{"id":10233,"date":"2023-03-20T22:26:43","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T22:26:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10233"},"modified":"2023-03-20T22:26:43","modified_gmt":"2023-03-20T22:26:43","slug":"sheriffs-employee-embezzled-funds-in-keeping-with-the-spirit-of-civil-asset-forfeiture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lonecandle.com\/?p=10233","title":{"rendered":"Sheriff’s Employee Embezzled Funds in Keeping with the Spirit of Civil Asset Forfeiture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\n\n“”The misuse of forfeiture funds is shockingly common because civil forfeiture is inherently abusive and non-transparent,” said<\/a> I.J. Senior Legislative Counsel Lee McGrath. “In just the past few years, we’ve seen a Pennsylvania deputy steal $200,000 from a safe, a Michigan prosecutor embezzle $600,000 in funds, and widespread problems with forfeiture reports in states like Kansas and Oklahoma.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Notably, Cox’s personal redirection of forfeited assets was discovered in the course of a U.S. Justice Department audit of money acquired<\/a> through civil asset forfeiture by the Albany County Sheriff’s Department and the Albany County District Attorney. That is, the feds suspected that the departments as a whole were misusing seized property and cash and accidentally discovered the business office manager’s personal pilfering in the process.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sheriff’s Employee Embezzled Funds in Keeping with the Spirit of Civil Asset Forfeiture<\/a><\/blockquote>