

Yep, and it’s always done as a civil case so that the cops only have to demonstrate that it’s slightly more likely than not in order to keep the stuff. The costs of defending your property are high enough that it is usually not worth it unless the thing is irreplaceable.






I actually used to know a guy who pulled this sort of thing. Got 4 years, $100k fine and $428k in damages owed. Caused a huge number of problems for an energy company for a month because he got wind they were going to fire him.
I prefer my version of it, which is knowing both who to contact at our largest customers. I’m under no contract that prevents me from showing a customer where and how the metaphorical bodies are buried were I to be terminated. I could do the other kind of stuff, trivially even, but that’s likely to end in prison…