I would be suspicious too.
Oh my.
I hope the two get their money back quickly. The government should not seize someone’s money or any property with a court order or direct evidence of a crime.
Even the bank has to report deposits over $10K these days.
What’s next? Seizing your checking account or 401k because some suspicious official thinks you have too much money? This is the stuff of tyranny.
All they had to do...was walk into some local credit union...open a simple account. A week later, have a cashier’s check ‘cut’, and she could have carried that check anywhere, and no one would say much of anything.
I would imagine if you forced federal law enforcement to report incidents like this....there’s probably twenty episodes a week...across the US, where they ‘steal’ the money. Some might be drug traffic cash, but the bulk is just naive people thinking it’s legal to do so.
Now shut up and get back in line....
Obama gave Iran nearly 2 billion dollars in cash.
South Fayette retiree, daughter sue to recover $82K seized at Pittsburgh airport
I'm glad the cash was seized pending an investigation.
Walking into a bank with that much cash will involve the feds just as surely as being caught carrying it.
I always wondered how asset forfeiture is considered legal when it in a sense amounts to an assumption of guilt or a bill of attainder
The new America — The government just assumes that you are guilty until you can prove that you are innocent.
I hope they sue and are successful. It’s outrageous that a law-abiding citizen isn’t allowed to carry around whatever amount of cash they want to. Is it smart of her? Probably not. But it’s her business, not Big Brother’s.
What kind of low life dirtbag person would steal a person’s labor and earnings?
A Democrat
A cop
A unionist
In the end, we get the government we deserve/have allowed.
General advice is to never carry any significant amount of cash through any governmental security checkpoint. Even if you ultimately get it back, you will spend a lot of money and time trying to get your own property back.
“...asked her to help manage the cash he and his late parents had hidden in hiding spots throughout the family home.”
My wife’s grandfather did this. Replacing an electrical outlet and he had $2,000 stashed in the wall.
When he died I was overseas. My mother-in-law sold the large property with the old farm-house to a developer. She grabbed a few photos and stuff from the house, but left the rest to the buyer. I’m guessing they just bulldozed the house, and the thousands of dollars hidden.
The barn was full of “junk” too - but I’m guessing some of that stuff was worth something too. Not to mention the probable wads of bills in the tackle box and old coffee can labeled “nails”. I tried to get her to hold off until I returned, but she “just wanted to be done with it.”
It’ll cost that for a lawyer to get it back.
“Look honey, the bank is closed until Monday. Just put it in your purse and we’ll deposit it after you land.”