Law360, New York (May 09, 2011, 6:41 PM ET) -- A former professor and his wife convicted in February of planning to defraud NASA out of $3.7 million using small business contracts said Friday in Florida federal court that the government cannot legally take real estate and bank accounts as forfeiture.
The proposed order, filed by ex-University of Florida professor Samim Anghaie and his wife and New Era Technology Inc. President Sousan Anghaie, called for a money judgment of about $390,000 — based on the wire fraud counts on which they were convicted — but also...