Details Released on FBI Raid that Resulted in $86M Worth of Property Seized from 1400 Safe Deposit Boxes in Beverly Hills

According to the FBI “Only those who wish to hide their wealth from the DEA, IRS, or creditors would” rent a box anonymously at U.S. Private Vaults.

Details Released on FBI Raid that Resulted in $86M Worth of Property Seized from 1400 Safe Deposit Boxes in Beverly Hills
  • Private safe deposit business operated in Beverly Hills.
  • They rummaged through personal belongings of a jazz saxophone player, an interior designer, a retired doctor, a flooring contractor, two Century City lawyers and hundreds of others.
  • Agents took photos and videos of pay stubs, password lists, credit cards, a prenuptial agreement, immigration and vaccination records, bank statements, heirlooms and a will, court records show. In one box, agents found cremated human remains.
  • In her affidavit, FBI agent Lynne Zellhart made sweeping allegations of criminal wrongdoing by box holders, saying it would be “irrational” for anyone who wasn’t a lawbreaker to entrust the store with assets that a bank could better safeguard.
  • “Only those who wish to hide their wealth from the DEA, IRS, or creditors would” rent a box anonymously at U.S. Private Vaults, she wrote.

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-09-23/fbi-beverly-hills-safe-deposit-box-raid-forfeiture-judge
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