IRS Threatens Prison For Depositing Cash In “Wrong” Amounts
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Published 2016-05-25
ij.org/case/connecticut-forfeiture/ In May 2013, the IRS seized more than $68,000 from Vocatura’s Bakery—a third-generation family business located in Norwich, Connecticut—because they claimed the owners violated so-called “structuring” laws by depositing cash in the bakery’s bank account in amounts less than $10,000. Three years later, the government still has the bakery’s money, although it has never brought its case before a judge, and is now threatening to launch a sweeping investigation into practically every aspect of the business’s finances in an effort to find some retroactive justification for taking the money. This is the ultimate example of the abusive law enforcement tactic of seizing first and questioning later—much later.
All Comments (21)
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When someone in law enforcement says you "don't need" a lawyer... you ABSOLUTELY need a lawyer.
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I found the update. He got his money back and the IRS stopped threatening to demand more money if he didn't shut up and accept their theft. Thanks to Institute for Justice.
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Civil Asset Forfeiture is one of the biggest banes to our society. It needs to be OUTLAWED ASAP.
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The IRS won't go after the rich who evade but comes after the hard working Americans
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Imagine if you were driving 52 in a 55 mph zone, and got arrested for driving "too close to the limit"? Civil forfeiture is another word for armed robbery
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If a law enforcement agent EVER tells you do not need a lawyer you do.
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"You don't need a lawyer" is a key phrase for "GET A LAWYER, NOW!"
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Those IRS agents involved should have to pay a 10x penalty of the amount seized out of their own pockets.
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As a update, they got their $$$ back and the IRS dismissed everything.
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…so basically it was a shakedown.
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The person at the IRS that initiated this should be fired.
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Of all the dishonest businesses out there, they go after a bakery. Typical scoundrels.
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Never ever ever ever ever ever talk to any law enforcement officer without a lawyer.
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“If you did nothing wrong, you have nothing to worry about.” I laugh at people who claim that they have no fear of the government because they’ve done nothing wrong. The government can at any time conjure up a myriad of laws to indict any innocent person.
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Charging someone with "structuring" as a primary offense without first charging them with a crime that is commonly accompanied with structuring such as larceny (monetary) is like charging someone with failure to ID when there is no crime associated to justify a lawful demand by an LEO to ID in the first place.
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This is the one of the worst abuse of the government on citizens rights. Intimidation , extortion
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The IRS deserves 0% of this bakery's money.
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The minute they would've told me I don't need a lawyer I would've gone completely silent.
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"No man's life, liberty or property are safe while the Legislature is in session." - Mark Twain
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The IRS must be abolished.
