Sentences with phrase «under civil asset forfeiture»

It could be fraudulent and be reversed months or years down the line, it could be funds from a criminal enterprise that will be seized under civil asset forfeiture later, etc..

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Cyrus R. Vance Jr., the Manhattan district attorney, announced a program on Wednesday under which $ 35 million in civil forfeiture assets will be used to help other cities and states tackle their own (rape - kit) backlogs, which, nationally, total in the hundreds of thousands.

Under the legal doctrine of civil asset forfeiture, your money can be accused of a crime, seized, and tried separately from its owner.