A three-year legal battle involving clients whose personal items were seized by the FBI in the shutdown of Beverly Hills-based U.S. Private Vaults is now over.
The seizure included hundreds of safety deposit boxes containing millions of dollars in cash, jewelry, and other items that were being stored to avoid paying taxes or concealing ongoing criminal activity.
However, a small group of clients insisted their stored items weren't related to criminal activity, and they sued to get them returned.
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U.S. Attorney spokesman Tom Roszak told KNX News' Pete Demetriou, "The Ninth Circuit has ruled that the search was improper, and the relief that these plaintiffs will get will be that records related to those searches will be destroyed."
Roszak said there are still other cases being litigated, but virtually all of those involve money or items used for tax evasion or criminal activity purposes, and the circuit court ruling does not affect those ongoing matters.
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