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#forfeiture — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #forfeiture, aggregated by home.social.

  1. "The case arose from the 2021 seizure of Stephen Lara’s life savings during a traffic stop. Without any evidence that Lara committed a crime and without charging him with a crime, NHP handed his money to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), bypassing Nevada’s stricter #forfeiture protections. Lara had to fight for months to get his money back, exposing how police used the federal program to sidestep state laws that require higher proof to seize property". ij.org/press-release/nevada-co

  2. "The case arose from the 2021 seizure of Stephen Lara’s life savings during a traffic stop. Without any evidence that Lara committed a crime and without charging him with a crime, NHP handed his money to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), bypassing Nevada’s stricter #forfeiture protections. Lara had to fight for months to get his money back, exposing how police used the federal program to sidestep state laws that require higher proof to seize property". ij.org/press-release/nevada-co

  3. If you’re sending your packages via FedEx, beware. The State of Indiana could be seizing them without any warrant or probable cause.

    According to a lawsuit filed by the Institute for Justice, police have been seizing FedEx packages containing cash, and then taking the cash under #civil #asset #forfeiture

    Civil asset forfeiture is a process by which police can take anything suspected of being involved in a crime without a warrant or conviction, and then keep the loot for themselves.

    In this case, it’s happening at the nation’s second-largest FedEx hub, located at the Indianapolis International Airport.

    Police dogs sniff packages and flag those expected to contain cash.

    Officers then remove the tape, rummage through the package and take the cash for themselves if they find any.

    Ostensibly, the police can do so because they perceive the cash is connected with a crime, even if no actual crime is identified

    indystar.com/story/opinion/202

  4. FBI Seizes $2.5M in Crypto From Thailand-Based Pig Butchering Scam Targeting Americans - The U.S. Attorney’s Office has launched a civil forfeiture action to reclaim crypt... - news.bitcoin.com/fbi-seizes-2- #cryptocurrency #pigbutchering #seizedcrypto #forfeiture #featured #thailand #crypto #fbi

  5. @SharonCrockett @2hip2bL7 @StillIRise1963 Behind every great fortune are great crimes. Problem is we don’t always have those crimes spelled out for us in history books & Shakespearean plays. When it comes to British Royal #wealth we can see exactly where it came from. A millenium of wars, theft, #slavery, colonialism & accumulation.

    #1066 #royalfamily #GreatBritain #UnearnedRiches #Taxation #Coronation #NotMyKing #AbolishTheMonarchy #forfeiture

  6. In the Starbreaker saga, anybody who abuses their power lives in fear of the day they find themselves looking down the barrel of an Adversary's pistol, standing accused of #tyranny, and being notified of their rights.

    It doesn't matter if you're a CEO, a President, or a Pope. You will answer for your violations of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

    The penalty for tyranny is #asset #forfeiture and permanent #exile from Earth to a habitat orbiting Uranus.

    un.org/en/universal-declaratio