25-02069S

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
COMPLAINT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2025 CA 5368
FGCC Case No.: 25ON0000192
IN RE: FORFEITURE OF:
THIRTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED ELEVEN DOLLARS ($37,511.00) IN U.S. CURRENCY
TO: RAYMOND’S SECOND HAND WORLD, INC., and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the property herein described.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that on October 14, 2025, the Florida Gaming Control Commission filed the above styled forfeiture action against the above-described property in the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit of Florida, in and for Sarasota County, which was seized on September 2, 2025, pursuant to a criminal investigation for offenses occurring in Sarasota County, Florida. An Order finding probable cause was issued by the Court on September 11, 2025. A copy of the aforementioned Complaint and Order are on file at the Office of the Clerk of the Courts for Sarasota County, Florida, and are available for examination during regular business hours.
YOU ARE REQUIRED to serve a copy of your written defenses, if any, to the Complaint and Order finding Probable Cause upon Marc Daniel Taupier, Deputy General Counsel and Chief Gaming Enforcement Legal Advisor for the Florida Gaming Control Commission, whose address is 4070 Esplanade Way, Suite 250, Tallahassee, Florida 32399, and file the Original with the Clerk of Court, Sarasota County, Florida. Failure to file and serve such pleadings may result in the entry of a Default pursuant to Florida Rules of Civil Procedure 1.550, and a Final Order of Forfeiture.
This notice shall be published once a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in the Sarasota Observer.
Marc Daniel Taupier
Deputy General Counsel and
Chief Gaming Enforcement Legal Advisor
4070 Esplanade Way, Suite 250
Tallahassee, FL 32399
Oct. 31; Nov. 7, 2025 25-02069S

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