Feds misled judge who OK’d warrant for $86M safety deposit raid in Beverly Hills (bank robbers?!?)

[mountaineer]

The FBI literally robbed a bank.

John Cardillo
@johncardillo
Feds misled judge who OK'd warrant for $86M safety deposit raid in Beverly Hills
“…central to the plan, and not disclosed to the judge, was the permanent confiscation of the contents of every box that contained at least $5,000 in cash or goods…”
Insane

Story at NY Post:

Feds misled judge who OK’d warrant for $86M safety deposit raid in Beverly Hills: report
By Melissa Klein   
September 24, 2022

The FBI and US Attorney’s Office misled a judge who issued a warrant for a controversial raid on a Beverly Hills safety deposit company that uncovered $86 million in cash and millions more other assets, according to a new report.

A senior FBI agent recently testified that central to the plan, and not disclosed to the judge, was the permanent confiscation of the contents of every box that contained at least $5,000 in cash or goods, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The alleged disclosure failure came out in FBI documents and agent depositions in a class-action lawsuit by box holders at U.S. Private Vaults, who say the 2021 raid violated their rights.

The FBI justified the seizure by arguing that the goods were tied to unknown crimes, the Times reported, citing court records. ...

NY Post

[mountaineer]

Los Angeles Times
@latimes
FBI agents drilled and pried their way into 1,400 safe-deposit boxes.
18 months later, newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles got their warrant for that raid by misleading the judge who approved it.
FBI misled judge who signed warrant for Beverly Hills seizure of $86 million in cash

9:30 AM · Sep 23, 2022

[EdinVA]

... goods were tied to unknown crimes...

What a load of BS.... defund doj

[Smokin Joe]

What a load of BS.... defund doj

The crimes were committed under colour of law, by Federal Agents, using the premise that confiscated goods are what is charged with the crime, not the person who owns them, thus they can be confiscated out of hand.

This is typical asset forfeiture law that has been abused since its inception, just this time it wasn't for the roll in some slob's pocket on the side of the road, but a big time job.

[Free Vulcan]

'Nothing to see here, move along.'

[mystery-ak]

The FBI Lied to a Judge So They Could Bust Open Thousands of Safety Deposit Boxes
Katie Pavlich

Posted: Sep 26, 2022 11:00 AM

It looks like the FBI is in for yet another scandal.

According to a new report from the LA Times, FBI agents busted into thousands of safety deposit boxes in California. After they rummaged through the private property of innocent people, it turns out they lied to a federal judge to get access to the boxes in the first place.

"The privacy invasion was vast when FBI agents drilled and pried their way into 1,400 safe-deposit boxes at the U.S. Private Vaults store in Beverly Hills. They rummaged through personal belongings of a jazz saxophone player, an interior designer, a retired doctor, a flooring contractor, two Century City lawyers and hundreds of others," the LA Times reports. "Agents took photos and videos of pay stubs, password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, court records show. In one box, agents found cremated human remains."

"Eighteen months later, newly unsealed court documents show that the FBI and U.S. attorney’s office in Los Angeles got their warrant for that raid by misleading the judge who approved it," the report continues. "They omitted from their warrant request a central part of the FBI’s plan: Permanent confiscation of everything inside every box containing at least $5,000 in cash or goods, a senior FBI agent recently testified."

https://twitter.com/latimes/status/1573303672850612224

more
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2022/09/26/the-fbi-lied-to-judge-so-they-could-bust-open-thousands-of-safety-deposit-boxes-n2613570

[DefiantMassRINO]

Oh, this won't end well for the FBI/DOJ.  Seizing personal assets without due process is absolutely abuse of power, unCconstitutional, and unAmerican.

Beverly Hills, oh, those people can afford great lawyers.

You don't see squirrels using safety deposit boxes to store their nuts because squirrels are smart.  No FBI is gonna seize their nuts.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Is this the same FBI office that let Whitey Bulger hide in plain sight in Santa Monica for all those years?

Seems some of the corruption of the Boston FBI office transfered to LA with John Morris.

[Smokin Joe]

Is this the same FBI office that let Whitey Bulger hide in plain sight in Santa Monica for all those years?

Seems some of the corruption of the Boston FBI office transfered to LA with John Morris.

Nah. It's endemic at this point.