Entries by Sebastian Rucci

New Jersey Tightens Reins on Civil Asset Forfeiture

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California Losing Millions in Civil Asset Forfeiture Funds as Law Aims to Curb Police Abuse

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For decades, federal asset forfeiture revenue in California soared from the sale of seized properties. Police used federal law to seize everything from boats to vehicles to homes, thereby circumventing California laws. Opponents call it “policing for profit” or “theft by cop.” Consider that in 2015 law enforcement operations in California grew the Federal Asset […]

Police, Prosecutors Use Asset Forfeitures to Lease SUVs, Customize Motorcycles, Install WiFi at Home, and More

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Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, District Attorney Craig Stedman spent more than $21,000 of drug forfeiture money to lease a 2016 Toyota Highlander. After Stedman was ordered to release records of hundreds of thousands of dollars in additional expenditures from “drug-related” forfeitures, he appealed to the Court of Common Pleas, arguing those records were shielded from public […]

Theft of Public Funds or Accounting Incompetence? Kansas Police Agencies Can’t Accurately Track Property Forfeitures

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Maine Now Requires Criminal Conviction Before Property May Be Forfeited

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Small businesses still fighting for cash seized by IRS

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Who’s winning from asset seizures?

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What do Toyota and Madoff have in common?

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Police cash confiscations still on the rise

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