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<p>[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 1836021, member: 25547"]I suggest y'all take a look at the case of Boggs v. Rubin:</p><p><a href="https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/161/161.F3d.37.97-5313.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/161/161.F3d.37.97-5313.html" rel="nofollow">https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/161/161.F3d.37.97-5313.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Quick summary: Boggs was creating images of U.S. currency for what he claims was artistic purposes. The court explicitly found "No one contends that Boggs intends to defraud his customers." A Secret Service agent and a U.S. Attorney entered Boggs's hotel room without a warrant and seized 15 "Boggs Bills." The next year they seized 1300 items from his home in Pittsburgh. I think you can safely call these "legal troubles."</p><p><br /></p><p>As far as I know, Boggs has never been charged with a crime for his "Boggs Bills." But despite any showing of intent to defraud, the court upheld the both seizures.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="benveniste, post: 1836021, member: 25547"]I suggest y'all take a look at the case of Boggs v. Rubin: [url]https://law.resource.org/pub/us/case/reporter/F3/161/161.F3d.37.97-5313.html[/url] Quick summary: Boggs was creating images of U.S. currency for what he claims was artistic purposes. The court explicitly found "No one contends that Boggs intends to defraud his customers." A Secret Service agent and a U.S. Attorney entered Boggs's hotel room without a warrant and seized 15 "Boggs Bills." The next year they seized 1300 items from his home in Pittsburgh. I think you can safely call these "legal troubles." As far as I know, Boggs has never been charged with a crime for his "Boggs Bills." But despite any showing of intent to defraud, the court upheld the both seizures.[/QUOTE]
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