The following excerpt is from U.S. v. Offices Known as 50 State Distributing Co., 708 F.2d 1371 (9th Cir. 1983):
In United States v. Brien, 617 F.2d 299 (1st Cir.), cert. denied, 446 U.S. 919, 100 S.Ct. 1854, 64 L.Ed.2d 273 (1980), the court upheld a search under a broad warrant of the premises of a company believed to be engaged in the fraudulent sale of commodities options. The court noted that although various government agencies had received 250 complaints from the commodities business contacts, the government's probable cause was not limited to evidence as to
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