FBI Commits the Largest Armed Robbery in American History

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Published 2024-06-27
In March 2021, people entered a private security-deposit box company in Beverly Hills, CA, broke open hundreds of boxes, and indiscriminately seized their contents – collectively worth over one hundred million dollars. Box holders lost their life savings, family heirlooms, important documents, and more. But the people who took their property weren’t mobsters; they were FBI agents.

Today we have with us IJ attorneys Bob Belden and Mike Greenberg. They’re going to share with us the story of an unprecedented FBI raid–and how the Institute for Justice is making sure it never happens again.

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All Comments (21)
  • @wetzel041
    A criminal with a badge is still a criminal.
  • @fw1421
    Another example of how unlawful our government is.
  • Worse than mobsters when they have the courts protecting them
  • The fact that the FBI did not keep each box’s contents separate and itemized tells that the FBI never had any intention of returning anyone’s property. So much of the property is now unaccounted for.
  • EVERY FBI agent here, needs to be charged with the crime of THEFT, and whoever gave them that order should also be charged with CONSPIRACY to commit THEFT!!!
  • @n539rv
    The people who “green lighted” this need to loose their jobs and be banned from any government job ever!
  • @pmks4
    Whoever is responsible at the FBI should be criminally charged and be held accountable.
  • @fleonard4
    See, grandma stuffing her mattress with cash wasn't so crazy after all.
  • @jldixon66
    Get rid of civil forfeiture. Utterly unconstitutional.
  • @weequarter
    Giving people immunity from prosecution as part of their job & expecting them not to abuse this power is foolish.
  • @j._.taylor
    "But the people who took their property weren't mobsters..." Oh yes, they are.
  • @kevinward7498
    Outrageous!!!! Shut down this criminal organization immediately!
  • @BartKus
    A spanking? Who specifically was punished @ the FBI? The agency receiving a tongue lashing is a worthless charade.
  • The FBI and DOJ are in a critical need of a complete house cleaning and reorganization.
  • @c97f
    Law enforcement and justice agencies should never benefit directly from forfeiture.
  • Every single one of those FBI agents needs to be held accountable and go to jail. Then the FBI should be completely disbanded.
  • That’s what bothers me, what happened to our rights as American citizens? They literally robbed these people of their private possessions without any consequences, these people should be reimbursed everything and all their money plus interest and fines for stealing their property!!!
  • @Sammysgrl22
    My family thinks I’m paranoid for not using a safety deposit box for my valuables. I was in banking for years, and I would never use one.