Just because you possess the money doesn’t mean it is your money. For example, thieves.
There was an incident a while back involving an 18 wheeler that was pulled over and $100k was found in the trailer. The driver initially said it was his money but recanted when he couldn’t figure out how he got it. No one ever claimed the money.
I suppose so. Tell me, is it okay for the police to then steal that money? Perhaps the local sheriff should get the county to give him a right to steal the police money. And then the state attorney general should get the legislature to let him to steal that money. And then the U. S. attorney general should get Congress to allow him to steal that money.
Sorry, I don’t think anyone should have to prove ownership. Possession is 9/10ths of the law.
If no criminal act is proven, the money should remain with the person who had it.
“No one ever claimed the money.”
I’ll bet the gov’t did, calling it ‘confiscated’!