Civil Asset Forfeiture Victim Fought — and Won — When the Government Tried to Take His Property | TheBlaze.com

Imagine owning your home outright after finally paying off the bank. You’re nearing retirement, and you’re making plans to travel and visit the grandkids. Then one day, you get a letter from the government with an unexpected declaration: We now own your house.

Russ Caswell, a 72-year-old business owner from Massachusetts, got one of those letters. Except the government seized his entire business — a motel worth nearly $2 million — without so much as a warning.

Civil Asset Forfeiture Victim Fought — and Won — When the Government Tried to Take His Property | TheBlaze.com