Seizures

[indago]

Journalist Shaila Dewan wrote for The New York Times 25 October 2014:
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For almost 40 years, Carole Hinders has dished out Mexican specialties at her modest cash-only restaurant. For just as long, she deposited the earnings at a small bank branch a block away — until last year, when two tax agents knocked on her door and informed her that they had seized her checking account, almost $33,000. The Internal Revenue Service agents did not accuse Ms. Hinders of money laundering or cheating on her taxes — in fact, she has not been charged with any crime. Instead, the money was seized solely because she had deposited less than $10,000 at a time, which they viewed as an attempt to avoid triggering a required government report. “How can this happen?” Ms. Hinders said in a recent interview. “Who takes your money before they prove that you’ve done anything wrong with it?”


The federal government does.


Using a law designed to catch drug traffickers, racketeers and terrorists by tracking their cash, the government has gone after run-of-the-mill business owners and wage earners without so much as an allegation that they have committed serious crimes. The government can take the money without ever filing a criminal complaint, and the owners are left to prove they are innocent. Many give up.
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article (http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/us/law-lets-irs-seize-accounts-on-suspicion-no-crime-required.html?ref=todayspaper&_r=0)


But then, what can be expected from


GOVERNMENT ON THE TAKE


And it was the Demolicans that passed these laws


DEMOCRATShttp://www.prisci.gold.ac.uk/pendulum/pendul6.gifREPUBLICANS


I don't vote for ANY Demolicans

[indago]

Canada warns its citizens of domestic terrorism in the United States


From The CBC 11 September 2014:
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There’s a shakedown going on in the U.S., and the perps are in uniform. Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; “hand over fist,” to use the words of one police trainer.


It usually starts on the road somewhere. An officer pulls you over for some minor infraction — changing lanes without proper signalling, following the car ahead too closely, straddling lanes. The offence is irrelevant. Then the police officer wants to chat, asking questions about where you’re going, or where you came from, and why. He’ll peer into your car, then perhaps ask permission to search it, citing the need for vigilance against terrorist weaponry or drugs.


What he’s really looking for, though, is money.


And if you were foolish (or intimidated) enough to have consented to the search, and you’re carrying any significant amount of cash, you are now likely to lose it.
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report (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736)

[Tyr-Ziu Saxnot]

Canada warns its citizens of domestic terrorism in the United States


From The CBC 11 September 2014:
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There’s a shakedown going on in the U.S., and the perps are in uniform. Across America, law enforcement officers — from federal agents to state troopers right down to sheriffs in one-street backwaters — are operating a vast, co-ordinated scheme to grab as much of the public’s cash as they can; “hand over fist,” to use the words of one police trainer.


It usually starts on the road somewhere. An officer pulls you over for some minor infraction — changing lanes without proper signalling, following the car ahead too closely, straddling lanes. The offence is irrelevant. Then the police officer wants to chat, asking questions about where you’re going, or where you came from, and why. He’ll peer into your car, then perhaps ask permission to search it, citing the need for vigilance against terrorist weaponry or drugs.


What he’s really looking for, though, is money.


And if you were foolish (or intimidated) enough to have consented to the search, and you’re carrying any significant amount of cash, you are now likely to lose it.
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report (http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/american-shakedown-police-won-t-charge-you-but-they-ll-grab-your-money-1.2760736)


Steal from the rich, steal from the poor, give back a pittance..
Its all cool, its the dem/lib way... --Tyr

[LongTermGuy]

`IRS seizes woman's entire savings because she deposits less than $10,000 at a time`


`An Iowa woman named Carole Hinders saw her bank balance go from $33,000 to zero (http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/law-lets-irs-seize-accounts-on-suspicion-no-crime-required/ar-BBbbfW3?ocid=mailsignout) thanks to IRS confiscation. Hinders, who owns a small, cash-only Mexican restaurant, has not been charged with any crime and is not suspected of tax fraud. The IRS says they took her money solely because she deposited too little of it at a time, and the agency claims she did so to avoid the required reporting (http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Small-Businesses-&-Self-Employed/FAQs-Regarding-Reporting-Cash-Payments-of-Over-10000-Form-8300) of any bank transaction over $10,000. She says she just thought it was helpful to save the bank paperwork.
Though the $10,000 rule is ostensibly designed to help catch terrorists and drug dealers, it is far more often used on regular citizens who are unlikely to ever see their money returned. "I don't think [the IRS is] really interested in anything," said a lawyer representing another seizure case. "They just want the money."
To keep her restaurant afloat following the confiscation of her savings, Hinders has had to take out a second mortgage and max out her credit cards. "How can this happen?" she asks. "Who takes your money before they prove that you've done anything wrong with it?"

http://theweek.com/article/index/270692/speedreads-irs-seizes-womans-entire-savings-because-she-deposits-less-than-10000-at-a-time



​*There is a lot of cleaning up to do......When Americans take back control......

[indago]

Already Posted (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?47291-Seizures&p=711884#post711884)

[jimnyc]

Already Posted (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?47291-Seizures&p=711884#post711884)

I just happened to see this, so I merged the 2.

[LongTermGuy]

Already Posted (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?47291-Seizures&p=711884#post711884)


`Yup...threads merged ...good find `indago`...and welcome to the site...:salute:

[indago]

`Yup...threads merged ...good find `indago`...and welcome to the site...:salute:

Thank you...

[indago]

From The Associated Press 12 August 2015:
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A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives said Wednesday that they have asked the Treasury Department to return about $30,000 the IRS seized from a western Maryland dairy farm under a law aimed at curtailing money laundering. ...The government initially seized more than $60,000 from the farm's bank account in 2012, accusing owners Randy and Karen Sowers of violating banking laws by making cash deposits in amounts just under $10,000 to avoid paperwork required by the Bank Secrecy Act. The couple agreed to forfeit $29,500 but didn't admit wrongdoing. They said the money came from sales at farmers markets.

Sowers said in 2012 he felt pressured to settle the case.

...IRS Commissioner John Koskinen apologized to anyone who was not treated fairly under the anti-money laundering rules.
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article (http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_SEIZED_FUNDS_DAIRY_FARM?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2015-08-12-18-29-04)

The Claimants should sue the Treasury Department and receive triple damages.