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…
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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…
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$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…
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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…
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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…
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$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…
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$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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Asset Forfeiture Law Explained Forfeiture Law is based on ancient rules that the King owned all property in the Kingdom. The King’s soldiers could make an unreasonable seizure of the citizen’s property to tax and fill the coffers. American patriots fought against unfair tax in the famous Boston Tea Party and incorporated the 8th Amendment…
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Most people know that you have a lessened “expectation of privacy” when you cross an international border such as from Tijuana Mexico into San Ysidro, California. So we are not surprised when we get frisked and otherwise violated by a U.S. Customs officer if we walk across the CBX line at Otay. Maybe our car…
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Finally, Tyson Timbs, the man out of Indiana whose Land Rover was seized and kept under civil forfeiture law, gets his only asset back. As you may remember, back in 2013, Timbs, a heroin addict sold a small amount to undercover cops and after he paid the maximum $1,200 fine and did his time. However,…
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