Quote: (06-27-2014 06:08 AM)username Wrote:
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Federal authorities are seeking to seize $5.4 million in cash and property from Omuro and Lanoce, the alleged windfall from the operation since April 2010.
Wow that site was making over $1 million a year.
I didn't even think about this before, but it occurred to me this probably has less to do with morals and more to do with money.
The government wanted a piece of the action, and the way they got it was to "seize" the assets. They do this with suspected drug dealers too (i.e. anyone they don't like who has cash on hand when they get arrested).
Years ago we had the mafia as shakedown artists; now it's the government.
This is also a good place to mention the Feds spent decades strong-arming small time number-runners and gamblers out of action because it was "immoral." Then they let the states run their own lotteries and, eventually, casinos.
So much for their "morality." It suddenly becomes moral when it's the gov't making the money. Now that they've got a piece of MyRedbook's action, they'll probably lay off them. Charges might be dropped; money won't be returned. They never return the money.