26-00146S

NOTICE OF FORFEITURE
COMPLAINT
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT
IN AND FOR SARASOTA COUNTY, FLORIDA
CASE NO.: 2025 CA 6611
FGCC CASE NO.: 25ON0000241
IN RE: FORFEITURE OF:
EIGHTY-SEVEN THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED SEVEN DOLLARS ($87,607.00) IN U.S. CURRENCY
TO: Almar Executive Suites LLC, Registered Agent Marie Demilio-Buchman, and all parties having or claiming to have any right, title, or interest in the property herein described.
YOU ARE NOTIFIED that on December 19, 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 November 4, 2025, pursuant to a criminal investigation for offenses occurring in Sarasota County, Florida. An Order finding probable cause was issued by the Court on November 13, 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.
If you are a person with a disability who needs any accommodation in order to participate in this proceeding, you are entitled, at no cost to you, to the provision of certain assistance. Please contact the Sarasota County Jury Office, P.O. Box 3079, Sarasota, Florida 34230-3079, (941)861-7400, at least seven (7) days before your scheduled court appearance, or immediately upon receiving this notification if the time before the scheduled appearance is less than seven (7) days; if you are hearing or voice impaired, call 711.
Marc Daniel Taupier
Deputy General Counsel and
Chief Gaming
Enforcement Legal Advisor
4070 Esplanade Way, Suite 250
Tallahassee, FL 32399
January 23, 30, 2026 26-00146S

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