MIAMI — The U.S. Marshals Office arrived at Miami Commissioner Joe Carollo’s Coconut Grove home on Friday afternoon after being ordered by a federal court to seize $63,500,000 of his assets last month.
In a writ of execution filed on January 9, the United States District Court ordered marshals to seize Carollo’s cash, goods and land. The seized cash and property will be used to satisfy a federal civil judgment .
According to CBS News Miami’s Ivan Taylor, who was on the scene, U.S. Marshals arrived at Carollo’s home around 1:30 p.m. and placed three documents on his front door, stating that the seizure had begun. One document was a notice of U.S. Marshal Levy, which tells the receiver that they’re running out of time before the IRS can begin seizing assets, while the other two were writs of final judgment and execution.