Judge Makes Government Pay Legal Fees to Store Owner Whose $107,700 Was Seized by the IRS

Lyndon McLellan had $107,000 seized by the IRS in 2014. Yesterday, a judge ruled the government has to cover the costs of his legal fees and expenses

Melissa Quinn, --February 4, 2016

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A federal court delivered a victory to a North Carolina convenience store owner from whom the IRS had seized $107,700, directing the government to reimburse him for more than $20,000 in legal fees and expenses.
Lyndon McLellan, who owns a convenience store in Fairmont, N.C., already had won back the $107,700 the Internal Revenue Service took from him in 2014. A federal judge ruled Tuesday that the federal government is required to pay McLellan’s legal fees, his expenses, and interest earned on the money the IRS seized in a case that could set a “powerful precedent” for victims of forfeiture fighting to be made whole. More...

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