Asset Forfeiture

Defending Against Asset Forfeiture Actions

Asset forfeiture actions add insult to injury. If the government can allege that private property was involved in a crime — or is the fruit of a crime — then the government has state and federal statutory authority to seize the property in question.

Asset forfeiture actions often have a detrimental impact on a criminal defendant. When the government seizes or freezes personal assets that a person needs to defend himself against criminal accusations, the results can be devastating. Asset forfeiture actions, when used in this way, provide a substantial strategic advantage to the government prosecutors.

As part of their efforts on behalf of criminal defendants, the defense attorneys of Iredale and Yoo, a PC, regularly challenge asset forfeiture actions on behalf of people whose property has been seized by the state or federal government.

An asset forfeiture action may accompany criminal charges, or the government may file a separate forfeiture action even though there is no criminal case pending.