“He’s now charged with acquiring proceeds from drug activity. “
From the article
He couldn’t possibly have acquired that sum of cash outside of a drug deal, per their narrative. As handy a citation as charging a person of creating a public disturbance, as it requires no outside objective evidence, just the presence of law enforcement is sufficient.
Also, the judicial districts that encourage seizures, poaching assets from easy marks, know the difficulties of defending against such seizures. The judgements of a star-chamber, judgement upon the corrupt but untouchable within law enforcement, may become the only solution.