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Friday, May 15, 2015

Feds to return $107G they seized from NC business owner, attorneys say

Lyndon McLellan fought the law -- and apparently, he won.

The North Carolina business owner for months has been battling the federal government after IRS agents last fall seized $107,000 from him, under a controversial practice known as civil forfeiture. But his attorneys at the Institute for Justice announced Thursday that the IRS and Department of Justice have moved to dismiss the case and give him back his money.

“What’s wrong is wrong, and what the government did here was wrong,” McLellan said in a statement Thursday. “I just hope that by standing up for what’s right, it means it won’t happen to other people.”

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3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sue the government for lawyer fees stress and interest.

Anonymous said...

This happened to a farmer in Maryland. Andy Harris should be all over this one.

Anonymous said...

They did not pick this dude out of a phone book. 107k is nothing to Uncle Sam dumb asses. They print the chit like it does not matter. So all these stealing you alledge is just asanine. Uh oh they are watching lol what a hoot you people are. I do get a great smile. You two cent millionaires thinking Uncle Sam wants or needs your money lol Wow you cant fix stupid. They got the money we want it.