Comment by cherryteastain
10 months ago
If you get convicted the court can seize the funds as part of the sentence
If you don't get convicted...well sounds like there was no crime
10 months ago
If you get convicted the court can seize the funds as part of the sentence
If you don't get convicted...well sounds like there was no crime
> > The fire department gets called to an exploded meth lab containing a few dead bodies and a safe containing $200,000. What do?
> Find out whose money it was, and wrap it up in their probate. This should be nothing to do with the police.
The example was a meth lab though and the claim was "This should be nothing to do with the police.". Is operating a meth lab not a crime?
The context is "what to do with the $200000 we just found", not investigating crimes in general.
> context is "what to do with the $200000 we just found"
If literally nobody--including the accused--claims it, it's unclaimed property [1].
[1] https://www.usa.gov/unclaimed-money
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