Question juridique clé
Whether seized assets should be released to finance the appellant's defense in U.S. post-sentencing proceedings
Solution extraite
The appellant did not establish that he lacked access to defense funding or that U.S. authorities would deny him appointed counsel; release of over CHF 200,000 was not justified.
Motifs extraits
The claimed need remained speculative. No confirmation that no public defender would be available was produced. The asserted inability to sell or further encumber Swiss real estate was unsubstantiated. The court therefore assumed U.S. authorities would apply their law correctly and found indigence unproven.