Entries by Sebastian Rucci

Middle District Of Florida U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects More Than $168 Million In Civil And Criminal Actions In Fiscal Year 2022

Tampa, FL ― U.S. Attorney Roger B. Handberg announced today that the Middle District of Florida (MDFL) collected $168,330,189 related to criminal and civil matters in the fiscal year ending September 30, 2022 (FY 2022). Of that amount, $103,089,821 represents total collections in criminal and civil actions. Included in this amount is $43,048,067 recovered in […]

Albany district attorney, sheriff under federal review for use of funds

The Department of Justice is reviewing the offices’ use of federal forfeiture funds after two audits By Steve Hughes Updated Jan 12, 2023 7:13 a.m. Albany County District Attorney David Soares attends a donation ceremony to the Mohawk Hudson Humane Society Monday, April 11, 2022, in Menands N.Y. The Department of Justice is reviewing how […]

Feds Expand Forfeiture of Cryptocurrency

The Department of Justice (DOJ) plans a dramatic expansion in the federal government’s ability to seize and keep cryptocurrency, often wrongly-assumed impervious to government confiscation, hoping to broaden the most abusive form of civil forfeiture that property owners currently have little protection from, reports Nick Sibilla for Forbes. Crypto is often wrongly-assumed impervious to government […]

How do you protect your assets from seizures and forfeitures?

Dan Greenberg, deputy general counsel of the Competitive Enterprise Institute, described seizures and forfeitures, how to protect your assets, and how difficult it is for consumers to retrieve their property once it is seized. Copyright © 2023 Federal News Network. All rights reserved. This website is not intended for users located within the European Economic […]