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FBI seized $40k from Linda Martin without charging her with a crime

There is little accountability in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime.

Worse still: A lawsuit she filed met its demise last week, allowing the federal government to continue the dubious practice of taking people's valuables without having to explain the reason it is justified in doing so. Director of Media Relations Andrew Wimer points out, that included things like copyright infringement and doing business with North Korea. But she continued in court in hopes that the judiciary would agree that the FBI was violating people's due process rights by seizing assets with effectively no explanation.

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