Posted on 03/31/2015 3:50:21 PM PDT by jazusamo
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder has crafted a new policy that would allow government officials to seize bank accounts involved in financial structuring schemes prior to filing criminal charges against the individuals who own those accounts.
The new policy stems from the Justice Departments ongoing review of its asset forfeiture program. The policy is aimed at preventing criminals from making a series of currency transactions under a certain monetary threshold in order to evade reporting the transaction to the authorities, according to a department statement.
Those types of transactions typically lead to the most serious illegal banking transactions and occur in connection with other criminal activity, the statement read.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
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Time to start stuffing the mattress.
They call it structuring. I call it government arrogance.
gee with DiC and Holder making the decisions what could go wrong?
Good, we can use this against our own political enemies if the political climate changes in the next election.
Does “empty” = “suspicious”?
[ You can also bury these in the back yard.
Not since they are made out of plastic... You might just forget where you put them in a few years, and might want to use a metal detector to find them (which doesn’t work on plastic)... Back to your basic Mason jar... That particular lesson cost me about $1200.00 ]
I always bury my cash with a few coins in the jar, if I can’t find a Coin I use a washer.
All I can say to that is if they take everything I’ve got then I won’t have anything to lose.
Awesome! That really is the bottom line.
It really is, yes.
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