DEA Racks Up Two Forfeiture Losses In One Week, Returns $100,000 In Stolen Cash To Victims

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After the DEA Stole $70,000 From This Filmmaker, He Got His Money Back, Plus a $15,000 Settlement
Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.

5 November 2021

Before a federal drug agent stole nearly $70,000 from him at a New York airport, Keddins Etienne knew it was perfectly legal to travel with large amounts of cash. But he did not realize the government could seize the money anyway, on the theory that it must somehow be connected to criminal activity, under federal civil forfeiture laws. That rude surprise was the beginning of a sadly familiar story, but in this case the ending was happier than usual. With the help of a dogged lawyer, Etienne managed to get all of his money back, although the process took about ...

After the DEA Stole $70,000 From This Filmmaker, He Got His Money Back, Plus a $15,000 Settlement

Keddins Etienne's experience shows that bullies who seize innocent people's property tend to back down when their victims put up a fight.

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DEA Racks Up Two Forfeiture Losses In One Week, Returns $100,000 In Stolen Cash To Victims

16 November 2021

In the past week, the federal government has twice(!) been forced to return money it stole from travelers just because it could. In both cases, American citizens were trying to board domestic flights at US airports. And in both cases, despite it not being illegal to carry large amounts of cash on domestic flights, the government decided the cash had to have been illegally obtained, and moved forward with forfeiture proceedings. The first case involves 58-year-old Kermit Warren, a New Orleans native who was accosted by federal agents at the Columbus, Ohio airport. Warren had $30,000 on him which he ...

DEA Racks Up Two Forfeiture Losses In One Week, Returns $100,000 In Stolen Cash To Victims

In the past week, the federal government has twice(!) been forced to return money it stole from travelers just because it could. In both cases, American citizens were trying to board domestic flights at US airports. And in both cases, despite it not...

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