Agreed. I don’t care if it IS fraud ... the Dept of Education sent a SWAT team to serve a search warrant?????????? I don’t see those SWAT teams showing up at Goldman, Sachs.
SUCH a great point. Well done.
I’m not sure where defaulting on a loan becomes fraud, which is the difference between innocent circumstances and criminal intent.
If this was merely a *search* warrant, looking for documents, then it certainly could have been carried out in a more civilized manner.
On the other hand, if you’re going to barge into someone’s home, you’d better be prepared for them not to like it, in a way that can ruin your day. But the FBI I believe manages to do it without a full-blown SWAT raid.
You may be surprised that other federal bureaucracies have deputized agents to act as police, like NOAA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.