"Late Thursday night, Officer Alice opened a closet during a warranted search of the home of local drug kingpin Bob Charles, finding fifteen duffle bags full of cash. After calling her partner to confirm the find, the twelve duffle bags were moved to the front lawn, where Sergeant Dinkleberg confirmed that the ten bags of cash would be logged for civil asset forfeiture. While no other evidence of criminal activity was found at the residence, the the five bags were processed into evidence by the duty officer at evidence lockup upon arriving at the station. In a move surprising many familiar with the DA’s track record, local District Attorney Earl Franklin decided to bring charges of money laundering against Bob Charles, giving the following statement:
“In our judgement, we feel that the five duffle bags, each half-full of cash, are sufficient evidence to bring charges of money laundering and racketeering against Mr. Charles”.
During the process of Discovery, bailiffs brought the two bags, each half-full of what appear to be $100 bills, to the courthouse for the confirmation of Mr. Charles’ defense attorney, Gail Hagen. After the bag of $20 bills was replaced in evidence lockup, the amount, totalling just over $10000 (an amount sufficient to trigger structuring flags in banking) was set aside for trial."
it was $100 after that piece of evidence passed through dozens of sticky official fingers.
"Late Thursday night, Officer Alice opened a closet during a warranted search of the home of local drug kingpin Bob Charles, finding fifteen duffle bags full of cash. After calling her partner to confirm the find, the twelve duffle bags were moved to the front lawn, where Sergeant Dinkleberg confirmed that the ten bags of cash would be logged for civil asset forfeiture. While no other evidence of criminal activity was found at the residence, the the five bags were processed into evidence by the duty officer at evidence lockup upon arriving at the station. In a move surprising many familiar with the DA’s track record, local District Attorney Earl Franklin decided to bring charges of money laundering against Bob Charles, giving the following statement:
“In our judgement, we feel that the five duffle bags, each half-full of cash, are sufficient evidence to bring charges of money laundering and racketeering against Mr. Charles”.
During the process of Discovery, bailiffs brought the two bags, each half-full of what appear to be $100 bills, to the courthouse for the confirmation of Mr. Charles’ defense attorney, Gail Hagen. After the bag of $20 bills was replaced in evidence lockup, the amount, totalling just over $10000 (an amount sufficient to trigger structuring flags in banking) was set aside for trial."