21.   But he added that determining exactly when police have seized property must be done on a case-by-case basis.

22.   Defense attorneys say the government brought this chaos on itself by abusing the power to seize property.

23.   Federal authorities seized the property after the previous owners, identified in court papers as John Terranova and Dominic Imperio, were arrested in a government sting operation.

24.   He also said that property is seized in drug cases only when that property has been purchased with drug money.

25.   He also changed the way decisions were made about seizing property and began making the agency more accessible to taxpayers with problems and questions.

26.   He had lost most of his money to the Sandinistas, who seized his property as they ruled Nicaragua during the peak of his career in the United States.

27.   He said IRS agents have levied unwarranted tax assessments and unfairly seized properties simply to prove they were doing their jobs.

28.   Idahoans were also concerned that BLM officials would arrest people and seize their property without warrants or proper authority.

29.   In addition, the banks are reluctant to foreclose on loans, seizing property, evicting clients and being publicly branded as heartless capitalists.

30.   In March, the agency plans to report the results of another audit dealing with procedures that revenue agents follow when property is seized.