A class-action lawsuit seeks to stop TSA
from unlawfully seizing flyers’ cash
Posted By: mc squared, 2/17/2026 12:38:29 PM
If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you. TSA has stripped more than 10,000 travelers of their money since 2014, but the supposed “criminals” are almost never charged after their cash is taken.[snip] In August 2019, 57-year-old Brown was flying out of Pittsburgh International Airport carrying her father’s life savings — $82,373 — which he wanted her to deposit in a joint bank account near her Boston home. A TSA agent noticed the Tupperware loaded with the cash while scanning Brown’s luggage and summoned a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, who speedily announced he was seizing the money.
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If you get stopped at an airport security checkpoint with $100 or more in cash, Transportation Security Administration agents can fleece you.
TSA has stripped more than 10,000 travelers of their money since 2014, but the supposed “criminals” are almost never charged after their cash is taken.[snip]
In August 2019, 57-year-old Brown was flying out of Pittsburgh International Airport carrying her father’s life savings — $82,373 — which he wanted her to deposit in a joint bank account near her Boston home.
A TSA agent noticed the Tupperware loaded with the cash while scanning Brown’s luggage and summoned a Drug Enforcement Administration agent, who speedily announced he was seizing the money.
It's Racist to Like Dogs, Apparently
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Carrying cash domestically the TSA-DEA will take it for their own.
If you want to take suitcases full of money to Somalia, the TSA will guard you until you're on the plane.