9 out of 10 IRS asset seizures fleece innocent taxpayers
Johnson also described a pattern that would explain how an innocent, law abiding taxpayer such as Vocatura could be sucked into the gaping maw of an IRS fishing expedition.
“The IRS was basically trolling through people’s bank statements looking for cases where they could find a pattern of under ten thousand dollar deposits.
“Then when they found that pattern, rather than going to that person and saying, ‘Hey you know what’s going on here, is there some sort of explanation?’ Instead they would just seize the entire bank account, and then they would hold it.
“The first time these people realize they’re even potentially violating the law is when someone from the IRS shows up and tells them they’ve already seized their entire bank account. I think what this really shows is nobody is safe from this kind of abuse of civil forfeiture and we all are potentially at risk for being targeted.”...