Lawsuit filed after FBI agents raided 1,400 deposit boxes at a US Private Vaults branch claims owners' items have still not been returned
The FBI and the US attorney's office in Los Angeles obtained search and seizure warrants against US Private Vaults by concealing critical details from the judge who approved them, according to the lawsuit.
"The scope of what the FBI did is unprecedented," Frommer added."This was the largest armed robbery in United States history, and it was committed by the FBI." The FBI requested and obtained warrants to seize US Private Vaults' business property. However, a senior FBI agent recently testified that the warrant omitted a key part of the bureau's plan – to permanently seize everything in every box that contained at least $5,000 in cash or goods, the LA Times reported.last month:"The FBI lied about its intentions in claiming to only be interested in the property of the business, and not the box holders.
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