The criminal charge is "having CASH !"
Cash is NO LONGER LEGAL TENDER under the current administration unless it can be tracked and taxed !
You need to have a paper trail before you have a proper trial !
Furthermore, you are "guilty" , until you can prove your innocence (Violation of the Constitution ? Bill of RIGHTS ? ).
Government officials routinely seize cash in private possession. Bills are the property of the government and may be recovered at any time for any cause.
This started under the first Bush.
Typically to get it back you have to.
1. Prove the source of the money. This is difficult with cash.
2. Prove it was acquired legally.
3. Prove the money is actually yours.
4. Prove you paid taxes on it.
5. Convince the Sheriff that you deserve the money more than they do. They do not have to give it back even if you are innocent.
Bush, March 05, 1991 =>
Asset forfeiture laws allow us to take the ill-gotten gains of drug kingpins and use them to put more cops on the streets and more prosecutors in court.
In the last 5 years alone, the Justice Department shared over half a billion dollars in forfeited assets with State and local law enforcement.
http://bush41library.tamu.edu/archives/public-papers/2764