Not the issue I was addressing in my reply.
The issue I had is just whose business is it if someone does keep or have $200,000 cash in their home.
Not my business, nor yours, and I cannot fathom why the ATF would have an interest, unless they could prove it was connected to a crime.
They have produced no evidence of such crime, so...either the couple had the money and the ATF thieves took it, or the couple had the money and the ATF thieves took it and will never charge the couple with any crime.
Hell of a world we live in, huh?
And just as an aside, every ATF agent I have met was a low-life piece of dog excrement, with a holier-than-thou attitude and a definite tendency towards thievery, should opportunity present.
Jack-booted thugs.
You know that 9/10 times there is $200,00 in cash in someone’s home or car, then it’s a result of illegal drug trading.
Maybe not in this case, but overall...
I have no problem with the BATF seizing cash, cars, homes, etc. that belong to drug dealers.
Viva la war on drugs!
” I cannot fathom why the ATF would have an interest, unless they could prove it was connected to a crime.”
The current laws say they don’t have to have any proof that it was connected to a crime to legally confiscate it. All they have to do is suspect it might be proceeds from criminal activity, and they can take it. After that, the burden of proof is on YOU to establish that it wasn’t criminal proceeds if you want to get it back.