Why does the money now belong to the US Government? Would she have been able to transfer the money if she’d taken it in $9000 increments?
You can transfer more than $10,000. You and both banks have to report it, and a lot of foreign banks just don’t want the hassle.
Because they have more gunthugs than Victoria Faren, the 78-year-old woman?
It's simply amazing that the Feral Gubbmint is POWERLESS to prevent massive violations of "The Law!!!" at our southern border, but when the opportunity to steal a bunch of cash from an old lady using the self-same "Crimnel Jesters" code arises, they're ON IT LIKE STINK ON OBAMA.
This is a common misconception that our Owners would like us to continue believing.
Actually, the Owners have their Banksters flag ANY "unusual" transactions. So, if you have a normal month-to-month banking pattern/routine, and you take out $600 in cash to pay some tradesman under the table for his services, the government gets a heads-up. Not about your transaction with the tradesman, just that you took out $600 that you don't normally take out.
After all, it's The King's Money - he's just allowing you to use it.
Come to think of it, unless Victoria was VERY careful, she was probably on a number of "exception reports", and the Owners' representatives at the airport probably had access to one or more of them.