Nice try at changing the subject, but unlike the government worshipers (like you) on this thread I happen to believe in things like innocent until proven guilty and Blackstone's ratio. Asset forfeiture is simply armed robbery under the color of law.
We just have a difference of opinion on the basic law so there isn’t much point in arguing its merit. Innocent until proven guilty is great, but people are arrested before they are proven guilty. I don’t see much of a difference between locking someone up and confiscating large amounts of cash when faced with someone who’s obviously lied about its origins. The money is being returned to him in full since he is not being charged with a crime. I do not believe it should have taken this long, but that’s the DA’s fault.