I though I recalled seeing that's how she proved that the money was hers. She paid taxes on it.
Mishra appeared at a trial with tax returns and documents proving she'd agree to invest in a New Jersey club with the Dheris.
She'd wrapped the cash in dryer sheets to mask its rank, barroom scent, she argued.
On Thursday, U.S. District Judge Joseph F. Bataillon ordered the cash returned to the former topless dancer, saying the government's suspicions about a drug connection "left too many unanswered questions."
I imagine that the State of Nebraska considers that to be a mere technicality. After all, they seized it at gunpoint, fair & square...