It's getting to be where the police...

richlevy · 07-28-2005, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

Szuhay is a University of Dayton grad (a Catholic university) . I'll bet her folks are so proud!

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Well, according to her video, she wanted to work for the U.S. Marshals.

07-28-2005, 10:55 PM

I liked this one from the same site:

If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Could I Seize $46,950? (7/18)
Ileana Valdez was stopped at Boston's Logan International Airport when a metal detector went off as she passed through. Security officials didn't find any weapons on her, but they found she was carrying $46,950 in cash. Valdez told them she was going to Texas for plastic surgery on her buttocks and breasts and she was going to use the money to pay for it. She says a male Drug Enforcement Administration agent told her she had a "nice body" and didn't need surgery. Then he seized her money, saying it was drug money. Valdez, who has no criminal record, is suing to get her money back from the government.

Maybe she just wanted to go into law enforcement!

xoxoxoBruce · 07-30-2005, 10:29 PM

If she was coming into the country they could nail her for not declaring the money but if she was flying from Boston to Texas it's just another DEA game. We take it and you prove how you came by it, to a judge. If you win you get your money back (minus legal fees of course) and it's no skin off the DEA's ass.
A year or two ago the NJ police stopped two men from the mid-atlantic region somewhere leaving Atlantic City with $50k in cash. The DEA grabbed the money and said it must be drug money. Hello...AC...gambling...money....duh.

richlevy · 07-31-2005, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

If she was coming into the country they could nail her for not declaring the money but if she was flying from Boston to Texas it's just another DEA game. We take it and you prove how you came by it, to a judge. If you win you get your money back (minus legal fees of course) and it's no skin off the DEA's ass.
A year or two ago the NJ police stopped two men from the mid-atlantic region somewhere leaving Atlantic City with $50k in cash. The DEA grabbed the money and said it must be drug money. Hello...AC...gambling...money....duh.

I heard that the Supreme Court has been following the use of seizure. It's certainly a clear test of the Fourth Amendment (and the 5th and 14th). If widespread abuse continues it might just get slapped down.

Maybe the DEA needs to confiscate some large political donations as potential money laundering. I'll bet that would get noticed.

xoxoxoBruce · 07-31-2005, 06:54 PM

What the hell is widespread? If they take my money and say that's OK because it isn't "widespread", it's not a problem??

07-30-2005, 10:29 PM	#3
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	If she was coming into the country they could nail her for not declaring the money but if she was flying from Boston to Texas it's just another DEA game. We take it and you prove how you came by it, to a judge. If you win you get your money back (minus legal fees of course) and it's no skin off the DEA's ass. A year or two ago the NJ police stopped two men from the mid-atlantic region somewhere leaving Atlantic City with $50k in cash. The DEA grabbed the money and said it must be drug money. Hello...AC...gambling...money....duh. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-31-2005, 06:54 PM	#5
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	What the hell is widespread? If they take my money and say that's OK because it isn't "widespread", it's not a problem?? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

07-28-2005, 10:55 PM	#2
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	I liked this one from the same site: If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body, Could I Seize $46,950? (7/18) Ileana Valdez was stopped at Boston's Logan International Airport when a metal detector went off as she passed through. Security officials didn't find any weapons on her, but they found she was carrying $46,950 in cash. Valdez told them she was going to Texas for plastic surgery on her buttocks and breasts and she was going to use the money to pay for it. She says a male Drug Enforcement Administration agent told her she had a "nice body" and didn't need surgery. Then he seized her money, saying it was drug money. Valdez, who has no criminal record, is suing to get her money back from the government. Maybe she just wanted to go into law enforcement!

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