[Destro]

They can seize records like that under The Patriot act? Money Laundering is covered under its powers? Just asking-don't know.

[longtermmemmory]

It does not seem that is why they are collecting the medical evidence. It seems they have nothing, so now they are trying to see if they can say he bought "X" number of pills but had enough money to buy "X times 100" pills. Therefore since he had that much money to buy pills he must have bought that many pills. Why would anyone spend cash when you could pay on the books and not avoid paying taxes?

They are trying to set up a no win situation. If he paid cash for items to avoid a paper trail, they will screw him for not keeping records of his expenses.

I predict that the florida legislators will enact new privacy laws because all of those fools have done the same thing with regards to maximizing cash usage.

[RebelBanker]

Not sure about the medical records, but anti-money-laundering laws and regulations predate the Patriot Act. Banks are required to report certain types of transactions, especially those involving large amounts of cash. Also, advising a customer to make several smaller transactions to avoid the reporting requirement is a violation of the law on the banker's part.