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ButWhatAboutisms t1_ivk8z3x wrote

Reply to comment by dasoomer in TIL: That in 2019, some criminals were caught and 36 BTC was confiscated. The authorities valued the worth at €127,000 at the time and was sold 2 years later for €1.5 million. The criminals were returned €1.3 million due to the fact that the amount was expressed in Swedish Krona, not BTC by Wendals87

You don't even need to be charged with a crime. It's called "civil asset forfeiture".

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Wzup t1_ivkruwq wrote

It’s so wild that an inanimate object can be charged with a crime.

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Phelpysan t1_ivlr98q wrote

I mean companies are people, and they're hardly even objects, so why not!

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snooggums t1_ivkjqmp wrote

We used a thing to address abandoned property suspected of being used for crime to take property in people's possession for no reason whatsoever!

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[deleted] t1_ivnm46a wrote

The fact that this isn’t unanimously considered a fourth amendment violation is a total betrayal by the entire judiciary.

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