Reports are surfacing that on Monday the U.S. government took steps that will allow it to seize the U.S. based assets of anyone the government deems complicit in supporting the secession of Crimea.
The Ron Paul Institute reported that the latest executive order includes “Blocking Property of Certain Persons Contributing to the Situation in Ukraine” and that the provisions for seizing property “any United States person.” They went on to explain that the provision means “any United States citizen, permanent resident alien, entity organized under the laws of the United States or any jurisdiction within the United States (including foreign branches), or any person in the United States.