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To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/22/2002 10:40:12 PM
From: Kevin Podsiadlik	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 122087

How can they take his home/cars without a case? That doesn't seem right. Innocent until proven guilty? That's the RICO laws for you. Welcome to America, land of the free, as long as you don't tick off the wrong people.

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/22/2002 10:42:22 PM
From: dacoola	Respond to of 122087

Sorry Mary but you are in over your head here. They can take anything of value on this charge. Sit back and watch instead of sounding like Tony's MaMa.

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/22/2002 10:43:37 PM
From: Buckey	Respond to of 122087

MMary "without cause" This is the FBI - This is not the KGB and make up all the comspiracy theories you want they obviously have evidence. Once again I will say I trust justice and until I see a conviction I will assume he is innocent

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/22/2002 11:11:31 PM
From: Matt Brown	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 122087

>>How can they take his home/cars without a case?<< You clearly don't understand what level this case is on, Mary. This isn't a petty SLAPP lawsuit. This is the big time. MB

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/22/2002 11:49:22 PM
From: HiSpeed	Respond to of 122087

How can they take his home/cars without a case? That doesn't seem right. Innocent until proven guilty? Innocent until proven guilty?!? The America you dream of died when congress decided to let the IRS, among other egregious government organizations, seize whatever they dam-well please. As far as big gov't is concerned we are all guilty until proven innocent :( Ain't that a bitch? If you think the RICO laws are scary, you should see the drug laws. ROFLMAO!!! Big gov't is doing all it can to take away what's left of our 'rights'.

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/23/2002 12:34:52 AM
From: heronwater	Respond to of 122087

Mary, You are naive on so many levels. Tis truly sad.

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/23/2002 7:29:21 AM
From: ChrisJP	Respond to of 122087

Is someone who steals from a thief also a thief ? Seems like that's the question that you all need to ask yourselves. Anthony targeted thieves and took advantage of the capital market system (just like the real thieves did) to profit from it. But he also let others profit as well. Hmmmmmm ..... maybe a "Robin Hood" defense is in order here ... WOW !!!! This thread reminds me of SI when it was in its "Golden Age" !!! Chris

To: mmmary who wrote (76189)	5/23/2002 10:59:46 PM
From: cirrus	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 122087

How can they take his home/cars without a case? Actually, they haven't, yet. They've been impounded. I believe he can go to court and try to recover them, but it won't be easy. The RICO statutes were developed to combat organized crime where the defendants used the profits from illegal activities to fund multi-million dollar lifestyles - and defense lawyers. Often, the maximum fines were only a fraction of what these individuals accumulated via illegal activities. RICO statutes were written to take away the "fruits of the crime". Unfortunately, prosecutors have expanded interpretation of the RICO seizure statutes to a wide range of situations not intended by the statute writers. In a Pennsylvania case, prosecutors seized the home of a retired dentist after police, who responded with firemen to a false fire alarm. noticed 6 pot plants in the poor guy's basement. Are the seizures justified in this case? The prosecutor obviously thinks Tony accumulated his assets from the profits of illegal activities, hence the seizure. Is Tony guilty? That's for the courts to decide. However, for someone who's supposed to be smart he has certainly managed to stumble into a lot of "unusual situations" that might have been easily avoided. No real opinion here... just trying to clarify that one point.