Posted on 10/07/2022 6:05:51 PM PDT by lowbridge
A judge ruled on September 29 that federal agents who raided 1,400 safe-deposit boxes in March 2021 at a private vault company did not violate search and seizure laws, court documents shared with Insider show.
A lawsuit filed in August alleged the FBI and the US attorney's office in Los Angeles obtained warrants against US Private Vaults in Beverly Hills, California, by concealing critical details from the judge who approved them.
In his ruling, District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner found no impropriety in the way the government got or executed the warrants for the raid. He dismissed the class-action suit filed on behalf of the people whose boxes had been seized.
The vault company was shut down following the raid and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money.
Laura Eimiller, a spokesperson for the FBI, told Insider: "Today's District Court ruling makes it clear that agents investigating criminal activity at US Private Vaults did not mislead the court and affirms the FBI's position that the investigation was conducted without malice and in a manner consistent with the law, FBI policies and the US Constitution."
The lawsuit was filed after FBI agents raided the Beverly Hills branch of US Private Vaults, seizing more than $86 million in cash, as well as jewelry and gold from 1,400 safe-deposit boxes. It said owners' items still had not been returned and that agents misled a judge to get the warrant.
None of the people who owned the boxes has been charged after almost five years of investigating; various agencies concluded "the problem was the business itself," court documents said.
(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...
Just another Legal System/Gov’t fascist travesty.
Nothing to see here.....
Funny how this little factoid isn’t mentioned closer to the beginning of the article. Oopsie
District Court Judge R. Gary Klausner is 81 years old, appointed to this position by resident Biden ....
“The vault company was shut down following the raid and pleaded guilty to conspiracy to launder drug money.”
Hhhmmmmmm
The feds can get away with anything in a banana republic.
He was either part of it, paid off well, or made an offer he could not refuse Family threatened).
I don’t care if there is an issue with the company. The box holders are innocent until proved guilty and this is clearly a violation of the 4th amendment.
One more reason to avoid banks.
All you stuff belong to us.
So did the innocent people who were not charged ever get their stuff back?
Apparently not.
I’ve 90 acres and a shovel.
Good luck finding anything.
I’m for the people who had safe boxes.
So if you deposit your money in a bank that, unbeknownst to you was laundering money, the feds can seize your money even though you did nothing wrong?
If this is legal then it is legal theft.
Any honest agency would return people property if they were not involved with crimes.
But we’re talking the DOJ here...
You may want to check your source. He was appointed by W. Bush.
What does that have to do with the people using the service? Are they to have their property stolen, simply because the company they used plead guilty to a conspiracy charge?
As stated, none of the customers have been charged with any crime.
This is atrocious, banana republic stuff.
Never heard that fact before. Was the vault company a front? Does their crime mean their customers forfeit their property?
Something very shady here if you ask me.
When the feds go after you, you have two choices:
1. Fight them and be buried under years of continuances and millions in legal fees
2. Plea bargain to a lesser charge
The feral government is corrupt to the core, and one of these days they'll come after your stuff.
Like Uncle Eddie (Randy Quaid) in Vegas Vacation?
The gestapo prevails….
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.