DEA didn't arrest gold miner stopped at Union Station but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab case

DEA didn't arrest gold miner stopped at Union Station but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab case

Benjamin Ross had a problem.The government thought he was a courier for drug money. He said he was a gold miner.In 2019, officers on a drug task force had taken his luggage from an Amtrak train at Union Station in Chicago. Inside was $115,000 in cash. To them it was the usual thing. A one-way ticket. A suitcase full of bills. A long trip across the country. They had seen it before.Ross said the money came from the ground. He worked claims in Ore…

DEA didn’t arrest gold miner stopped in Chicago but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab case

Benjamin Ross had a problem. The government thought he was a courier for drug money. He said he was a gold miner. In 2019, officers on a drug task force had taken his luggage from an Amtrak train at Union Station in Chicago. Inside was $115,000 in cash. To them it was the usual thing. A one-way ticket. A suitcase full of bills. A long trip across the country. They had seen it before. Ross said the money came from the ground. He worked claims in …

DEA didn't arrest gold miner stopped at Union Station but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab case | Illinois State Bar Association

DEA didn't arrest gold miner stopped at Union Station but seized his $115K in a losing cash grab caseIn January, Benjamin Ross got back the money, which was snatched from him in 2019 through a decades-old program that targeted travelers at airports, train stations and bus terminals.  Source: Chicago Sun