Federal prosecutors argue the government should keep $61,000 in cash seized from an Oakland woman who allegedly worked as a high-priced call girl to repay student loans from her time at Stanford Law School.
Court documents detail how agents sifted through trash, conducted surveillance, interviewed clients and a colleague, pored over tax returns and surfed the Internet to build a case for keeping money seized from Cristina Schultz, 31 -- who they say used the name "Brazil" and charged $1,300 for two hours.
But all jokes about the declining value of a Stanford law degree aside, Schultz hasn't been charged with a federal crime.
Federal civil asset forfeiture laws let the government seek to keep property -- in this case, money -- representing the proceeds of a federal crime even if the property's owner hasn't been convicted or even charged with the alleged crime
Details here from the Oakland Tribune. Or see even more details from Brazil herself (not safe for work).