Comment by cherryteastain
4 days 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
4 days 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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