioner never filed income tax returns, paid any income
tax, or filed estimated tax returns for 1987 or 1988.
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