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You always hear RICO get thrown around in these sorts of things, which allegedly allows the government to seize anything obtained as part of a criminal enterpri
by kibwen 4y ago
You always hear RICO get thrown around in these sorts of things, which allegedly allows the government to seize anything obtained as part of a criminal enterprise, but I'd need a lawyer to weigh in and determine whether that's actually true and whether RICO would apply to this case.
- nickff 4y agoRICO usually doesn't apply: https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-dammit/ https://www.popehat.com/2016/06/14/lawsplainer-its-not-rico-...
- dragonwriter 4y agoA good guideline to use in internet discussions where this is raised is: It’s never lupus. Er, RICO, never RICO. This is…not an exceptional case in that regard, AFAICT. (RICO has a very specific definition of a criminal enterprise which, while it may occasionally apply to something that doesn’t look very much like the Mafia, usually doesn’t. It is not “any enterprise that involves crime”. There are a whole lot of predicate offenses, but they aren’t all crimes, and the enterprise has to relate to them in a particular way.)