[supercat]

In the case of the grocery store, the gentleman’s daily deposits happened to fall below the $10k reporting level, so the IRS accused him of bundling.

If someone is in a situation of naturally having smaller amounts which total over $10,000, is there can one preemptively file a form to say in essence "I am making this transaction, and I'm telling you I'm making this transaction. Any claim by the government that this transaction is under $10,000 simply because I don't want to report it would should be regarded as a clear an obvious lie?"

[USNBandit]

I think this store situation is an outlier within a bigger problem. There are a few county juridictions which specialize in this type of thievery.

The flip side of this is criminal seizures, some of which are pretty awesome. Several years ago an AUSA, through the courts, got a seizure of a drug dealer's "grill." They took him from the prison to the dentist and "seized" his diamond encrusted gold caps off his teeth.