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Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 11:01 pm
by yankees60
Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Class-action suit claims FBI exceeded its search warrant and is forcing renters of boxes to prove their innocence.
https://justthenews.com/accountability/ ... egal-basis
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 1:09 pm
by I Shrugged
I wholeheartedly endorse IJ as a worthy charity. They take on great causes like this all the time.
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:47 pm
by pp4me
This is why I've never been keen on the idea of keeping gold in a bank safety deposit box. I've always thought of banks as quasi-government entities so why would you want to put your gold someplace where the biggest gang of thieves in the world can get to it?
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:21 pm
by I Shrugged
pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:47 pm
This is why I've never been keen on the idea of keeping gold in a bank safety deposit box. I've always thought of banks as quasi-government entities so why would you want to put your gold someplace where the biggest gang of thieves in the world can get to it?
In the cases above, it was a private box company.
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:26 pm
by pp4me
I Shrugged wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:21 pm
pp4me wrote: ↑Sun Jun 20, 2021 3:47 pm
This is why I've never been keen on the idea of keeping gold in a bank safety deposit box. I've always thought of banks as quasi-government entities so why would you want to put your gold someplace where the biggest gang of thieves in the world can get to it?
In the cases above, it was a private box company.
Okay, I'll avoid them too.
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Wed Jun 23, 2021 10:18 pm
by yankees60
Judge blocks FBI from keeping cash, gold and silver seized in Beverly Hills raid
https://www.latimes.com/california/stor ... nfiscation
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:31 am
by I Shrugged
The whole civil forfeiture thing is a glimpse into what governments will do to your rights if no one stops them.
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:46 pm
by yankees60
I Shrugged wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:31 am
The whole civil forfeiture thing is a glimpse into what governments will do to your rights if no one stops them.
Although it was another branch of the government that stopped a different branch from doing so?
Re: Feds accused of seizing $85 million from safe deposit boxes without 'any legal basis'
Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2021 9:11 pm
by I Shrugged
yankees60 wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:46 pm
I Shrugged wrote: ↑Thu Jun 24, 2021 10:31 am
The whole civil forfeiture thing is a glimpse into what governments will do to your rights if no one stops them.
Although it was another branch of the government that stopped a different branch from doing so?
True and good point. But, the courts are relatively pliant and weak in most societies. Look how much civil forfeiture has been okayed by courts here already.