IRS under a spotlight for freezing assets

On April 12, 2013, the IRS seized every penny of a nearly $1 million business account held by Georgia gun shop owner Andrew Clyde.
His misdeed — if you can call it that: depositing business checks into his bank account in increments under $10,000.

A bipartisan group of lawmakers on House Republicans are on Wednesday preparing to shine a spotlight on the government’s practice of seizing small business civil assets without charging them with a crime, signaling a new oversight focus on an issue gaining more attention and hinting at new legislation backed by both parties.
In one instance, a U.S. attorney suggested to one witness’s attorney that he may be getting a harsher punishment because the witness spoke to the press, according to an email reviewed by POLITICO.

“There is a strong indication that the IRS has been involved in civil forfeiture that has hurt innocent people,” said House Ways and Means oversight subcommittee chairman Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.) in a brief interview, calling it an “abuse by the federal government against citizens.”
The hearing was the first for Roskam, who takes over the subcommittee that in the past year focused nearly exclusively on the IRS tea party targeting controversy.
But Wednesday’s hearing struck a rare bipartisan accord as Democrats joined their counterparts in lecturing the IRS.
“Whether or not it is within the law, it is wrong to, without any criminal evidence, seize somebody’s property,” New York Democrat Charles Rangel fumed. “Common sense and decency says that when the Congress screws up, we expect you people to come back and say this is not working.”
IRS Commissioner John Koskinen in the hearing apologized to “anyone who got caught up in this,” calling lawmaker’s concerns “legitimate and appropriate.” But he also said his agents were merely following the law.
Under the law, banks must report cash bank deposits of $10,000 or more to the federal government — a provision aimed at catching illicit traffickers. Criminals have tried to sidestep the reporting requirement by keeping their deposits under the $10,000 threshold that triggers the reports, a practice called “structuring” that is also illegal.
The IRS — like other agencies that engage in the practice, such as the DEA or FBI — has sweeping authority to take assets, having to prove only “preponderance of evidence.”
They don’t have to charge anyone with a crime or present any evidence that shows guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, but can get a seizure warrant solely by presenting bank statements showing that a business has deposited amounts under $10,000.

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The I was just following the law bullshit is exactly that-bullshit-the IRS,FBI,DEA,BATFE,state police,county sheriffs and city police forces have been doing this shit for years-very few people complained-or they didn't complain loud enough,or to the "right people".

Only recently has this kind of theft by .gov inc. been getting any media coverage at all. This is so out of control,and those seizing the $$$ known damn well it's wrong-yet they keep right on doing it-didn't they ALL swear an oath to defend the Constitution?

Last time I checked,under the Constitution,your property could not be seized without there having been court procedures followed PRIOR to .gov inc. just taking peoples hard earned cash.

Then there's the fact that this is being done by .gov inc. spying on citizens bank accounts without first obtaining a warrant.

 

 

 The IRS does it,BATFE does it,DEA does it,FBI does it-WTF? How many different .gov inc. agencies are spying on our bank accounts?

 This is clearly unconstitutional,yet no one has challenged it in court?

Kinda hard to fight it in court when .gov inc. has taken all your $$$ isn't it?

I'm sure there some extra added bullshit about .gov inc. liens being placed on every house,car,truck,piece of land,retirement account,safe deposit box and anything else a citizen could convert into $$$ to fight the illegal, unconstitutional actions of .gov inc. in court.

So,the politicians are gonna make a law-big effin' deal .gov inc. will just make up some more bullshit about how they must be able to use these tactics to win the "war on drugs" the "war on terror" "to protect the public"-or the best one-"it's for the children".

 

People should be marching on DC with pitchforks and torches over this bullshit-but no one's doing anything other than what I'm doing right now-complaining about it from behind a keyboard.

We've got to start standing up for the people-for ourselves-for our rights to life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness-for our freedom-for rightful liberty.

Stand up !

Speak out !

Fight back !

A government can only govern with the consent of the governed-I did not give my consent to the government to do any of this shit-for any reason.

Did you?