Critics, including advocacy groups, state lawmakers and Gov. Kevin Stitt, have long bemoaned the state’s forfeiture statute ...

Almost every state allows police to take cash and property it believes was illicitly obtained, but regulations vary widely.

Brooklyn federal court sentenced Dwayne Golden to 97 months for running a $40 million Ponzi scheme dressed up as a digital asset investment empire.

Charges include menacing by stalking, felonious assault, possession of cocaine, domestic violence, grand theft, vandalism and ...

Former Florida police chief accused of embezzling millions through civil forfeiture, shedding light on systemic corruption in ...

From the totality of all I’m stating, the appeal succeeds in part, considering the final forfeiture is set aside while the parties are given the opportunity to call oral evidence at the trial court.

He also contended that there was no evidence that any law was breached in the acquisition of the properties, to justify their forfeiture under Section 44 (2) (b) of the 1999 Constitution (as ...

Emefiele, in an appeal dated April 30, 2025, said the forfeiture orders were granted without proper evidence. DAILY POST recalls that in December 2024, the anti-graft agency secured the final ...

Dissatisfied, Emefiele lodged an appeal on April 30, 2025, requesting the Court of Appeal to: reverse the judgment delivered on April 28, 2025; annul the interim and final forfeiture orders dated ...

Photo evidence from one of the rooms included images of AR-15s on a top shelf. Platform high heels, sex toys, baby oil, lingerie and condoms were also seen in the room.

The FAIR Act also requires the Government to appoint a counsel to property owners who are financially unable to obtain representation, or if the cost of obtaining representation would exceed the value ...

Agencies within South Carolina used this tactic of mass forfeiture cases to seize nearly $1.1 million from more than 1,400 people in at least 14 cases from 2014-2016 that our investigation found ...