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> And on the Federal level they typically try to freeze your accounts so you can't afford a proper defense anyways. Makes their jobs easier. Wait wait wait wha
by StavrosK 7y ago
> And on the Federal level they typically try to freeze your accounts so you can't afford a proper defense anyways. Makes their jobs easier.
Wait wait wait what? Surely this can't be true? What's the justification for this?
- AnthonyMouse 7y ago> Wait wait wait what? Surely this can't be true? What's the justification for this? The stated reason isn't to deprive you of money to fund your defense, it's something like an allegation that the money is the proceeds of a crime or whatever other pretext. Which you might have been able to disprove if you had the money to hire a lawyer. But now you don't, which is really why they do it, and then you can't adequately defend yourself against whatever other charges they levy on top of that either. They also commonly try to keep the money -- even if you're not found guilty of anything: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United...