February 14 2018 in Asset Forfeiture, Case Results
Not long ago, a man was driving from California into Mexico while carrying a little over $9,000. At the border, law enforcement officials asked him if he had money to declare, and he initially declined, believing that he had below the $10,000 limit. Nonetheless, the police decided to detain him and ...
December 2 2016 in Asset Forfeiture, Legal Blog, Media Coverage, Medical Marijuana, Uncategorized
The case of Med-West Distributors, a legally operating medical cannabis extraction company, continues to capture the attention of national media following raids and seizure of assets by the San Diego joint narcotics task force. Marijuana business raids have been on the rise despite a movement toward...
November 19 2015 in Asset Forfeiture, Legal Blog
Civil asset forfeiture occurs when the authorities confiscate the property of people whose property may be connected to criminal activity — even if they themselves are never charged with a crime. Intended as a means of draining resources from criminal organizations, civil forfeiture has become a l...
October 9 2015 in Asset Forfeiture, Domestic Violence, Legal Blog
Until recently, if a non-English speaker ended up in a civil court in California, it was his or her responsibility to find an interpreter. Now, that’s all going to change. By 2017, the California court system is going to provide interpreters for every non-English speaker who passes through the ju...
July 10 2015 in Asset Forfeiture, Case Results
An entrepreneur in his mid-30s recently hired California asset forfeiture lawyer Jessica McElfresh to help recover assets seized. His cousin on the opposite side of the country in New York had sent the client $25,000 in cash via FedEx for a wedding present. However, the cousin put the cash inside of...
June 30 2015 in Asset Forfeiture, Case Results
A man in his early 20s recently sought out San Diego asset forfeiture attorney Jessica McElfresh to help him with property seized by law enforcement. The young man had been traveling to San Diego from the East Coast. He was searched at the airport in San Diego where $20,000 in cash and a joint were ...
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