He probably hasn't taken wages from an employer per se. Seizing his cattle is problematic and because the seizure will affect multiple generations of unregistered cattle, is a complex matter, and this is at the heart of one of his obstruction charges.  If he ever were to present his cattle to a feed lot or an auction house, any proceeds would be seized and bank accounts would be frozen. But he is in a conspiratorial business with his extended family, members of which can literally assemble a small army.  I presume he's been doing well in a barter system within a closed community, and has not needed currency to sustain his wealth. His real estate is a large but squalid and remote desert ranch. That is probably subject to forfeiture as well, but it (was) also protected as a homestead, so that's a pretty complex legal subject as well. It helps a great deal that he's now under federal indictments. If found guilty for any of that, asset forfeiture becomes more straightforward.