Every week San Diego Defenders get a call from family members that have had their car seized by Custom or CBP and the car is in their mother or aunt or a relative’s name and they are not a US Citizen either without any papers or a Resident. Can they get their car back from…
Our San Diego Defenders’ Forfeiture Law Firm gets calls every week. “The Customs letter says I just have to pay the APV value of the vehicle and I can get it back this weekend, right”? That can be a LOT of money! Sadly, I can say after 31 years of helping clients fight the forfeiture…
When the CBP seizes your car or vehicle and sends you the Notice of Seizure and Information to Claimants CAFRA FORM the U.S. Customs and Border Protection office or USBP/ATTN: AFO Post Office Box 439043 San Diego, CA 921439043 is going to confuse you. Call WWW.SanDiegoDefenders.com or WWW.ForfeitureLawFirm.com at 619-258-8888 for an honest evaluation of…
So the CBP pulled you over when you had undocumented aliens in the car and the officers or agents decided not to charge you with a federal crime but they seized your vehicle for forfeiture to United States Customs and Border Protection. As promised, they sent you a letter within 30 days informing you that…
San Diego Defenders is close to the CBP or Customs and Border Patrol and specifically the Fines Penalties and Forfeiture Office. So we get calls from clients who are stopped with undocumented aliens in their vehicles. The clients are interrogated and released without being charged with a crime and the CBP officer drops them off…
$44,000 of unreported currency was seized from Jamaica bound travelers by Philadelphia CBP Officers. During an examination of the couple’s carry-on baggage, officers discovered the currency. The couple was not criminally charged. An individual may petition for the return of seized currency, but the petitioner must prove that the source and intended use of the…
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers recently seized more than $838,000 in unreported currency concealed in a vehicle while heading South. The seizure occurred on Wednesday, October 7, 2020 in a 2016 Chevrolet Colorado occupied by a male U.S. citizen. It is not a crime to carry more than $10,000, but it is a…
Poweshiek County, Iowa- In June 2012 an Iowa state trooper pulled over Robert Pardee for a non-working taillight and tailgating. During the stop, the state trooper discovered a small amount of marijuana and $33,100 in cash. One year later, the district court found him not guilty. Despite the not guilty verdict, the Iowa Court of…
$171,992.00 of US currency was seized by Customs on July 13, 2020, around El Paso heading South The Lawyers at www.ForfeitureLawFirm.com have noticed a dramatic increase in seizures of cash going South INTO MEXICO. At the Ysleta port of entry (POE) in Texas, the Customs Officers did just that! They sent a young man driving…
$100,025 Of Unreported U.S. Currency Seized RIO GRANDE CITY, Texas – U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) seized $100,025 of unreported U.S. currency on Saturday, June 20, 2020. The 31-year-old male citizen from Rio Grande City, Texas did not report he had more than $10,000 in his vehicle. Although carrying more than $10,000 is not…
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