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This is good news - police in many locales have been seizing large amounts of cash discovered in traffic stops claiming that it's drug money without proof because any collection of large bills will contain some that have cocaine and methamphetamine residue. In principle the police in this case are wrong - the woman's claims could be entirely legitimate however the remaining question is did she report it on her taxes?
A federal judge has ordered the government to return more than $1 million seized in a traffic stop to a California woman - plus interest.
Tasha Mishra, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., sued earlier this year after Nebraska officials seized the $1,074,900 in cash that she says was her life savings earned over years as an exotic dancer.
U.S. District Judge Joseph Bataillon said in an opinion this week that government lawyers failed to prove the money was connected to illegal drugs, as it had claimed.
More: Judge Orders $1M Returned to Woman Who Says She Earned It as Exotic Dancer - KansasCity.com