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Asset Forfeiture Examinations
In certain cases, judges have required that defendants undergo polygraph testing to determine whether they were concealing assets from the court. The concern is that the defendants will have negotiated for a lighter sentence on the premise that they had fully cooperated with investigators, but in truth had hidden funds or valuable property that were the fruit of their criminal enterprises. The government has retrieved hundreds of millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains that defendants had hoped to hide until they were released from prison. Asset forfeiture examinations are routinely conducted for certain white collar crimes, but they are sometime imposed in drug cases, as well. The polygraph test questions are directed toward finding hidden bank accounts, safety deposit boxes, property placed in the care of a trusted friend or relative, or objects of high value stashed in a concealed location. Recovered funds and property are returned to the wronged party, or forwarded to the US Treasury.
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