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US seeking cars, cash, jewelry in pill mill case

Posted on: 07-30-2011 Posted in: Pill Mill

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

MIAMI – The U.S. government is moving to seize vehicles, cash and other assets from a former owner of a South Florida pain clinic facing federal drug charges.

Among the items linked to 42-year-old Vincent Colangelo: a 1999 Lamborghini roadster, a 21-foot Chaparral boat, a Range Rover and eight other vehicles.

Prosecutors also want to seize a diamond Rolex watch, other pieces of jewelry and more than $59,000 in cash from a Miami-Dade County painting contract with another of Colangelo’s companies.

Colangelo was among 20 people arrested earlier this year in a Drug Enforcement Administration takedown of pain clinics dispensing huge amounts of oxycodone and other addictive drugs. Colangelo has pleaded not guilty to drug and money-laundering charges.

His attorney is trying to get the charges dismissed, saying no crime was committed.

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Michael Greico
MICHAEL C. GRIECO, ESQ. was born and raised on Long Island in New York. In 1997, Michael earned a Bachelors Degree from American University, where he worked in both the U.S. Congress and C-SPAN. Immediately thereafter, Michael earned a Juris Doctorate from the University of Miami School of Law where he was heavily involved in trial advocacy and interned with the Miami-Dade State Attorney. Contact us today to schedule an appointment.