[SES1066]

I can understand the government investigating a series of under 10K transactions to be sure they are legit, but not going with the presumption of guilt--that's not part of the law.

WRONG! IRS operates, by law, on the "prove innocence" aka Napoleonic Code, principal. This means that the IRS is fully enabled to seize on basis of suspicion and then the 'victim' must prove that the IRS is wrong.

FYI, the same principal is at work for property seizures by law enforcement. The person owning the property has the burden to prove that the seized property is not due to illegal activity.

Inch by inch we are getting miles from "innocent until PROVEN guilty!"

[Pearls Before Swine]

I’m sure neither you nor I approve of the innocent until proven guilty attitude of the IRS, or of the agencies that practice civil forfeiture.