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More than a dozen people tell EL PAÍS about how they lost time, enthusiasm, work and a lot of money by believing the false million-dollar promises made by an alleged producer of movies and TV series. The Spanish and Swiss authorities are investigating him, but his death cannot be confirmed
Many state and federal statutes provide that when property is used in certain prohibited ways, ownership of the property passes to the government. Often, the statutes allow these forfeitures to be declared in civil proceedings against the property itself, without the normal safeguards of the criminal process. Indeed, if no one claims the property after proper notice, the government’s assertion of ownership can become incontestable without any judicial proceedings at all. Statutes authorizing such civil or administrative forfeiture might seem like egregious violations of both property ...