MagicalMegs12
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Two months ago- my boyfriend's best friend (who is in the military, based in California) came home on leave. He brought a turbo-kit he had purchased awhile back (i think he had used it on his bike previously) & installed it on my boyfriend's bike & also rebuilt the bike. The turbo-kit was worth 4k and he paid his friend $1500 in labor considering the extensive amount of mechanical work that was done. He didn't have all the money at the time it was done.
He sent the full amount a week ago through Fed-Ex because his friend is super paranoid about being audited by the IRS for some reason LOL. Anyway- he gets a call the next day saying that the money had been confiscated by the local metro police department. They say its suspicious of being involved with narcotics because it is over 5k. My boyfriend and his friend explained the whole story to the detective, but he said the prosecutor wants to take it to court so that my boyfriend can prove the police suspicions are incorrect. The cop keeps saying he will get back to us but keeps giving the excuse that he has to talk to the prosecutor. It is hard to get any information about this "case".
What can he do? Can he get the money back without having to go to court? What kind of proof does he need if he does go to court? He doesn't think his friend will be able to find the receipt from the turbo-kit he purchased. Other than that- the rest of the transactions are under-the-table because they can do there own mechanic work & don't need to go to an actual mechanic shop. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! We want to get the money back because its a lot - and we don't want to get pulled around by the courts.
He sent the full amount a week ago through Fed-Ex because his friend is super paranoid about being audited by the IRS for some reason LOL. Anyway- he gets a call the next day saying that the money had been confiscated by the local metro police department. They say its suspicious of being involved with narcotics because it is over 5k. My boyfriend and his friend explained the whole story to the detective, but he said the prosecutor wants to take it to court so that my boyfriend can prove the police suspicions are incorrect. The cop keeps saying he will get back to us but keeps giving the excuse that he has to talk to the prosecutor. It is hard to get any information about this "case".
What can he do? Can he get the money back without having to go to court? What kind of proof does he need if he does go to court? He doesn't think his friend will be able to find the receipt from the turbo-kit he purchased. Other than that- the rest of the transactions are under-the-table because they can do there own mechanic work & don't need to go to an actual mechanic shop. Any insight would be greatly appreciated! We want to get the money back because its a lot - and we don't want to get pulled around by the courts.