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
A senior FBI agent 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 alleged disclosure failure came out in FBI documents and agent depositions in a class-action lawsuit by box holders at U.S. Private Vaults.
The FBI and U.S. attorney's office denied that they misled the judge or ignored his conditions, according to the Times.
FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller told the Times that the warrants were lawfully executed "based on allegations of widespread criminal wrongdoing."
"At no time was a magistrate misled as to the probable cause used to obtain the warrants."
https://nypost.com/2022/09/24/feds-misled-judge-who-okd-warrant-for-86m-safety-deposit-raid-in-beverly-hills/
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