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 $86 million in cash, as well as jewelry and gold from 1,400 safe-deposit boxes. It said owners' items still had not been returned and that agents misled a judge to get the warrant.
None of the people who owned the boxes has been charged after almost five years of investigating; various agencies concluded "the problem was the business itself," court documents said.
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amen brother.
It wasn’t a bank, but a private vault company
And that little factoid was buried even further down in the article.
Not one word in the article that a single one of these safe-deposit box renters (not owners) were ever even suspected of any wrong doing.
Probably why the FBI targeted it.
Licensed banks are already under the thumb of the federal government.
They have to freeze safety deposit boxes, and inventory them, if the federal government orders them to do so.
Yes, and the FedMob can simply remove the contents of our bank accounts electronically if they so choose.
Like their spiritual ancestors the Gestapo and the SS, the FBI is into heavy duty art and valuable theft under the color of law. Remind me what happened to Nazi war criminals who said they were “following orders”. Why I believe they were hanged. The Nazis also thought they were untouchable since like the FBI they had the full power of the state behind them. They were wrong. Let’s hope the FBI is wrong too.
Agreed!
Exactly!
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While that would be nice, the same morons in my neighborhood who had Biden/Harris signs up last election now have signs up for the Democrat candidates. I guess they think 10$ inflation, higher taxes $10 a gallon and power costs that will go up by one or more orders of magnitude, rampant crime, open borders are a good thing. Who knows what if anything goes on in their minds.
This so called Judge needs to be in prison. I hope the Feddie go into his safe deposit box. Feral bass turd.
Sadly if you have property that the police decide they want, they will take it.
These kind of cases make a big splash but the average amount taken under CAF is $600.
We’re coming to the point where we need a new government. The Kenyan boy and his pal Holder screwed this one up. BAD.
This will allow the FBI or any police agency can seize everything say in an apartment building because they suspect the owner is involved in criminal activity.
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.
so if the persons owning had nothing to do with the criminal business why is there property not being returned
They find loot buried from thousands of years ago every so often.
You die your loot just stays there until someone else stumbles onto it. Or just rots away.
Just like any method there can be problems using just one.
Answer: Socialism in Action. Under Socialism you own nothing. The State owns everything and may take back anything that was deemed you at any time: Your House, Your Job, Your Children.
The State here is California. Welcome to Socialism California.
Can/WILL the victims appeal???
One more slide down the slippery slope
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