From your use of the £ I’m going to assume you are not American. America has legalized theft if it’s the police doing the taking. Look up civil forfeiture. You turn over money to cops, they’ll just say they “think” it was involved in crime and pocket it.

Lackluster reporting. The article misses the fact that he has to step down as he’s a special government employee and so can only work for 130 days.

Strange that that’s the one law that he decided to follow.