Yes, Feds Can Take Your Deposits

Global trend sparked by Cyprus' confiscation of accounts balances WND Jerome R. Corsi NEW YORK – Can the federal government confiscate all the deposits in an American citizen’s FDIC-insured bank account? The answer is “Yes.” As WND reported, the Dodd-Frank bill allows the federal government to confiscate bank deposits in an unlimited “bail-in” for banks “too big to fail,” provided the account holder gets equity in exchange for the deposits. In March, Cyprus agreed to confiscate 10 percent of all deposits in Cypriot banks, calculated to result in a 10 billion euro “bail-in” as a condition of obtaining an emergency Eurozone bail-out of 10 billion euros.



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