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With his sentencing scheduled next month, United States District Judge David J. Novak issued a consent order Wednesday to seize all property that is or was in the possession of Roanoke Rapids resident Theodore Nicholas Papouloglouo.

Papouloglouo is scheduled for sentencing in Richmond on February 20 after he pleaded guilty in August to two federal counts — evasion of income tax assessments and conspiracy to transfer, receive, conceal and sell stolen goods — in a case related to stolen catalytic converters.

Novak ordered that the following property be forfeited to the government:

A 2021 Ford F250 Roush edition

A 2021 Jeep Gladiator Sport Apocalypse edition

A 2017 Lamborghini Huracan convertible

A 2020 McLaren 720s convertible

A 2021 Mercedes-AMG G63 

A 2019 Ferrari 488 Pista

A 2021 McLaren 765LT 

A 2021 Ford F450 Super Duty

“The United States shall seize all forfeited property and shall take full and exclusive custody and control of same, regardless of whether presently held by the defendant or a third party,” the order says. “The United States is further authorized to conduct any discovery proper in identifying, locating, or disposing of the forfeited property.”

This forfeiture order is final as to the defendant but preliminary as to third parties who may have a legal interest in a specific property. “The United States shall, to the extent practicable, provide direct written notice to any persons known to have alleged an interest in the property, and shall publish notice of the order.”

Any person, other than the defendant, asserting any legal interest in the property may, within thirty days of the final pub!ication of notice or receipt of direct written notice, whichever is earlier, petition the court for a hearing to adjudicate the validity of an alleged interest in the property. “Following the court's disposition of all timely petitions filed, a final order of forfeiture shall be entered,” the order says. “If no third party files a timely petition, this order shall become the final order of forfeiture and the United States shall have clear title to the property and shall dispose of the property in accordance with law.”

The order authorizes the United States Attorney's Office to conduct any appropriate discovery including depositions, interrogatories, requests for production of documents and for admissions, and the issuance of subpoenas, to identify, locate, or dispose of forfeitable property.

The original four-count indictment says Papouloglou in November of 2020 incorporated DG Auto South LLC in Emporia as a scrap metal business which routinely purchased and sold automotive parts, including catalytic converters. It also operated as a money transmission business in connection with the purchase and sale of catalytic converters.

In November of 2019 Papouloglou incorporated Strategic Converter & Cores, a limited liability company registered to his mother's address in Gaston, a company the indictment refers to as an alter ego of the Virginia business.