LEGALIZED PLUNDER: Gov Targets Private Bank Accounts: Seizes Funds Of Innocent Americans Without Charge or Trial. “Their $35,000 was subsequently seized after the IRS filed a secret warrant (a lot of that going around these days) accusing them of ‘structuring.’ Because of the nature of civil forfeiture laws they now have to fight for their own money and prove their activities were legal. The IRS required no proof whatsoever.”

Related: Policing for Profit: The Abuse of Civil Asset Forfeiture.