Thread: CBP Seizes $33,885 in Undeclared Cash at North Dakota Border

C.B.P. News Release

CBP Seizes $33,885 in Undeclared Cash at North Dakota Border
(Friday, August 14, 2009)

Portal, N.D. — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized a total of $33,885 from two individuals when they entered the United States at Portal, N.D. Monday.

The two individuals failed to declare to CBP officers all the currency they were carrying when they were seeking admission into the United States. A monetary penalty was assessed by CBP and the remainder of the currency was returned to the subjects.

Federal law requires that all persons entering or departing the United States must report monetary instruments valued at or above $10,000 to CBP. This includes U.S. or foreign coins currently in circulation, currency, travelers’ checks, money orders and other negotiable instrument or investment securities in bearer form.

It is not a crime to carry more than $10,000, but it is a federal offense not to declare currency or monetary instruments totaling $10,000 or more to a CBP officer upon entry or exit from the U.S. or to conceal it with intent to evade reporting requirements. Failure to declare may result in seizure of the currency and/or arrest. An individual may petition for the return of currency seized by CBP officers, but the petitioner must prove that the source and intended use of the currency was legitimate.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection is the unified border agency within the Department of Homeland Security charged with the management, control and protection of our nation's borders at and between the official ports of entry. CBP is charged with keeping terrorists and terrorist weapons out of the country while enforcing hundreds of U.S. laws.

Contacts For This News Release
Chris Misson
CBP Public Affairs
Phone: (701) 825-6551 Ext: 310

http://www.cbp.gov/xp/cgov/newsroom/new ... 2009_3.xml

I am sure they were just bringing the cash to pay off their drug dealer with a fresh shipment from Mexico.
Too bad that the undeclared cash can't go to provide for the incarceration of these individuals in the Arpaio Hilton.