Beverly Hills store let criminals stash guns, drugs and cash in vault at strip mall, prosecutors say

Yahoo ^ | 2 Apr 2021 | Michael Finnegan

[DUMBGRUNT]

When federal agents descended on a Beverly Hills strip mall last month, it took them five days to seize the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes inside a store called U.S. Private Vaults.

“I would just be very surprised if a judge had approved a warrant that would allow the FBI to go through every single box absent evidence that the entire system was corrupt,” she said. “Maybe they have the evidence, and that’s the thing we don’t know.”

"We don't even want to know your name," it advertised, according to prosecutors.

[eyeamok]

It is was not immediately clear whether any individuals will face criminal charges as well.

Hmmm, The FBI gets a warrant, raids a Storage Facility, seizes Millions, maybe Hundreds of Millions of Dollars, and NOBODY GETS ARRESTED??? Sounds like they had No Real Evidence and just wanted the goods.

[Still Thinking]

Yeah, but even so, they’re very jealous about potential competition.

[Organic Panic]

Heck. Portland le antifa stash grenades on the streets and no one was arrested. I bet no one outside the region heard about antifa having grenades.

[hanamizu]

“...structure cash transactions to dodge detection.”

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This is the ‘crime’ that gets me. FedGov has a law that cash transactions of over $10,000 must be reported. But if you move less than that amount, say $2500 a day for four days, they can charge you with ‘structuring’. You’d think that since you earned it, it’s your money, but apparently it isn’t.

I think that’s what they got former Speaker Hastert on. He withdrew his own money to pay off a wrestler he molested when he was a coach. He wasn’t charged with molesting the wrestler, or for paying him off, but rather withdrawing the bribe in chunks of less than $10,000 so he didn’t have to report it.

[Vaduz]

Store called U.S. Private Vaults we don’t even want to know your name.

Looks like MS13 received some cartel money to open a business.

[Mouton]

Guess this place was the opposite of Cheers.

[Billthedrill]

Hmm...I might be interested in a box or two like that if they sell them the right length and have really good room deodorizers. Asking for a friend.

[kingu]

Their website which doesn’t mention anything about the raid also notes the company does search the vault room with drug dogs.

[Vaduz]

Yes never be a witness of a felon life gets short.

[Billthedrill]

Just so they’re not cadaver dogs.

[kingu]

Checking to see if your prized Dahmer collection would be safe there?

[Billthedrill]

It might be cheaper than renting another backhoe. Dang those things are expensive.

[kingu]

Post hole digger and saws are much cheaper than backhoes, I hear.