Liberty Services was raided by the FBI and all gold, silver, and records, confiscated.
Liberty Services distributes a private currency called the Liberty Dollar. Unlike the U.S. dollar, the Liberty Dollar is backed by gold and silver.
Despite statements by the U.S. Treasury departmen that the Liberty Dollar is legitimate, Liberty Services has been continually harrassed by the government, culminating in a statement from the U.S. Mint last year that use of the Liberty Dollar is a federal crime. (The truth of the matter is that there is NO law prohibiting the use of private currencies in the United States so long as they are not represented as "legal tender" or official U.S. currency. Numerous other private currencies abound in the U.S. Among these are the Ithaca Hour and the Phoenix Dollar.)
The Liberty dollar has been available in two three forms: "hard" currency in either gold or silver, certificates that were redeemable for a specified amount of gold or silver, and electronic currency which was also redeemable for gold or silver.
Since the government stole the gold and silver that backed the certificates and electronic currency, those monetary instruments have become worthless. (hopefully just for the time being). So...the government stole my money..and that of thousands of other people.
The message from Bernard von NotHaus can be found here:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/FBIraidslibdol.php
More information of the Liberty Dollar can be found here:
www.libertydollar.org
Please contact your government representatives and the FBI and express your displeasure with this obvious display of tyranny.
In Liberty,
Nathan
