Proceeds. The closest Congress has come to
enacting one all-powerful forfeiture statute is
18 U.S.C. § 981(a)(1)(C), which authorizes
the forfeiture of the proceeds of more than
200 different state and federal crimes. See
United States v. All Funds Distributed to
Weiss, 345 F.3d 49, 56 n.8 (2d Cir. 2003) (as
amended by the Civil Asset Forfeiture
Reform Act, § 981(a)(1)(C) permits the
forfeiture of all proceeds of a "specified
unlawful activity;" it is no longer necessary
for the government to use the money
laundering statute to forfeit such proceeds).
The federal crimes include all of the
following and scores of more obscure ones as
well.
• Fraud
• Bribery
• Embezzlement
• Theft