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Civil Asset Forfeiture Goes Digital

posted by cmn32480 on Thursday June 09 2016, @04:41AM   Printer-friendly
from the legalized-theft dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

You may have heard of civil asset forfeiture.

That's where police can seize your property and cash without first proving you committed a crime; without a warrant and without arresting you, as long as they suspect that your property is somehow tied to a crime.

Now, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol has a device that also allows them to seize money in your bank account or on prepaid cards.

It's called an ERAD, or Electronic Recovery and Access to Data machine, and state police began using 16 of them last month.

Here's how it works. If a trooper suspects you may have money tied to some type of crime, the highway patrol can scan any cards you have and seize the money.

"We're gonna look for different factors in the way that you're acting," Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. John Vincent said. "We're gonna look for if there's a difference in your story. If there's some way that we can prove that you're falsifying information to us about your business."

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News 9 obtained a copy of the contract with the state.

It shows the state is paying ERAD Group Inc., $5,000 for the software and scanners, then 7.7 percent of all the cash the highway patrol seizes.

http://www.news9.com/story/32168555/ohp-uses-new-device-to-seize-money-used-during-the-commission-of-a-crime

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by NotSanguine on Thursday June 09 2016, @06:55AM

    by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Thursday June 09 2016, @06:55AM (#357217) Homepage Journal

    In Europe, no one (other than you) ever touches your card in a restaurant. Rather they bring the terminal to you so you can use chip and PIN.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:31PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:31PM (#357324)

    In Europe, no one (other than you) ever touches your card in a restaurant. Rather they bring the terminal to you so you can use chip and PIN.

    I didn't know Oklahoma was in Europe.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:53PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:53PM (#357337)

      Some of us Americans wish it was though.

    • (Score: 2) by NotSanguine on Thursday June 09 2016, @07:42PM

      by NotSanguine (285) <NotSanguineNO@SPAMSoylentNews.Org> on Thursday June 09 2016, @07:42PM (#357479) Homepage Journal

      I'll just leave here: [yourdictionary.com]

      2. A minor related mention; made as an aside, or afterthought.

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  • (Score: 1) by khallow on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:54PM

    by khallow (3766) Subscriber Badge on Thursday June 09 2016, @02:54PM (#357338) Journal
    So the terminal touches your card.