MIAMI AP – The U.S. Justice Department is asking a federal judge in Miami to approve forfeiture of $110 million from U.S.-based financial institutions that authorities say were used to launder money from an Italian corruption case.

The civil complaint filed last week seeks the money from 19 bank or brokerage accounts that federal officials say were used to funnel ill-gotten proceeds from a scheme orchestrated by late businessman Angelo “Nino” Rovelli to pay bribes to Italian judges.