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Treasury Forfeiture Fund

ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT 

Fiscal Year 2012

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

 Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Message from the Director

I am pleased to present the fiscal year (FY) 2012 Accountability Report for the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the 

Fund). While highlighting the Fund’s financial and operational performance over the past year, this report also 

focuses on some of the significant investigative achievements of our participating law enforcement agencies 

this year. FY 2012 was another highly successful revenue year for the law enforcement bureaus participating 

in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, with earned revenue and recoveries of $516.6 million from all sources, as 

compared to $868.1 million in FY 2011. 

The continued high-impact performance of the Fund reflects the ongoing hard work of our law enforcement 

bureaus as well as Fund management’s emphasis on major case initiatives, asset forfeiture program training 

and a focused approach regarding our performance measure which gauges revenue from high-impact cases. 

The mission of the Fund is to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic use of asset forfeiture by our 

law enforcement bureaus to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprise. It is our view that the greatest damage 

to criminal enterprise can be achieved through large forfeitures; hence we have set a target level of 80 percent 

of our forfeitures to be high-impact, i.e., cash forfeitures equal to or greater than $100,000. This target level is 

up from 75 percent set for FY 2010 and prior years. For FY 2012, our member bureaus fell just short of the 

new target with a performance level of 76.38 percent high-impact forfeitures as compared to 91.44 percent in 

FY 2011. 

Contributing to this year’s revenue levels were two exceptionally large equitable sharing deposits received 

from the Department of Justice (DOJ) forfeiture fund in recognition of the role of Treasury member bureaus in 

those forfeitures. Shares received in FY 2012 included just under $60 million from the Google Inc. forfeiture 

to DOJ. In total, Google agreed to forfeit $500 million in ill-gotten gains related to taking advertisements 

from online Canadian pharmacies; i.e., the shipment of prescription drugs from pharmacies outside the United 

States to customers in the United States typically violates the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act and in the 

case of controlled prescription drugs, the Controlled Substances Act. 

Regarding another large equitable share received from the DOJ forfeiture fund in FY 2012, Wachovia Bank, 

N.A. entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA) with the federal government in which the bank 

accepted responsibility for failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program. Wachovia failed 

to block Mexican currency exchange houses from laundering billions of dollars, including drug-trafficking 

proceeds, through the bank. Wachovia acknowledged that more than $110 million was involved in the 

transaction violations and were, therefore, subject to forfeiture to the United States. The Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund’s equitable share from the DOJ forfeiture fund in this case was $34.6 million. 

During FY 2012, the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (TEOAF), the management component of 

the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, suspended training seminars. TEOAF hopes to return to these valuable and 

productive training segments as soon as possible. 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund continues in its capacity as a successful multi-Departmental Fund representing 

the interests of law enforcement components of the Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security. 

Member bureaus include the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the U.S. Secret 

Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The U.S. 

Coast Guard continues its close working relationship with the legacy Customs bureaus. We look forward to 

another successful year in FY 2013. 

 

 Eric E. Hampl, Director 

 Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture 

 U.S. Department of the Treasury 
 

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Table of Contents 

Section I: Overview 

Profile of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund...............................................................................1 

Strategic Mission and Vision...............................................................................................1 

Case Highlights....................................................................................................................2 

Program and Fund Highlights............................................................................................16 

Program Performance ........................................................................................................17 

Financial Statement Highlights..........................................................................................19 

Section II: Independent Auditor’s Reports 

Independent Auditor’s Report on Financial Statements ....................................................23 

Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting...................25 

Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance with Laws and Regulations......................27 

Section III: Financial Statements and Notes 

Financial Statements: 

Balance Sheets .............................................................................................................29 

Statements of Net Cost.................................................................................................30 

Statements of Changes in Net Position........................................................................31 

Statements of Budgetary Resources.............................................................................32 

Notes to Financial Statements......................................................................................33 

Section IV: 

Required Supplemental Information........................................................................................50 

Section V: 

Other Accompanying Information...........................................................................................52

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Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

FY 2012 Management Overview 

Profile of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) is the receipt account for the deposit of non-tax forfeitures 

made pursuant to laws enforced or administered by law enforcement bureaus that participate in the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund. The Fund was established in October of 1992 as the successor to the 

Forfeiture Fund of the United States Customs Service. The Fund is a “special receipt account.” This 

means the Fund can provide money to other federal entities toward the accomplishment of a specific 

objective for which the recipient bureaus are authorized to spend money and toward other authorized 

expenses. The use of Fund resources is governed by law, policy and precedent as interpreted and 

implemented by the Department of the Treasury which manages the Fund. A key objective for 

management is the long-term viability of the Fund to ensure that there are ongoing resources to 

support member-bureau seizure and forfeiture activities well into the future. The emphasis of Fund 

management is on high impact cases that can do the most damage to criminal infrastructure. 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund continues in its capacity as a multi-Departmental Fund, representing 

the interests of law enforcement components of the Departments of Treasury and Homeland 

Security. Our member bureaus include the Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation (IRSCI), the U.S. Secret Service, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border 

Protection (CBP). The U.S. Coast Guard continues its close working relationship with the legacy 

Customs bureaus and functions in a member-bureau capacity. 

The Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (EOAF), which provides management oversight of the 

Fund, falls under the auspices of the Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence. 

EOAF’s organizational structure includes the Fund Director, Legal Counsel, Assistant Director for 

Financial Management and Assistant Director for Policy. Functional responsibilities are delegated to 

various team leaders. EOAF is located in Washington, D.C., and currently has 25 authorized full 

time equivalent positions. 

Strategic Mission 

The mission of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic 

use of asset forfeiture by law enforcement bureaus that participate in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to 

disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises. 

Strategic Vision 

Fund management works to focus the asset forfeiture program on strategic cases and investigations 

that result in high-impact forfeitures. Management believes this approach incurs the greatest damage 

to criminal organizations while accomplishing the ultimate objective – to disrupt and dismantle 

criminal enterprises. 
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Case Highlights 

The following case highlights are intended to give the reader an idea of the types of investigative 

cases worked by the Fund’s law enforcement bureaus during FY 2012 that resulted in the seizure and 

forfeiture of assets. Such cases as those profiled below are consistent with the Strategic Mission and 

Vision of the Treasury Forfeiture Program, which is to use high-impact asset forfeiture in 

investigative cases to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises. 

Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) 

Department of the Treasury 

$16 Million forfeited In Rem from indicted Swiss Bank’s U.S. Account 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: U.S. Department of Justice Press Release dated 

February 2, 2012, entitled: “Swiss Bank Indicted on U.S. Tax Charges,” and U.S. Department of Justice Press Release 

dated April 24, 2012, entitled: “Manhattan U.S. Attorney Forfeits Over $16 Million Seized from Indicted Swiss Bank’s 

U.S. Account” 

In February 2012, Wegelin & Co. (Wegelin), a Swiss bank, was indicted for conspiring with U.S. 

taxpayers and others to hide more than $1.2 billion in secret accounts, and the income these accounts 

generated, from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). At the same time, the U.S. government seized 

more than $16 million from Wegelin’s correspondent bank account in the United States, in 

accordance with a civil forfeiture in rem forfeiture complaint and seizure warrant. In April 2012, a 

U.S. District Court Judge entered a default judgment and final order of forfeiture of these funds. 

According to the Indictment and the in rem Forfeiture Complaint, Wegelin, Switzerland’s oldest 

bank, founded in 1741, provided private banking, asset management and other services to clients 

around the world, including U.S. taxpayers living in the Southern District of New York. Wegelin had 

no branches outside Switzerland, but it directly accessed the U.S. banking system through a 

correspondent bank account that it held at UBS AG in Stamford, Connecticut. 

From 2002 through 2011, Wegelin conspired with various U.S. taxpayers and others to hide the 

existence of bank accounts held at Wegelin and the income generated in those secret accounts from 

the IRS. Among other things, in 2008 and 2009, Wegelin opened and serviced dozens of undeclared 

accounts for U.S. taxpayers in an effort to capture clients lost by UBS in the wake of widespread 

news reports that the IRS was investigating UBS for helping U.S. taxpayers evade taxes and hide 

assets in Swiss bank accounts. By mid-2008, UBS had stopped servicing undeclared accounts for 

U.S. taxpayers. 

In the wake of the IRS investigation of UBS, members of Wegelin’s senior management 

affirmatively decided to capture the illegal business that UBS exited. To capitalize on the business 

opportunity this presented and to increase the assets under management, along with the fees earned 

from managing those assets, individuals acting on behalf of Wegelin told various U.S. taxpayerclients that their undeclared accounts would not be disclosed to U.S. authorities because the bank had 

a long tradition of secrecy. 
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U.S. taxpayers are required to report the existence of any foreign bank account on their federal 

income tax returns if it holds more than $10,000 at any time during a given year, as well as any 

income it earns. By 2010, the collective maximum value of the assets in undeclared accounts 

beneficially owned by U.S. taxpayer-clients of Wegelin was more than $1.2 billion, with many 

accounts holding more than $10,000 in any one year. As the result of this case, the sum of $16.3 

million was subsequently forfeited and deposited into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) in 

June 2012. 

Significant Equitable Sharing Revenue Cases1

Wachovia Bank, N.A., forfeits $110 Million of which $35 Million is equitably shared with the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: United States District Court, Southern District of 

Florida, Deferred Prosecution Agreement, Case No. 10-20165-CR-LENARD, dated March 16, 2010; Article by Curt 

Anderson, entitled: “160M Wachovia penalty a record,” published in the Atlanta Business News, on March 17, 2010; and 

the Article by Jay Weaver, entitled: “Bank pays for lapse in laundering,” published in The Miami Herald, on March 18, 

2010. 

In March 2010, Wachovia Bank, N.A. (“Wachovia”) entered into a Deferred Prosecution Agreement 

(DPA) in which the bank accepted responsibility for failing to maintain an effective anti-money 

laundering program, in violation of Title 31 U.S.C. §5318(h)(1) and §5322(a). Wachovia 

acknowledged that more than $110 million was involved in transactions in accounts in violation of 18 

U.S.C. §1956 and §1957, and, therefore, the funds were subject to forfeiture to the United States 

pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §981 and §982. In addition, Wachovia agreed to pay a fine of $50 million for 

the violations. 

At issue, Wachovia failed to block Mexican currency exchange houses from laundering billions of 

dollars, including drug-trafficking proceeds, through the bank. Authorities stopped short of labeling 

Wachovia as a knowing partner with drug cartels, saying only that the bank lacked sufficient antimoney laundering programs to detect the flood of tainted currency into its financial network. 

The agreement is the largest penalty paid by a U.S. financial institution for violating the Bank 

Secrecy Act. The Act was passed by Congress in 1970 and requires banks to set up aggressive antimoney laundering safeguards, including reporting suspicious transactions to the government. 

Authorities said that Wachovia’s Miami offices and other branches “willfully failed” to monitor 

potential money laundering activity exceeding $420 billion by the exchange houses in Mexico, 

including at least $110 million authorities were able to positively identify as cocaine proceeds. 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund’s equitable share from the DOJ forfeiture fund was $34.6 million, 

deposited into the Fund in April 2012. 

 

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 Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 9703(d)(2)(C), the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is authorized to deposit into the Fund all amounts 

representing the equitable share of a Department of the Treasury law enforcement organization or the United States Coast 

Guard from the forfeiture of property under any Federal, State, local or foreign law. 
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Multi-Bureau Case IRS-CI, ICE and U.S. Secret Service 

Also an Equitable Sharing Case from the Department of Justice Forfeiture Fund 

Google Pays $500 Million Forfeiture Penalty to U.S. Government

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Fox Business News Article, dated August 24, 

2011, entitled: “Google to Pay $500M Forfeiture Penalty to Feds;”and the Non-Prosecution Agreement with Google Inc., 

entered into by the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Rhode Island in August 2011. 

In one of the largest forfeiture penalties ever, Google Inc. agreed to forfeit $500 million in ill-gotten 

gains garnered from taking advertisements from online Canadian pharmacies. The sum represents 

the gross revenue Google received from its AdWords program, along with that made by Canadian 

pharmacies via sales to U.S. consumers. 

The U.S. Government charged that Google was aware as early as 2003 that it is generally illegal for 

pharmacies to ship controlled and non-controlled prescription drugs into the United States from 

Canada. Google was aware that importation of prescription drugs to consumers in the United States 

is almost always unlawful because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot ensure the 

safety and effectiveness of foreign prescription drugs that are not FDA-approved and because the 

drugs may not meet FDA’s labeling requirements, may not have been manufactured, stored and 

distributed under proper conditions, and may not have been dispensed pursuant to a valid 

prescription. 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund member bureaus IRS CI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and 

the U.S. Secret Service participated in the investigation leading to forfeiture and received a combined 

total of nearly $60 million in equitable shares from the DOJ forfeiture fund reflecting their efforts. In 

March 2012, equitable shares totaling $59,974,671 were deposited into the Fund. 

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

Department of Homeland Security 

Joint Cocaine and Bulk Cash Smuggling Investigation nets $917,900 in U.S. Currency 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Case information from the Treasury Executive 

Office for Asset Forfeiture Liaison for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

In mid-November 2011, ICE agents seized $917,900 in U.S. Currency pursuant to a joint cocaine and 

bulk cash smuggling investigation. The currency was located in the cargo hold of a tractor trailer 

listed as belonging to Ochoa Trucking in Southern California. The driver was interviewed and 

subsequently released. The seizure occurred on I-70 in Howard County, Maryland. The seized funds 

were subsequently forfeited and deposited into the Fund in June 2012. 

Houston-based Champion Window and Advanced Containment Systems, Inc. enter NonProsecution Agreement regarding Illegal Employment Practices, each forfeits $2 Million 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

News Release dated January 24, 2012, entitled: “2 companies admit to hiring illegal aliens, each forfeit $2 million” 

In January 2012, Atrium Companies, the owner of Houston-based Champion Window and Advanced 

Containment Systems Inc. (ACSI), agreed to adhere to revised immigration compliance programs and 

to each pay $2 million as forfeited funds as part of a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the federal 
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government. Atrium Companies is the largest manufacturer and distributor of residential vinyl and 

aluminum windows and patio doors in the United States with a total workforce of around 3,700 

employees. The company operates 13 subsidiaries located in seven different states and Canada. 

Both companies received multiple notices from the Social Security Administration known as “nomatch letters,” which indicated employee names and Social Security numbers did not match SSA 

records. The companies failed to take corrective measures, resulting in the continued employment of 

the undocumented aliens. For ACSI, this resulted in about $2 million in wages paid to these 

undocumented aliens between 2005 and 2009. Champion derived at least $2 million in revenue from 

the sales of its products manufactured and services provided with the use of its predominantly illegal 

workforce from 2006 through 2010. Two deposits, each in the amount of $2 million, were deposited 

into the Fund in August 2012. 

Chicago ICE Agents seize $1,695,710 in U.S. Currency consistent with Bulk Cash Smuggling 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: 

Case information from the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture Liaison. 

In March 2012, Chicago ICE agents responded to a request for assistance by a local police 

department conducting a consent search. During the search, $1,695,710 in U.S. Currency was 

discovered with a previously deported alien. Vacuum sealers and bags consistent with bulk cash 

smuggling and money laundering activities were also detected, which indicated the cash was part of 

an ongoing bulk cash smuggling investigation. The seized funds were subsequently forfeited and 

deposited into the Fund in May 2012. 

A Look Back to Prior-Year Cases with continuing Forfeiture Deposits 

IFCO Systems North America makes final forfeiture payment of $6 Million pursuant to 

Agreement to pay $18.1 Million in Civil Forfeitures for Illegal Immigration and Employment 

Practices

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: News Release dated January 23, 2009, 

“Superseding indictments charge 7 IFCO managers with violating federal immigration law.....” and; About.Com article 

by Rick LeBlanc, dated January 19, 2011, entitled: “IFCO Systems – Taking Steps to Avoid Illegal Hires” 

On April 19, 2006, ICE agents, in concert with other federal and state authorities, conducted a work 

site enforcement action at over 40 IFCO Systems of North America (IFCO) plants in 26 states, which 

resulted in the detention of 1,182 illegal aliens working at those plants. In January 2009, a federal 

grand jury in Albany, New York, returned superseding indictments on seven IFCO managers 

stemming from an ICE investigation of illegal immigration and employment-related practices at 

IFCO’s pallet management services plants nationwide. 

The seven defendants were accused of conspiring, between 2003 and 2006, to harbor illegal aliens 

employed by IFCO and to encourage and induce those illegal aliens to reside in the United States. 

Four of these defendants were charged in a related conspiracy to defraud the IRS and the Social 

Security Administration by submitting false payroll-related information to those agencies and to 

facilitate the misuse of social security numbers by IFCO employees. 

In December 2008, IFCO agreed to pay, over four years, $2.6 million in back pay and penalties 

related to overtime violations, and $18.1 million in civil forfeitures. The last of the forfeiture 
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payments, $6,000,000, required pursuant to the agreement was deposited in the Fund in January 

2012. 

Another Look Back at Continuing Forfeiture Deposits 

from a Caribbean Drug Trafficking Organization 

ICE takes down Puerto Rican Drug Lord, dismantles largest Drug Trafficking Organization in 

the Caribbean, with another deposit into the Fund, $1,488,290

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

News Release, dated November 21, 2010, entitled: “ICE takes down Puerto Rican drug lord, dismantles largest drug 

trafficking organization in the Caribbean;”and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) News Release dated March 

28, 2012, entitled: “Puerto Rican drug lord and leader of largest Caribbean drug trafficking organization pleads guilty” 

In late 2010, ICE arrested Jose Figueroa-Agosto (Agosto), the leader of the largest drug trafficking 

organization in the Caribbean and 12 other members of his organization. The defendants were 

charged in a 12-count indictment with conspiracy to import narcotics into the United States, 

conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances, and money laundering. The 

indictment sought to forfeit the proceeds obtained as a result of such offenses, up to an amount of 

$100 million. 

According to the indictment, from 2005, the defendants conspired to import multi-kilogram quantities 

of cocaine into Puerto Rico from places outside the United States, mainly the Dominican Republic, 

all for significant financial gain and profit. The defendants also conspired to possess with intent to 

distribute the multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine in Puerto Rico. Co-conspirators assumed various 

roles within the drug trafficking organization in order to further the object of the conspiracy, 

including but not limited to leaders, transporters, and facilitators. 

According to the indictment, defendants attempted to create the appearance that their narcotics 

proceeds were legitimate by purchasing assets through the use of “straw owners,” or “jockeys.” The 

defendants purchased assets, utilized nominee bank accounts to deposit narcotics proceeds and made 

payments for services with cash and money orders. This was done in order to conceal the true 

ownership of the assets, conceal the source of the funds, and avoid tracing by financial institutions 

and civil and criminal authorities, thereby protecting their interest in the properties. In March 2012, 

Agosto pled guilty to drug trafficking. 

A forfeiture related to this case in the amount of $1,488,290 was deposited in the Fund in July 2012. 

 
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Customs and Border Protection (CBP) 

Department of Homeland Security 

CBP had another productive year for seizures of cash and drugs at the border and border regions; 

the following represents a sample of their law enforcement seizures that have been deposited 

into the Treasury Forfeiture Fund in FY 20122 . 

CBP Officers seize $304,389 in Smuggled Currency at El Paso Port

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: News Release dated November 7, 2011, entitled 

“CBP Seizes $304,000 in Smuggled Currency at El Paso Port” 

In early November 2011, CBP officers and Border Patrol agents working at the El Paso port of entry 

seized $304,389, discovered hidden in a vehicle at the Bridge of the Americas international crossing. 

Authorities were conducting a southbound inspection operation when a 2002 Dodge Ram pickup 

being driven by a 22-year-old female attempted to leave the United States. CBP officers selected 

the vehicle for an intensive examination, during which time currency detector canine, “Bora,” 

searched the vehicle and alerted to the truck bed area. 

 

Figure 1 $304,389 Seized from a Vehicle at the Bridge of the Americas International Crossing 

The officers continued their search and located a hidden compartment between the rear wall of the 

cab of the pickup and a plastic bed liner. They removed eight tape-wrapped bundles from the 

 

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 With regard to any undeclared currency seizures identified in the following investigative narratives, individuals are 

permitted to carry any amount of currency or monetary instruments into or out of the United States. However, if the 

quantity is $10,000 or more, they must formally report the currency to CBP. Failure to declare may result in seizure of 

the currency and/or arrest. An individual may petition for the return of currency seized by CBP officers, but the petitioner 

must prove that the source and intended use of the currency was legitimate. 

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compartment which contained $304,389 in U.S. Currency. The currency was seized, subsequently 

forfeited and deposited in the Fund in May 2012. 

U.S. Border Patrol seizes $1,128,836 in Suspected Drug Money

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Press Release dated November 14, 2011, entitled: 

“U.S. Border Patrol Seizes more than $1 Million in Suspected Drug Money” 

In mid November 2011, U.S. Border Patrol agents arrested one male and two elderly female Mexican 

nationals for attempting to smuggle more than $1 million inside a Ford Explorer. Agents on patrol in 

California stopped a suspicious 1997 Ford Explorer traveling southbound on Interstate 5, in 

Oceanside. They requested and were granted consent to search the vehicle. An interior inspection of 

the vehicle revealed two large black duffle bags with 74 cellophane-wrapped bundles containing U.S. 

Currency. The 41-year old male driver was taken into custody. The two elderly female passengers 

were found to be in violation of their terms of admission and were returned to Mexico. The currency 

and vehicle were seized by the U.S. Border Patrol pending forfeiture proceedings. A total of 

$1,128,836.00 was subsequently forfeited in this case and deposited in the Fund in January 2012. 

 

CBP Officers seize $260,640 in Undeclared Currency 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Press Release dated February 3, 2012, entitled: 

“CBP Officers Intercept Illicit Currency” 

In early February 2012, officers conducting outbound inspections selected a 40-year-old Mexican 

woman and her teen-aged son for additional questioning, and a closer examination of their Buick 

sedan. When officers noticed someone had tampered with the gas tank, they decided to remove it for 

further inspection. Inside the tank, officers found 21 packages containing $260,640. The unreported 

funds and vehicle were seized. The woman was arrested and her son was released to family 

members. The seized currency was subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in April 2012. 

 

 

 Figure 2 $260,640 in Undeclared Currency seized from inside the Gas Tank of a Buick Sedan 

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CBP Officers seize $124,800 in Undeclared Currency 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Press Release dated January 25, 2012, entitled 

“CBP Officers Intercept Undeclared Currency” 

In late January 2012, CPB officers assigned to Tucson seized $124,800 in undeclared U.S. Currency 

from a couple headed for Mexico through the Dennis DeConcini Port. Officers conducting outbound 

inspections selected a 37-year old Mexican man and his 33-year-old wife for additional questioning. 

When officers put the couple’s Ford truck on a vehicle lift, they noticed someone had tampered with 

the transfer case. When the transfer case was opened, officers discovered 34 packages containing 

$124,800 in U.S. Currency. The male subject was arrested and his wife was released. The currency 

was seized, subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in April 2012. 

 

Figure 3 $124,800 in Undeclared U.S. Currency seized from a Mexico-bound Vehicle 

U.S. Border Patrol Officers seize $118,187 from a Suspicious Vehicle

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: 

Press Release dated November 8, 2011, entitled: “Yuma Border Patrol Agents Seize Large Sum of Cash” 

 

 

 Figure 4 $118,187.52 seized from Vehicle in Yuma District 

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In early November 2011, Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector conducting roving patrol duties 

noticed suspicious behavior and erratic actions of the driver of blue Nissan Sentra. Agents followed 

the vehicle, developed additional suspicions and pulled the vehicle over. The occupants, two U.S. 

citizens, consented to a vehicle search. Agents searched the trunk of the vehicle and found a bag 

containing neatly folded bed linens. Agents opened the bag and discovered multiple stacks of cash 

bundled together with rubber bands. In total, agents seized $118,187.52. The cash was subsequently 

forfeited and deposited in the Fund in January 2012. 

CBP Officers seize $112,500 in U.S. Currency headed into Mexico

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Press Release dated December 21, 2011, entitled: 

“San Ysidro CBP Officers Stop More than $112,000 Headed into Mexico” 

In late December 2011, CBP officers conducting inspections of travelers in San Diego selected a 

black Honda Accord for inspection. Two 20-year old male U.S. citizens were in the car. A CBP 

officer screened the vehicle with a currency/firearms detector dog and the canine alerted to the 

dashboard area of the vehicle. Officers also utilized an x-ray imaging system that revealed 

anomalies within the dashboard and a fiber optic scope that showed packages in a non-factory 

compartment in the dash. Officers discovered six cellophane-wrapped packages of unreported 

currency totaling $112,500 within the compartment. The vehicle and currency were seized and the 

two occupants were turned over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents for further 

investigation. The $112,500 was subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in May 2012. 

 

 

 Figure 5 CBP officers discovered six cellophane-wrapped packages of unreported currency totaling $112,500 hidden 

within a non-factory compartment of a vehicle. 

CBP Officers seize $350,000 in U.S. Currency headed into Mexico

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Case information provided by a TEOAF Liaison 

from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). 

Again, in late October 2011, the Laredo Anti-Terrorism Contraband Enforcement Team (A-TCET) 

Team, along with Laredo Sector Border Patrol Agents, was conducting pulse and surge operations at 

Lincoln Juarez Bridge, Laredo Texas. A 2006 tan Subaru bearing Texas plates driven by a female, 

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later identified as a U.S. citizen, was selected for inspection. A CBP Officer obtained a negative 

declaration from the driver for currency or monetary instruments in excess of $10,000, weapons and 

ammunition. A positive K-9 alert led to the discovery of tampering on bolts on the front driver side 

quarter panel. A secondary x-ray of the vehicle resulted in the identification of anomalies in the 

firewall and rocker panels. A total of 20 bundles wrapped in black electrical tape and clear plastic 

were extracted from the firewall and rocker panels. The bundles contained U.S. Currency totaling 

$350,000. The currency was subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in June 2012. 

Good Government 

Law Enforcement Seizures by Member Bureaus that May Not Result in 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund Deposits but are Valuable to the International Community 

CBP Officers Nab a Man Trying to Smuggle Heroin in Bottles of Scotch

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: An article in APP.com, dated January 4, 2012, 

entitled “Man nabbed at Newark Airport trying to smuggle heroin in bottles of scotch.” The article is also the source of 

the photo. 

In late December 2011, a man traveling from South America to the United States via the Newark 

Liberty International Airport was arrested for trying to smuggle 25 pounds of heroin into the country. 

CBP Officers selected the individual for a baggage examination upon his arrival in New Jersey 

aboard a flight originating in Medellin, Colombia. He admitted to ownership of two pieces of 

checked luggage, and during a search of that luggage, a brown powdery substance was discovered 

concealed in packages of plastic flags and between glued photographs. The substances tested 

positive for heroin. After further scrutiny, four bottles of Chivas Royal Solute Scotch were found to 

contain packages of a substance that also tested positive for heroin. The approximate street value of 

the heroin was nearly $700,000. The man was arrested and faces federal narcotics smuggling 

charges. 

 

 Figure 6 Bottles of Chivas Royal Solute found to contain heroin. 

 

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U. S. Secret Service 

Department of Homeland Security 

 

U.S. v. $2,755,349.56 In Rem Forfeiture 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Case Information from the U.S. Secret Service; 

and Seizure Warrant for Case Number 2:11-mj-1016 F + M SPC, filed in the Middle District of Florida, Fort Myers 

Division, dated February 10, 2011. 

In March 2010, the U.S. Secret Service identified a shell company in Switzerland that was laundering 

illicit funds to persons across the United States. The investigation revealed Lakesand Pesim Energy 

AG was transmitting millions of dollars while attempting to conceal the actual source. The company 

had not registered as a money remitting business and was in violation of both state and federal law. 

In February 2010, a seizure warrant was issued for “certain property known as the contents of all 

incoming monetary wire transfers originating from BHF Bank, sent on behalf of Lakesand Pesim 

Energey AG c/o Swiss Corporate Services GMBA to United States-based customers, through 

Standard Charter Bank located at One Madison Avenue, New York, New York for a period of (10) 

days.” The sum of $2,755,349.56 was seized, subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in 

January 2012. 

U.S. v. $2,963,256 In Rem Forfeiture 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Case Information from the U.S. Secret Service; 

the United States Amended Complaint for Forfeiture in rem Civil Action No. 6:11-01337-JMC filed June 15, 2011 

($1,323,590.19) ; the United States Complaint for Forfeiture in rem Civil Action No. 6:11-1322-JMC ($819,117.82); and 

the Order Granting Default Judgment, and Granting Judgment and Decree of Forfeiture - Civil Action No. 6:11-1336-

HFF filed September 27, 2011 ($820,548.11). 

In February 2011, the U.S. Secret Service identified three foreign shell companies laundering illicit 

funds to persons across the United States. The investigation revealed that Trading 24/7 Limited, IXS 

International, and Prime Investments Consultants were transmitting millions of dollars while 

attempting to conceal the actual source. These companies had not registered as money remitting 

businesses and were in violation of both state and federal law. In June 2011, Warrants In Rem were 

issued against $819,117.82, $1,323,590.19, and $820,548.11 in U.S. currency. The first two amounts 

were seized from Citibank, NA, and the third amount was seized from Standard Charter Bank, New 

York. These sums, totaling $2,963,256.12, were subsequently forfeited and deposited in the Fund in 

October and November 2011. 

Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Department of the Treasury 

Equitable Sharing Revenue Case 

Jacobs Manufacturing agrees to forfeit $1.25 Million, $187,433.83 deposited this year

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: News Release dated July 5, 2011, entitled: ATF 

and TTB Accept $1.25 Million Cigarette Settlement. 

Jacobs Manufacturing, an unlicensed cigarette manufacturer on the New York St. Regis Mohawk 

Indian Reservation, agreed to forfeit $1.25 million dollars to the Department of Justice, Bureau of 

Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) for prior violations of the Contraband Cigarette Trafficking 

Act (CCTA) and additionally agreed to come into compliance with all applicable federal statutes and 
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regulations. Jacobs will also have to pay all required cigarette taxes under the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 (IRC) and agreed not to illegally operate a cigarette internet site in violation of the Prevent 

All Cigarette Trafficking Act (PACT) Act. Treasury’s Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), which 

investigated the case along with ATF, agreed to issue a tobacco manufacturing permit to Jacobs. 

TTB will receive equitable sharing revenue from the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund, 

reflecting the role of Treasury Forfeiture Fund member bureaus in the forfeiture. TTB’s share is 60 

percent of the $1.25 Million, for a total of $750,000. Pursuant to the agreement, payments are due to 

the Department of Justice (DOJ) in three installments in March 2012, December 2012, and June 

2013. The first installment of $250,000 was received by DOJ in March 2012. Related to this 

installment payment, in August 2012, an equitable share in the amount of $187,433.83 was received 

from the DOJ forfeiture fund for this case. 

Continuing Deposits from this Equitable Sharing Revenue Case 

Tarbell Inc. forfeits $1.75 Million for Licensing Violations, $437,411.16 deposited this year 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Lori Shull article in Watertown Daily Times, April 

14, 2010, “Tarbell agrees to get licenses” 

In FY 2010, Tarbell Inc., a cigarette manufacturer on the Akwesasne reservation voluntarily agreed to 

comply with federal tax laws and obtain licenses from the government, and agreed to forfeit $1.75 

million to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives of the Department of Justice as 

payment for selling unlicensed cigarettes. The company also agreed not to sell cigarettes over the 

Internet, which violates federal law. The financial settlement does not mean that the company admits 

any wrongdoing, but future violations would be criminal offenses. Of the amount forfeited, $875,000 

was equitably shared with the Treasury Forfeiture Fund representing the role of TTB in the forfeiture. 

In August 2012, equitable shares in the amount of $437,411.16 were received from the DOJ 

forfeiture fund and deposited in the Fund. 
U. S. Coast Guard 

Department of Homeland Security 

 

The U.S. Coast Guard continues its close working relationship with the legacy Customs 

bureaus and functions in a member-bureau capacity. The Coast Guard also maintains a 

close working relationship with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) of the 

Department of Justice, assisting with drug boat interceptions on the high seas which are 

then turned over to the Department of Justice for prosecution. 

Coast Guard Cutter Cushing seizes $190,000 

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: CBP Press Release, dated: December 30, 2011, 

entitled: “CBP Personnel Assist in seizure of $190,000 from Vessel in Puerto Rico;” and the Coast Guard Compass

article, by Lt. Stephanie Young, dated January 5, 2012, entitled: “Weapon & ammunition seized in Caribbean waters.” 

In late December 2011, Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) Maritime Patrol Aircraft detected a vessel 

approximately 60-nautical miles northwest of Puerto Rico. The vessel had no visible registration, 

flag or markings. CBP personnel coordinated with watch-standers at Coast Guard Sector San Juan to 

intercept the vessel at sea. An HC-144 Ocean Sentry fixed-wing aircraft crew from Cost Guard Air 

Station Miami and Coast Guard Cutter Cushing were diverted to interdict the vessel. 

 

 

 Figure 7 The vessel boarded by the Coast Guard Cutter Cushing, no visible registration.

Once onboard, members of the Cutter Cushing boarding team searched the vessel. Caribbean Border 

Interagency Group (CBIG) federal law enforcement authorities seized $190,000, a Cal-Tech 5.56mm 

semi-automatic pistol and approximately 300 rounds of ammunition from inside a single-engine, 

yola-type vessel, northwest of Puerto Rico. 

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Figure 8 $190,000 in currency, a Semi-automatic weapon and 300 rounds of ammunition seized from the vessel.

The five individuals onboard the vessel claimed to be citizens of the Dominican Republic. Cutter 

Cushing crew members took custody of the five suspects, seized the currency and the weapon and 

turned them over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel at Arecibo, at the 

Mayaguez Sea Port, Puerto Rico. 

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Program and Fund Highlights 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund is a “special receipt account.” Such accounts represent federal fund 

collections earmarked by law for a specific purpose. The enabling legislation for the Treasury 

Forfeiture Fund (31 U.S.C. § 9703) defines those purposes for which Treasury forfeiture revenue may 

be used. Once property or cash is seized, there is a forfeiture process. Upon forfeiture, seized 

currency, initially deposited into a suspense account, or holding account, is transferred to the Fund as 

forfeited revenue. Once forfeited, physical properties are sold and the proceeds are deposited into the 

Fund as forfeited revenue. It is this forfeiture revenue that comprises the budget authority for 

meeting expenses of running Treasury’s forfeiture program. 

Expenses of the Fund are set in a relative priority so that unavoidable or “mandatory” costs are met 

first as a matter of policy. Expenses may not exceed revenue in the Fund. The Fund has several 

different spending authorities. Each of them is described below. 

Mandatory Authority 

The mandatory authority items are generally used to meet “business expenses” of the Fund, including 

expenses of storing and maintaining seized and forfeited assets, valid liens and mortgages, 

investigative expenses incurred in pursuing a seizure, information and inventory systems, and certain 

costs of local police agencies incurred in joint law enforcement operations. Following forfeiture, 

equitable shares are paid to state and local law enforcement agencies that contributed to the seizure 

activity at a level proportionate to their involvement. 

It is a strategic goal of the Fund to emphasize and monitor high impact forfeitures. To make 

significant forfeitures requires longer, more in-depth investigations. To this end, Fund management 

emphasizes the use of mandatory funding authorities that fuel large case initiatives. These authorities 

include the Purchase of Evidence and Information, expenses associated with Joint Operations, 

Investigative Expenses Leading to Seizure, and Asset Identification and Removal Groups. In recent 

years, funding provided to computer forensic investigative tools has yielded high impact results. 

Secretary’s Enforcement Fund 

The Secretary’s Enforcement Fund (SEF) is derived from equitable shares received from the Justice 

Department’s forfeiture fund for work done by law enforcement bureaus participating in the Treasury 

Forfeiture Fund leading to Justice forfeitures. SEF revenue is available for federal law enforcement 

purposes of any Treasury law enforcement organization or law enforcement bureau that participates 

in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. In FY 2012, the Fund expensed just over $9.5 million in SEF 

authority as compared to just under $1 million in FY 2011, an increase of about $8.5 million. The 

allocation of SEF resources to bureaus was restricted in FY 2011 and FY 2012 by the need to meet 

enacted budget rescissions. 

Super Surplus 

Super Surplus represents the remaining unobligated balance after an amount is reserved for Fund 

operations in the next fiscal year. Super Surplus can be used for any federal law enforcement 

purpose. In FY 2012, the Fund expensed $78.7 million in Super Surplus authority as compared to 

$102.5 million in FY 2011, a decrease of 23 percent. 
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Program Performance 

Strategic View 

Fund management continues to focus on strategic cases and investigations that result in high-impact 

forfeitures. We believe this approach affects the greatest damage to criminal organizations while 

accomplishing the ultimate objective – to disrupt and dismantle criminal activity. Generally, 

significant forfeitures require longer, more in-depth investigations. To this end, Fund management 

emphasizes the use of mandatory funding authorities that fuel large case initiatives including 

Purchase of Evidence and Information, expenses associated with Joint Operations, Investigative 

Expenses Leading to Seizure, Asset Identification and Removal teams and state-of-the-art Computer 

Forensics capability. 

FY 2012 was a successful revenue year by our member bureaus and a banner year in equitable share 

deposits received from the Department of Justice (DOJ) forfeiture fund for forfeitures in which one or 

more of our member bureaus played a role. Equitable shares totaled $108.8 million in FY 2012 as 

compared to $95.4 million in FY 2011. In addition, the Fund continues to support record levels of 

sharing of federal forfeitures with the state and local and foreign governments that contributed to the 

successful seizure and forfeiture activity of the Fund. The Fund expensed $110.9 million for state, 

local and foreign equitable sharing expenses in FY 2012 as compared to $68.5 million in FY 2011. 

Included in these sums are $3.5 million and $0.2 million for equitable sharing expenses with foreign 

countries that assisted in cases during FY 2012 and FY 2011, respectively. These are important 

resources afforded by policy of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund to protect and preserve the valuable 

working relationships between our federal law enforcement bureaus and the critically important state, 

local and foreign law enforcement agencies that work with them in an investigative capacity day-in 

and day-out. 

Strategic Mission and Goal 

The mission of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic 

use of asset forfeiture by law enforcement bureaus to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises. The 

goal of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is to support the Department of the Treasury’s national asset 

forfeiture program in a manner that results in federal law enforcement’s continued and effective use 

of asset forfeiture as a high-impact law enforcement sanction to disrupt and dismantle criminal 

activity. To achieve our mission and goal, the program must be administered in a fiscally responsible 

manner that seeks to minimize the administrative costs incurred, thereby maximizing the benefits for 

law enforcement and the society it protects. 

Multi-Departmental Fund 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund continued in its capacity as a multi-Departmental Fund in FY 2012, 

representing the interests of law enforcement components of the Departments of Treasury and 

Homeland Security. FY 2012 posed continued management challenges including oversight of 

significant general property contract expenses associated with an increasingly complex forfeiture 

program. In addition, commensurate with the successful revenue year, there were significant 

expenses incurred by the bureaus to run their programs. In the midst of this period of growth and 

change, the Fund’s family of law enforcement bureaus continued their hard work of federal law 

enforcement and the application of asset forfeiture as a sanction to bring criminals to justice. 
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FY 2012 continued a pattern of robust revenue years with regular revenue of $516.6 million from all 

sources, very successful even if less than the FY 2011 revenue of $868.1 million. As we enter fiscal 

year 2013, the Fund remains focused on support for strategic investigative initiatives that will have 

the greatest impact on national and international criminal enterprise including valuable training and 

investigative expense funding which emphasizes high-impact cases. 

Performance Measure 

In FY 2012, the Fund measured performance through the use of the following performance measure: 

Percent of forfeited cash proceeds resulting from high-impact cases. This measures the percentage of 

forfeited cash proceeds resulting from high-impact cases (those with currency seizures in excess of 

$100,000). Focusing on strategic cases and investigations which result in high-impact seizures will 

affect the greatest damage to criminal organizations while accomplishing the ultimate objective – to 

disrupt and dismantle criminal activity. 

Results 

The Fund performance measure and result for FY 2012 is as follows: 

Performance Measure 

FY 2011 

Actual 

FY 2012 

Target 

FY 2012 

Actual 

Percent of forfeited cash proceeds resulting from 

high-impact cases 

91.44% 80% 76.38% 

A target of 75 percent high-impact cases was set for FY 2010 and prior years since inception of the 

performance measure in FY 2002. However, for FY 2011, the target was increased to 80 percent, 

reflecting member bureaus’ prior success in meeting the previous target. This is a fixed target for the 

Fund designed to afford our law enforcement bureaus the opportunity to undertake smaller seizure 

activity that is important to the overall federal law enforcement mission. The final percentage for FY 

2012 was 76.38 percent, just under the new target. This compares with our FY 2010 and FY 2011 

performance of 93.11 percent and 91.44 percent, respectively. Our member bureaus missed the target 

because of smaller, non high-impact cases during FY 2012. While TEOAF management works to 

urge high-impact cases, our member bureaus decide which forfeitures to pursue. 

The performance of our member bureaus is excellent and reflects Fund management’s longstanding 

emphasis on high-impact forfeiture strategies as well as the use of Fund authorities to assist member 

bureaus with larger cases that may take longer or require additional resources not otherwise available. 

This measure was put into effect beginning with FY 2002, and in all but 3 years, member bureaus 

met the target for high-impact forfeitures. 

This measure is calculated by dividing the total amount of forfeited cash proceeds from cases greater 

than $100,000 by the total amount of forfeited cash proceeds for all cases. 
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Financial Statement Highlights 

The following provides a brief explanation for each major section of the audited financial statements 

accompanying this report for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2012. 

These statements have been prepared to disclose the financial position of the Fund, its net costs, 

changes in net position, and budgetary resources, pursuant to the requirements of the Chief Financial 

Officers Act of 1990 and the Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (GMRA). While the 

financial statements have been prepared from the books and records of the Fund in accordance with 

the formats prescribed by the Office of Management and Budget, the statements are different from 

the financial reports used to monitor and control budgetary resources that are prepared from the same 

books and records and are subsequently presented in federal budget documents. Further, the notes to 

the financial statements and the independent auditor’s opinion and reports on internal control over 

financial reporting, and compliance with laws and regulations are also integral components to 

understanding fully the financial highlights of Fund operations described in this chapter. 

Statements: Changes in Net Position

Follows are brief highlights from the Statements of Changes in Net Position for FY 2012 and 2011. 

Net Position – End of Year. For FY 2012, the Net Position for the Fund at the end of the year, an 

indicator of the future capability to support ongoing operations of the Fund, totaled $1.556 billion 

versus $1.453 billion at the end of FY 2011. Both years closed with a strong and viable net position 

with which to commence the next fiscal year’s operations. 

Total Gross Non-Exchange Revenues. This line item on the Statements of Changes in Net Position

is the best indicator of regular “business-type” income of the account on an annual basis. For FY 

2012, the Fund closed with $516.6 million in Gross Non-Exchange Revenues and a total of $868.1 

million for FY 2011, reflecting two successful, high-impact revenue years for the Treasury Forfeiture 

Fund. 

Proceeds from Participating with other Federal Agencies. This line item on the Statements of 

Changes in Net Position indicates revenue earned from the participation of Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

law enforcement bureaus in the seizures leading to forfeiture of bureaus that participate in the 

Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund or with the forfeiture fund of the U.S. Postal Service 

(Postal Service). It is noted that this category of revenue is recognized when received on deposit by 

the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. Therefore, there is no accrual recorded on the Fund’s financial 

statements for this category of revenue. 

As of the close of FY 2012, Treasury Forfeiture Fund bureaus earned a total of $108.8 million in 

revenue from participation in the seizures leading to forfeiture of the Justice and Postal Service 

forfeiture funds as compared to a total of $95.4 million during FY 2011. Fund management 

continues to work with the Department of Justice to identify delays and/or explain downward 

adjustments to percentages associated with equitable sharing payments owed to the Treasury 

Forfeiture Fund. This revenue affords Treasury management significant funding flexibilities for our 

participating agencies as the authority is broad and not confined to funding program costs; it can be 

used for any law enforcement purpose of our participating bureaus. The allocation of this type of 

revenue for FY 2011 and FY 2012 was restricted by the need to meet enacted budget rescissions. 
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Cost of Operations. For FY 2012, the Cost of Operations totaled $161.0 million, down from $177.1 

million in FY 2011. 

Investment Interest Income. The Fund is authorized to invest cash balances in Treasury securities. 

As of September 30, 2012, investments totaled $3.1 billion, up from $2.3 billion invested as of 

September 30, 2011. Given the similar investment balance and continuing negligible interest rates on 

Treasury securities during FY 2012, investment income totaled just over 1.0 million in FY 2012, as 

compared to just under $1.4 million in FY 2011. 

Equitable Sharing with Federal, State and Local Governments, and Foreign Countries. Each 

year, the Fund pays tens of millions of dollars to state and local law enforcement agencies, and 

foreign governments, for their participation in seizures that lead to forfeitures of the Treasury 

Forfeiture Fund. State and local law enforcement agencies can use these resources to augment their 

law enforcement budgets to fight crime in their jurisdictions. Without these funds, budgets of the 

local municipalities would be taxed to provide these important resources or the need would go unmet. 

During FY 2012, the Fund shared a total of $114.4 million with other federal, state and local law 

enforcement agencies, and another $3.5 million with foreign countries. This compares with $96.3 

million shared with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies during FY 2011, and 

another $0.2 million with foreign countries in FY 2011. 

Victim Restitution. During FY 2012, the Fund paid $46.6 million in restitution to victims as 

compared to $24.3 million in FY 2011. 

Summary of Statements of Changes in Net Position. The Fund closed with a strong net position in 

FY 2012. Management will continue to emphasize high-impact cases by participating law 

enforcement bureaus. The FY 2012 performance with forfeiture revenue earnings of $516.6 million 

from all sources, and nearly meeting the new higher performance measure target rate of high-impact 

cases, is truly a credit to the dedicated law enforcement personnel of our participating law 

enforcement bureaus. 

Statements: Net Cost

Costs of the Forfeiture Program – Intra-governmental. After revenue is applied toward policy 

mandates such as equitable sharing, shown in the Statements of Changes in Net Position as negative 

revenue or applied non-exchange revenue, the remaining financing supports the law enforcement 

activities of the Fund and pays for the storage of seized and forfeited property and sales associated 

with the disposition of forfeited property. 

On the Statements of Net Cost, the Net Cost of Operations totaled $161.0 million in FY 2012, down 

from $177.1 million in FY 2011. 

Intra-governmental. This cost category totaled $100.5 million in FY 2012, down from $115.1 

million in FY 2011. The amounts represent costs incurred by participating bureaus in running their 

respective forfeiture programs. 

National Seized Property Contracts. One of the largest program costs of the Fund is the storage, 

maintenance and disposal of real and personal property. During FY 2012, general property was 

maintained by VSE Corporation and real property was maintained by the CWS Marketing Group 
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both contracts of the Department of the Treasury. In FY 2012, expenses of these two contracts 

totaled $48.3 million, down from $50.4 million expensed for the two contracts in FY 2011. 

Balance Sheet

Assets, Liabilities and Net Position

Total assets of the Fund increased in FY 2012 to $3.4 billion, up from $2.5 billion in FY 2011, an 

increase in asset value of over 36.0 percent. If seized currency and other monetary assets, which are 

assets in the custody of the government but not yet owned by the government, are backed out of both 

figures, the adjusted total assets of the Fund increased to $1.75 billion in FY 2012, up very slightly 

from $1.7 billion in FY 2011. During FY 2012, total liabilities of the Fund increased to $1.9 billion, 

up from $1.1 billion in FY 2011. If seized currency and other monetary assets, which are also shown 

as a liability because they are not yet owned by the government, are backed out of both figures, the 

adjusted total liabilities of the Fund decreases to $195.5 million in FY 2012, down from $229.2 

million in FY 2011. 

With increasing asset amounts and more moderately increasing costs, the Cumulative Results of 

Operations, i.e., retained earnings, increased at the end of FY 2012 to a total of $1.556 billion, up 

from $1.453 billion at the end of FY 2011. 

Financial and Program Performance - What is needed and planned. OMB Circular A-136, 

Financial Reporting Requirements, requires that agencies include an explanation of what needs to be 

done and what is being planned to improve financial or program performance. In this regard, Fund 

management continues to work closely with member bureaus, through the financial planning process, 

to review revenue and expense projections during the operating year. 

Auditor’s Findings 

FY 2012 Audit. The Fund’s independent auditors have given the FY 2012 financial statements an 

Unqualified Opinion with no material weaknesses or significant deficiencies in internal control over 

financial reporting identified. There are no management letter findings for FY 2012. 

Summary of Financial Statement Highlights 

Net Position. To summarize, Fund management concluded a highly productive FY 2012 “in the 

black,” with the necessary resources to commence the business of the asset forfeiture program for FY 

2013. Fund management declared a Super Surplus from FY 2012 operations and will work to 

recognize the hard work of our participating bureaus in the allocation of these resources. 
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A Look Forward 

Fund management will continue to work with our large and diverse array of federal law enforcement 

bureaus as they undertake increasingly sophisticated methods and global effort to secure the financial 

and commercial markets of the nation and the world given the interdependence of financial systems. 

In addition, our bureaus support immigration enforcement that is designed to identify illegal 

smuggling to deter its impact on the nation’s financial infrastructure and terrorism initiatives and to 

ensure that human smugglers do not harm unsuspecting victims keen on seeking a new if illegal start 

in the United States. Emphasis will continue to be placed on ever-evolving state-of-the-art 

investigative techniques, high-impact major case initiatives and training to support these areas of 

emphasis. This has and will continue to be the key to the growing success and law enforcement reach 

of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. 

Limitations of the Financial Statements. As required by OMB Circular A-136, Fund management 

makes the following statements regarding the limitations of the financial statements: 

 The financial statements have been prepared to report the financial position and results of 

operations of the entity, pursuant to the requirements of 31 USC § 3515(b). 

 While the statements have been prepared from the books and records of the entity in accordance 

with the formats prescribed by OMB, the statements are in addition to the financial reports used 

to monitor and control budgetary resources which are prepared from the same books and records. 

 The statements should be read with the realization that they are for a component of the U.S. 

government, a sovereign entity. One implication of this is that liabilities cannot be liquidated 

without legislation that provides resources to do so. 
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Inspector General 

United States Department of the Treasury 

Washington, D.C. 

We have audited the Principal Statements (balance sheets and the related 

statements of net cost, changes in net position, and budgetary resources, 

hereinafter referred to as “financial statements”) of the Department of the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) as of and for the years ended September 

30, 2012 and 2011. These financial statements are the responsibility of Fund 

Management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial 

statements based on our audits. 

We conducted our audits in accordance with auditing standards generally 

accepted in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial 

audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller 

General of the United States; and applicable provisions of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin No. 07-04, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements, as amended. Those standards require that we 

plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the 

financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes 

examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in 

the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting 

principles used and significant estimates made by Fund Management, as well 

as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our 

audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion. 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all 

material respects, the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2012 

and 2011, and its net costs, changes in net position, and budgetary resources, 

for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally 

accepted in the United States of America. 

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued a 

report dated October 31, 2012, on our consideration of the Fund's internal 

control over financial reporting and a report dated October 31, 2012, on our 

tests of its compliance with laws, regulations, and contracts. These reports are 

an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing 

 Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants 
Standards, and should be read in conjunction with this report in considering the results of our audits. 

U.S. generally accepted accounting principles require that the information in Section I: Overview, 

and Section IV: Required Supplemental Information be presented to supplement the basic financial 

statements referred to in the first paragraph of this report. Such information, although not a part of the 

basic financial statements, is required by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board who 

considers it to be an essential part of financial reporting for placing the basic financial statements in 

an appropriate operational, economic, or historical context. We have applied certain limited 

procedures to the required supplementary information in accordance with auditing standards 

generally accepted in the United States of America, which consisted of inquiries of management 

about the methods of preparing the information and comparing the information for consistency with 

management’s responses to our inquiries, the basic financial statements, and other knowledge we 

obtained during our audits of the basic financial statements. We do not express an opinion or provide 

any assurance on the information because the limited procedures do not provide us with sufficient 

evidence to express an opinion or provide any assurance. 

Our audits were conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the basic financial statements 

taken as a whole. The information in the Message from the Director, and Section V: Other 

Accompanying Information is presented for the purposes of additional analysis and is not a required 

part of the basic financial statements. Such information has not been subjected to the auditing 

procedures applied in the audits of the basic financial statements, and accordingly, we do not express 

an opinion or provide any assurance on them. 

October 31, 2012 

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Reporting

Inspector General 

United States Department of the Treasury 

Washington, D.C. 

We have audited the Principal Statements (balance sheet and the related 

statements of net cost, changes in net position, and budgetary resources, 

hereinafter referred to as “financial statements”) of the Department of the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended September 

30, 2012, and have issued our report thereon dated October 31, 2012. We 

conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted 

in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits 

contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller 

General of the United States; and, applicable provisions of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin No. 07-04, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements, as amended.

In planning and performing our audit, we considered the Fund’s internal 

control over financial reporting by obtaining an understanding of the design 

effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control, determining whether these internal 

controls had been placed in operation, assessing control risk, and performing 

tests of controls as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the 

purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial statements. We limited our 

internal control testing to those controls necessary to achieve the objectives 

described in OMB Bulletin No. 07-04 and Government Auditing Standards. 

We did not test all internal controls relevant to operating objectives as broadly 

defined by the Federal Managers’ Financial Integrity Act of 1982, such as 

those controls relevant to ensuring efficient operations. The objective of our 

audit was not to express an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal 

control over financial reporting. Consequently, we do not express an opinion 

on internal control over financial reporting. 

Our consideration of internal control over financial reporting was for the 

limited purpose described in the preceding paragraph and was not designed to 

identify all deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that might 

be deficiencies, significant deficiencies or material weaknesses. Under 

standards issued by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, a 

deficiency in internal control exists when the design or operation of a control 

does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing 

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their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct misstatements on a timely basis. A 

significant deficiency is a deficiency or combination of deficiencies, in internal control that is less 

severe than a material weakness, yet important enough to merit attention by those charged with 

governance. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control 

such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the entity’s financial 

statements will not be prevented, or detected and corrected on a timely basis. 

We did not identify any deficiencies in internal control over financial reporting that we consider to be 

material weaknesses, as defined above. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Management of the Fund, the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, OMB, the U.S. Congress, the Department of the Treasury Office of 

Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office and is not intended to be, and should 

not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. However, this report is a matter of public 

record and its distribution is not limited. 

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We have audited the Principal Statements (balance sheet and the related 

statements of net cost, changes in net position, and budgetary resources, 

hereinafter referred to as “financial statements”) of the Department of the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended September 

30, 2012, and have issued our report thereon dated October 31, 2012. We 

conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted 

in the United States of America; the standards applicable to financial audits 

contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller 

General of the United States; and, applicable provisions of Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) Bulletin No. 07-04, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements, as amended. 

The management of the Fund is responsible for complying with laws, 

regulations, and contracts applicable to the Fund. As part of obtaining 

reasonable assurance about whether the Fund’s financial statements are free of 

material misstatement, we performed tests of its compliance with certain 

provisions of laws, regulations, and contracts, noncompliance with which 

could have a direct and material effect on the determination of financial 

statement amounts, and certain other laws and regulations specified in OMB 

Bulletin No. 07-04, including the requirements referred to in Section 803(a) of 

the Federal Financial Management Improvement Act (FFMIA) of 1996. We 

limited our tests of compliance to these provisions and we did not test 

compliance with all laws, regulations, and contracts applicable to the Fund. 

Providing an opinion on compliance with certain provisions of laws, 

regulations, and contracts was not an objective of our audit and, accordingly, 

we do not express such an opinion. 

The results of our tests of compliance disclosed no instances of noncompliance 

with laws, regulations, and contracts discussed in the preceding paragraph, 

exclusive of FFMIA, that are required to be reported under Government 

Auditing Standards and OMB Bulletin No. 07-04. 

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Under FFMIA, we are required to report whether the Fund’s financial management systems 

substantially comply with the Federal financial management systems requirements, applicable 

Federal accounting standards, and the United States Government Standard General Ledger at the 

transaction level. To meet this requirement, we performed tests of compliance with FFMIA section 

803(a) requirements. 

The results of our tests of FFMIA disclosed no instances in which the Fund’s financial management 

systems did not substantially comply with the three requirements discussed in the preceding 

paragraph. 

This report is intended solely for the information and use of the Management of the Fund, the U.S. 

Department of the Treasury, OMB, the U.S. Congress, the Department of the Treasury Office of 

Inspector General, and the Government Accountability Office and is not intended to be, and should 

not be used by anyone other than these specified parties. However, this report is a matter of public 

record and its distribution is not limited. 

October 31, 2012 

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SECTION III 

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES

SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 29

Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

BALANCE SHEETS 

As of September 30, 2012 and 2011 

(Dollars in thousands) 

2012 2011

Assets: 

Intragovernmental:

 Fund balance with Treasury $       14,526 $    23,094

 Investments and related interest receivable (Note 3)     3,136,274   2,309,275

 Advances                40              79

 Total Intragovernmental     3,150,840   2,332,448

 Cash and other monetary assets (Note 5)         205,137 119,766

 Accounts Receivable              1,987             430

         207,124      120,196

 Forfeited property (Note 6) 

 Held for sale, net of mortgages, liens and claims         83,143        52,227

 To be shared with federal, state or local, or foreign governments            1,157         1,517

 Total forfeited property, net of mortgages, liens and claims         84,300        53,744

 Capitalized software (Note 9)               660                   ‐

Total Assets $3,442,924 $2,506,388

Liabilities: 

 Intragovernmental:

 Accounts payable $      32,665 $   56,253

 Total Intragovernmental         32,665       56,253

 Seized currency and other monetary instruments (Note 8) 1,691,498       824,219

 Distributions payable (Note 10) 

 State and local agencies and foreign governments       71,123       111,311

 Accounts payable         7,443         7,939

 Deferred revenue from forfeited assets         84,300         53,744

Total Liabilities      1,887,029    1,053,466

Net Position: 

 Cumulative results of operations (Note 11)      1,555,895    1,452,922

Total Liabilities and Net Position $3,442,924 $2,506,388

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

STATEMENTS OF NET COST 

For the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 

(Dollars in thousands) 

2012 2011

Program: 

ENFORCEMENT

 Intragovernmental: 

 Seizure investigative costs and asset management $      62,942 $     73,300

 Other asset related contract services             7,290            8,565

 Data systems, training and others            30,255         33,253

 Total Intragovernmental         100,487      115,118

 With the Public:

 National contract services seized property and other           48,328         50,359

 Joint operations           12,198         11,593

 Total with the Public           60,526        61,952

Net Cost of Operations $      161,013 $   177,070

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN NET POSITION 

For the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 

(Dollars in thousands) 

2012 2011

Net Position – Beginning of year $ 1,452,922 $ 986,071

Financing Sources (Non-Exchange Revenues): 

 Intragovernmental

 Investment interest income 

 Public

 1,047 1,379

 Forfeited currency and monetary instruments 344,789 763,378

 Sales of forfeited property net of mortgages and claims 52,213 53,776

 Proceeds from participating with other federal agencies 108,781 95,377 

 Value of property transferred in equitable sharing 1,600 4,675 

 Payments in lieu of forfeiture, net of refunds (Note 19) 2,914 (57,026)

 Reimbursed costs 2,457 3,559

 Other ____2,828 2,958

 Total Gross Non-Exchange Revenues 516,629 868,076

Less: Equitable Sharing

 Intragovernmental

 Federal (7,020) (27,927)

 Public 

 State and local agencies (107,365) (68,373)

 Foreign countries (3,488) (176)

 Victim restitution (46,589) (24,261)

 (157,442) (92,810)

 Total Equitable Sharing (164,462) (120,737)

Total Non-Exchange Revenues, Net 352,167 747,339

Transfers –Out 

 Intragovernmental

 Super surplus (Note 13) (78,654) (102,464) 

 Secretary’s enforcement fund (Note 14) (9,527) (954)

Total Transfers Out (88,181) (103,418)

Total Financing Sources - Net 263,986 643,921

Net Cost of Operations (161,013) (177,070)

Net Results of Operations 102,973 466,851

Net Position – End of Year $ 1,555,895 $ 1,452,922

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements. 
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Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

STATEMENTS OF BUDGETARY RESOURCES 

For the years ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 

(Dollars in thousands) 

2012 2011

Budgetary Resources: 

 

 Unobligated balances- beginning of year $ 646,405 $ 580,785 

 Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations 

 Unobligated balance from prior year budget authority, net 

 29,747

676,152 

 57,464

638,249

 Budget authority (3,822) 598,570

 

Total Budgetary Resources

 

$ 672,330 $1,236,819

Status of Budgetary Resources: 

 Obligations incurred $ 527,417 $ 590,414

 Unobligated balances – apportioned $ 144,913 $ 646,405

 Unobligated balances – end of year $ 144,913 $ 646,405

Total Status of Budgetary Resources $ 672,330 $1,236,819

Change in Obligated Balance: 

 Obligated balance, net-beginning of year $ 539,063 $ 745,715

 Obligations incurred 527,417 590,414

 Less: Gross outlays (485,892) (739,602)

 Less: Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, actual (29,747) (57,464)

Obligated balance, net – end of year $ 550,841 $ 539,063

Budget Authority and Outlays 

 

 Budget authority, net $ (3,822) $ 598,570

 Net outlays $ 485,892 $ 739,602

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 33

Note 1: Reporting Entity

The Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (Treasury Forfeiture Fund or the Fund) was 

established by the Treasury Forfeiture Fund Act of 1992, Public Law 102-393 (the TFF Act), and is 

codified at 31 USC 9703. The Fund was created to consolidate all Treasury law enforcement bureaus 

under a single forfeiture fund program administered by the Department of the Treasury (Treasury). 

Treasury law enforcement bureaus fully participating in the Fund upon enactment of this legislation 

were the U.S. Customs Service (Customs); the Internal Revenue Service (IRS); the United States 

Secret Service (Secret Service); the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF); the Financial 

Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN); and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center 

(FLETC). FinCEN and FLETC contribute no revenue to the Fund, however in recent years, 

significant amounts of Super Surplus funds have been allocated to FinCEN towards Bank Secrecy 

Act (BSA) Information Technology (IT) modernization, a tool used in the fight against money 

laundering and other criminal activity. The U.S. Coast Guard, formerly part of the Department of 

Transportation, now part of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), also participates in the 

Fund. However, all Coast Guard seizures are treated as Customs seizures because the Coast Guard 

lacks forfeiture authority. 

With enactment of the Homeland Security Act of 2002 (Homeland Security Act), law enforcement 

bureaus currently participating in the Fund are: the Internal Revenue Service - Criminal Investigation 

(IRS - CI) of Treasury, Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Immigration and Customs 

Enforcement (ICE) and the U.S. Secret Service (USSS) of DHS. The U.S. Coast Guard of DHS joins 

these bureaus. The Fund continues in its capacity as a multi-Departmental Fund, representing the 

interests of law enforcement components of the Departments of Treasury and Homeland Security. 

The Fund is a special fund that is accounted for under Treasury symbol number 20X5697. From this 

no-year account, expenses may be incurred consistent with 31 USC 9703, as amended. A portion of 

these expenses, referred to as discretionary expenses, are subject to annual appropriation limitations. 

Others, referred to as non-discretionary (mandatory) expenses, are limited only by the availability of 

resources in the Fund. Both expense categories are limited in total by the amount of revenue in the 

Fund. The Fund is managed by the Treasury's Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture (EOAF). 

The mission of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is to affirmatively influence the consistent and strategic 

use of asset forfeiture by law enforcement bureaus to disrupt and dismantle criminal enterprises. The 

goal of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund is to support the Treasury’s national asset forfeiture program in 

a manner that results in federal law enforcement’s continued and effective use of asset forfeiture as a 

high-impact law enforcement sanction to disrupt and dismantle criminal activity. Under a 

Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Treasury, CBP acts as the executive agent for certain 

operations of the Fund. Pursuant to that executive agency role, CBP’s National Finance Center (NFC) 

is responsible for accounting and financial reporting for the Fund, including timely and accurate 

reporting and compliance with Treasury, the Comptroller General and the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) regulations and reporting requirements. 
34 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Note 2: Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

Basis of Accounting and Presentation

The Fund began preparing audited financial statements in Fiscal Year 1993 as required by the Fund’s 

enabling legislation 31 USC§9703(f)(2)(H), and the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. Beginning 

with the Fiscal Year 1996 report, the Government Management Reform Act of 1994 (GMRA) 

requires executive agencies, including the Treasury, to produce audited consolidated accountability 

reports and related footnotes for all activities and funds. 

The financial statements have been prepared from the accounting records of the Fund in conformity 

with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP) and specified 

by OMB in OMB Circular A-136, Financial Reporting Requirements (OMB Circular A-136). GAAP 

for federal entities is prescribed by the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASAB), 

which is designated the official accounting standards setting body of the Federal Government by the 

American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. The statement of budgetary resources for fiscal 

year 2011 has been reclassified to make it comparable to the fiscal year 2012 presentation. 

Allowable Fund Expenses 

The majority of the revenue recorded by the Fund is utilized for operating expenses or distributed to 

state and local law enforcement agencies, other federal agencies, and foreign governments, in 

accordance with the various laws and policies governing the operations and activities of the Fund. 

Under the TFF Act, the Fund is authorized to pay certain expenses using discretionary or mandatory 

funding authorities of the Fund. 

Discretionary authorities include but may not be limited to: the payment of expenses for the purchase 

of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture involving any law 

enforcement bureau participating in the Fund; purchase of evidence or information that meet the 

criteria set out in 31 USC 9703(a)(2)(B); payment for equipment for vessels, vehicles, or aircraft 

available for official use as described by 31 USC 9703(a)(2)(D) and (F); reimbursement of private 

persons for expenses incurred while cooperating with a Treasury law enforcement organization in 

investigations; publication of the availability of certain awards; and payment for training foreign law 

enforcement personnel with respect to seizure or forfeiture activities of the Fund. Discretionary 

expenses are subject to an annual, definite Congressional appropriation from revenue in the Fund. 

Expenses from the mandatory authorities of the Fund include but are not limited to: all proper 

expenses of the seizure, including investigative costs and purchases of evidence and information 

leading to seizure, holding cost, security costs, etc., awards of compensation to informers under

section 619 of the Tariff Act (19 USC 1619); satisfaction of liens against the forfeited property, and 

claims of parties with interest in forfeited property; expenses incurred by state and local law 

enforcement agencies in joint law enforcement operations with law enforcement agencies 

participating in the Fund; and equitable sharing payments made to state and local law enforcement 

agencies in recognition of their efforts in a Fund seizure leading to forfeiture. These mandatory 

expenses are paid pursuant to the permanent indefinite authorities of the Fund; are only limited by 

revenue in the Fund each year and do not require additional Congressional action for expenditure. 
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 35

The Fund's expenses are either paid on a reimbursement basis or paid directly on behalf of a 

participating bureau. Reimbursable expenses are incurred by the respective bureaus participating in 

the Fund against their appropriation and then submitted to the Fund for reimbursement. The bureaus 

are reimbursed through Inter-Agency Transfers (SF-1081) or Intra-governmental Payments and 

Collection (IPAC) System. Certain expenses such as equitable sharing, liens, claims and state and 

local joint operations costs are paid directly from the Fund. 

Further, the Fund is a component unit of the Treasury with participating bureaus in the DHS. As 

such, employees of both Departments may perform certain operational and administrative tasks 

related to the Fund. Payroll costs of employees directly involved in the security and maintenance of 

forfeited property are also recorded as expenses in the financial statements of the Fund (included in 

the line item “seizure investigative costs and asset management” in the statement of net cost.) 

Revenue and Expense Recognition

Revenue from the forfeiture of property is deferred until the property is sold or transferred to a state, 

local or federal agency. Revenue is not recorded if the forfeited property is ultimately destroyed or 

cannot be legally sold. 

Revenue from currency is recognized upon forfeiture. Payments in lieu of forfeiture (mitigated 

seizures) are recognized as revenue when the payment is received. Revenue received from 

participating with certain other federal agencies is recognized when the payment is received. 

Operating costs are recorded as expenses and related liabilities when goods are received or services 

are performed. Certain probable equitable sharing liabilities existing at year end are accrued based 

on estimates. 

As provided for in the TFF Act, the Fund invests seized and forfeited currency that is not needed for 

current operations. Treasury’s Bureau of Public Debt invests the funds in obligations of, or 

guaranteed by, the United States Government. Interest is reported to the Fund and recorded monthly 

as revenue in the general ledger. 

Earmarked Funds 

Earmarked funds are financed by specifically identified revenues, often supplemented by other 

financing sources, which remain available over time. These specifically identified revenues and other 

financing sources are required by statute to be used for designated activities, benefits, or purposes, 

and must be accounted for separately from the Government’s general revenues. In accordance with 

SFFAS 27, Earmarked Funds, all of the TFF’s revenue meets these criteria and constitutes an 

earmarked fund. 

The Federal Government does not set aside assets to pay future benefits or other expenditures 

associated with earmarked funds. The cash collected from earmarked funds are deposited in the U.S. 

Treasury, which uses the cash for general government purposes. Treasury securities are issued to the 

TFF as evidence of its receipts. Treasury securities are an asset to the TFF and a liability to the U.S. 

Treasury. Because the TFF and U.S. Treasury are both parts of the government, these assets and 

liabilities offset each other from the standpoint of the government as a whole. For this reason, they 

do not represent an asset or a liability in the U.S. Government-wide financial statements. 
36 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Treasury securities provide the TFF with authority to draw upon the U.S. Treasury to make future 

benefit payments or other expenditures. When the TFF requires redemption of these securities to 

make expenditures, the government finances those expenditures out of accumulated cash balances, by 

raising taxes or other receipts, by borrowing from the public or repaying less debt or by curtailing 

other expenditures. This is the same way that the government finances all other expenditures. 

Equitable Sharing (Assets Distributed)

Forfeited property, currency, or proceeds from the sales of forfeited property may be shared with 

federal, state and local law enforcement agencies or foreign governments, which provided direct or 

indirect assistance in the related seizure. In addition, the Fund may transfer forfeited property to 

other federal agencies, which would benefit from the use of the item. A class of asset distribution 

was established for victim restitution in 1995. These distributions include property and cash returned 

to victims of fraud and other illegal activity. Upon approval by Fund management to share or 

transfer the assets, both revenue from distributed forfeited assets and distributions are recognized for 

the net realizable value of the asset to be shared or transferred, thereby resulting in no gain or loss 

recognized. Revenue and /or expenses are recognized for property and currency, which are 

distributed to or shared with non-federal agencies, per SFFAS No. 7, Accounting for Revenue and 

Other Financing Sources. 

Entity Assets

Entity assets are used to conduct the operations and activities of the Fund. Entity assets comprise 

intragovernmental and non-intragovernmental assets. Intragovernmental balances arise from 

transactions among federal agencies. These assets are claims of a federal entity against another 

federal entity. Entity assets consist of cash or other assets, which could be converted into cash to 

meet the Fund's current or future operational needs. Such other assets include investments of forfeited 

balances, accrued interest on seized balances, receivables, and forfeited property, which are held for 

sale or to be distributed. 

 Fund Balance with Treasury – This represents amounts on deposit with Treasury. 

 Investments and Related Interest Receivable – This includes forfeited cash held by the Fund 

and seized currency held in the Customs Suspense Account that had been invested in short term 

U.S. Government Securities. 

 Receivables – The values reported for other receivables are primarily funds due from the national 

seized property contractor for properties sold; the proceeds of which have not yet been deposited 

into the Fund. No allowance has been made for uncollectible amounts as the accounts recorded as 

a receivable at year end were considered to be fully collectible as of September 30, 2012 and 

2011. 

 Advances – This primarily represents cash transfers to Treasury or law enforcement bureaus 

participating in the Fund for orders to be delivered. 

 Cash and Other Monetary Assets – This includes forfeited currency on hand not yet deposited 

and forfeited currency held as evidence. 
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 37

 Forfeited Property and Currency – Forfeited property and currency is recorded in the 

respective seized property and forfeited asset tracking systems at the estimated fair value at the 

time of seizure. However, based on historical sales experiences for the year, properties are 

adjusted to reflect the market value at the end of the fiscal year for financial statement reporting 

purposes. Direct and indirect holding costs are not capitalized for individual forfeited assets. 

Forfeited currency not deposited into the Fund is included as part of Entity Assets - Cash and 

Other Monetary Assets. 

Further, mortgages and claims on forfeited assets are recognized as a valuation allowance and a 

reduction of deferred revenue from forfeited assets when the asset is forfeited. The allowance 

includes mortgages and claims on forfeited property held for sale and a minimal amount of claims on 

forfeited property previously sold. Mortgages and claims expenses are recognized when the related 

asset is sold and is reflected as a reduction of sales of forfeited property. 

Additionally, SFFAS No. 3, Accounting for Inventory and Related Property, requires certain 

additional disclosures in the notes to the financial statements, including an analysis of changes in 

seized and forfeited property and currency, for both carrying value and quantities, from that on hand 

at the beginning of the year to that on hand at the end of the year. These analyses are disclosed in 

Notes 7 and 8. 

Non-entity Assets

Non-entity assets held by the Fund are not available for use by the Fund. Non-entity assets comprise 

intragovernmental and other assets. Intragovernmental balances arise from transactions among 

federal agencies. These assets are claims of a federal entity against another federal entity. Nonentity assets are not considered as financing sources (revenue) available to offset operating expenses, 

therefore, a corresponding liability is recorded and presented as governmental liabilities in the 

balance sheet to reflect the custodial/fiduciary nature of these activities. 

 Seized Currency and Property – Seized Currency is defined as cash or monetary instruments 

that are readily convertible to cash on a dollar for dollar basis. SFFAS No. 3 requires that seized 

monetary instruments (cash and cash equivalents) be recognized as an asset in the financial 

statements and a liability be established in an amount equal to the seized asset value due to: (i) the 

fungible nature of monetary instruments, (ii) the high level of control that is necessary over these 

assets; and (iii) the possibility that these monies may be returned to their owner in lieu of 

forfeiture. 

Seized property is recorded at its appraised value at the time of seizure. The value is determined 

by the seizing entity and is usually based on a market analysis such as a third party appraisal, 

standard property value publications or bank statements. Seized property is not recognized as an 

asset in the financial statements, as transfer of ownership to the government has not occurred as 

of September 30. Accordingly, seized property other than monetary instruments is disclosed in 

the footnotes in accordance with SFFAS No. 3. 

 Investments and Related Interest Receivable – This balance includes seized cash on deposit in 

the Fund’s suspense account held by Treasury, which has been invested in short term U.S. 

Government Securities. 
38 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

 Cash and Other Monetary Assets – This balance represents the aggregate amount of the Fund’s 

seized currency on deposit in the Fund’s suspense account held by Treasury, seized cash on 

deposit held with other financial institutions and, cash on hand in vaults held at field office 

locations. 

Liabilities Covered by Budgetary Resources

Liabilities covered by budgetary resources represent liabilities incurred, which are covered by 

available budgetary resources. The components of such liabilities for the Fund are as follows: 

 Distributions Payable – Distributions payable to federal and non-federal agencies is primarily 

related to equitable sharing payments and payments to be made by the Fund to the victims of 

fraud. 

 Accounts Payable – Amounts reported in this category include accrued expenses authorized by 

the TFF Act (See "Allowable Fund Expenses") for which payment was pending at year end. 

 Seized Currency – Amounts reported in this category represent the value of seized currency that 

is held by the Fund which equals the amount of seized currency reported as an asset. 

 Deferred Revenue from Forfeited Assets – At year end, the Fund held forfeited assets, which 

had not yet been converted into cash through a sale. The amount reported here represents the 

value of these assets, net of mortgages and claims. 

Liabilities Not Covered by Budgetary Resources

The Fund does not currently have liabilities not covered by available budgetary resources. 

Net Position 

The components of net position are classified as follows: 

 Retained Capital – There is no cap on amounts that the Fund can carry forward into Fiscal Year 

2013. The cap was removed by the Fiscal Year 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act (PL 104-208). 

 Unliquidated Obligations – This category represents the amount of undelivered purchase orders, 

contracts and equitable sharing requests which have been obligated with current budget resources 

or delivered purchase orders and contracts that have not been invoiced. An expense and liability 

are recognized and the corresponding obligations are reduced as goods are received or services 

are performed. A portion of the equitable sharing requests that were in final stages of approval 

are recognized as liabilities at year end. Prior experience with the nature of this account indicated 

that a substantial portion of these requests were certain liabilities at year end. (See also 

Distributions Payable at Note 10). 

 Net Results of Operations – This category represents the net difference, for the activity during 

the year, between: (i) financing sources including transfers, and revenues; and (ii) expenses. 
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 39

Note 3: Investments and Related Interest Receivable

All investments are intragovernmental short-term (35 days or less) non-marketable par value federal 

debt securities issued by, and purchased through Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt. Investments 

are always purchased at a discount and are reported at acquisition cost, net of discount. The discount 

is amortized into interest income over the term of the investment. The investments are always held to 

maturity. They are made from cash in the Fund and from seized currency held in the Customs 

Suspense Account. The Customs Suspense Account became the depository for seized cash for the 

Fund following enactment of the TFF Act. 

The following schedule presents the investments on hand as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, 

respectively (dollars in thousands):

Entity Assets 

Description. Cost Unamortized 

Discount 

Investment, 

Net

September 30, 2012

Treasury Forfeiture Fund - 

35 days 0.0450% U.S. Treasury Bills $1,631,299 ($71) $1,631,228

Interest Receivable 39

Total Investment, Net, and Interest Receivable $1,631,267

Fair Market Value $1,631,234

September 30, 2011 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund - 

28 days 0.0000% U.S. Treasury Bills $1,584,974 ($0) $1,584,974

Interest Receivable 0

Total Investment, Net, and Interest Receivable $1,584,974

Fair Market Value $1,584,959
40 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Non-entity Assets 

Description. Cost Unamortized 

Discount 

Investment, 

Net

September 30, 2012

Treasury Forfeiture Fund – 

Seized Currency Suspense Account 

35 days 0.0450% U.S. Treasury Bills $1,505,073 ($66) $1,505,007

Fair Market Value $1,505,013

September 30, 2011 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund – 

Seized Currency Suspense Account 

28 days 0.0000% U.S. Treasury Bills $724,301 ($0) $ 724,301

Fair Market Value $ 724,294

Note 4: Analysis of Non-Entity Assets

The following schedule presents the non-entity assets as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, 

respectively, (dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011

Seized currency: 

 Intragovernmental Investments (Note 3) $ 1,505,007 $ 724,301

 Cash and other monetary assets (Note 5) 186,491 99,918

Total Non-Entity Assets 1,691,498 824,219

Total Entity Assets 1,751,426 1,682,169

Total Assets $ 3,442,924 $ 2,506,388
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 41

Note 5: Cash and Other Monetary Assets

Entity Assets 

Cash and Other Monetary Assets held on hand included forfeited currency not yet deposited, as well 

as forfeited currency held as evidence, amounting to $18.6 million and $19.8 million as of September 

30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. 

Non-Entity Assets 

Cash and Other Monetary Assets included seized currency not yet deposited, as well as deposited 

seized currency which is not invested in order to pay remissions, amounted to $186.5 million and 

$99.9 million as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. 

Note 6: Forfeited Property/Deferred Revenue

The following summarizes the components of forfeited property (net), as of September 30, 2012 and 

2011, respectively, (dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Held for Sale $ 86,191 $ 59,497 

To be shared with federal, state or local, or foreign government 1,157 1,517 

 Total forfeited property (Note 7) 87,348 61,014 

Less: Allowance for liens and claims (3,048) (7,270)

Total forfeited property, net $ 84,300 $ 53,744 
42 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Note 7: FY 2012 Analysis of Changes in Forfeited Property and CurrencyThe following schedule presents the changes in the forfeited property and currency balances from October 1, 2011 to Se

(Dollar value is in thousands.) 

10/1/11 Financial 

Statement Balance Adjustments 

10/1/11 

Carrying Value Forfeitures Deposits/Sales Dispos

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Va

Currency $19,629 - $- - $19,629 - $307,400 - $(337,273) - $ Other Monetary Instruments 219 - - - 219 - 9 - (209) - Subtotal 19,848 - - - 19,848 - 307,409 - (337,482) - Real Property 40,967 251 36,742 - 77,709 251 16,735 93 (29,073) (118) (8General Property 12,107 12,358 32,021 - 44,128 12,358 36,829 27,824 (32,516) (4,034) (1,9Vessels 529 46 453 - 982 46 1,988 160 (1,327) (57) (1Aircraft 335 6 228 - 563 6 2,462 16 (1,976) (13) (5Vehicles 7,076 2,636 4,981 - 12,057 2,636 36,971 9,467 (28,105) (8,423) (7,9Subtotal 61,014 15,297 74,425 - 135,439 15,297 94,985 37,560 (92,997) (12,645) (11,3Grand Total $80,862 15,297 $74,425 - $155,287 15,297 $402,394 37,560 $(430,479) (12,645) $(11,3

Victim Restitution Destroyed 

Other 

Adjustments Value Change 2012 Carrying Value

Fair M

Ad

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Va

Currency $- - $- - $29,454 - $(769) - $18,441 - Other Monetary Instruments - 

- 

- 

205 - (17) - 205 - 

Subtotal - - - - 29,659 - (786) - 18,646 - Real Property - - - - 10,455 46 445 - 75,437 270 (8,9General Property - - (73) (19,758) (9,876) 977 (1,320) - 35,265 13,684 (24,1Vessels - - - (82) 183 8 (18) - 1,626 66 (8Aircraft - - - - 269 1 - - 804 9 (4Vehicles - - - (388) 2,044 116 (594) - 14,452 2,314 (5,9Subtotal - - (73) (20,228) 3,075 1,148 (1,487) - 127,584 16,343 (40,2Grand Total $- - $(73) (20,228) $32,734 1,148 $(2,273) - $146,230 16,343 $(40,2
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 

Note 7 (Cont’d): FY 2011 Analysis of Changes in Forfeited Property and CurrencyThe following schedule presents the changes in the forfeited property and currency balances from October 1, 2010 to Se(Dollar value is in thousands.)

10/1/10 Financial 

Statement Balance Adjustments 

10/1/10 

Carrying Value Forfeitures Deposits/Sales Dispos

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Va

Currency $12,559 - $- - $12,559 - $731,485 - $(749,316) - $(2Other Monetary Instruments 1,070 - - - 1,070 - 95 - (164) - Subtotal 13,629 - - - 13,629 - 731,580 - (749,480) - (2Real Property 48,953 223 24,090 - 73,043 223 37,517 133 (35,442) (120) (5,9General Property 10,661 9,336 9,234 - 19,895 9,336 57,195 26,273 (30,969) (3,128) (3,9Vessels 558 53 520 - 1,078 53 3,125 179 (2,048) (75) (1,0Aircraft 149 3 164 - 313 3 877 11 (727) (8) Vehicles 6,215 2,199 5,005 - 11,220 2,199 42,399 10,247 (33,308) (8,804) (9,6Subtotal 66,536 11,814 39,013 - 105,549 11,814 141,113 36,843 (102,494) (12,135) (20,4Grand Total $80,165 11,814 $39,013 - $119,178 11,814 $872,693 36,843 $(851,974) (12,135) $(20,7

Victim Restitution Destroyed 

Other 

Adjustments Value Change 2011 Carrying Value

Fair M

Ad

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Va

Currency $- - $- - $25,118 - $26 - $19,629 - Other Monetary Instruments - 

- 

- 

(12) - (770) - 219 - 

Subtotal - - - - 25,106 - (744) - 19,848 - Real Property - - - - 8,252 29 285 - 77,709 251 (36,7General Property - - (195) (18,747) 5,038 628 (2,936) - 44,128 12,358 (32,0Vessels - - - (103) (36) 11 (123) - 982 46 (4Aircraft - - - (1) 100 1 - - 563 6 (2Vehicles - - - (70) 1,591 308 (231) - 12,057 2,636 (4,9Subtotal - - (195) (18,921) 14,945 977 (3,005) - 135,439 15,297 (74,4Grand Total $- - $(195) (18,921) $40,051 977 $(3,749) - $155,287 15,297 $(74,4
44 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Note 8: FY 2012 Analysis of Changes in Seized Property and CurrencySeized property and currency result primarily from enforcement activities. Seized property is not legally owned by the F

administratively forfeited. Because of the fungible nature of currency and the high level of control necessary over these 

these monies may be returned to their owners in lieu of forfeiture, seized currency is reported as a custodial asset upon sthan currency is reported as a custodial asset upon forfeiture. (Dollar value is in thousands.) 

9/30/11 Financial 

Statement Balance Seizures Remissions Forfeitures Adjustments V

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. 

Currency $804,427 - $1,236,049 - $(80,924) - $(307,400) - $18,027 - Other Monetary Instruments 19,792 - 1,804 

- 

(99) - (9) - 1,366 - 

Subtotal 824,219 - 1,237,853 - (81,023) - (307,409) - 19,393 - Real Property 206,061 546 52,622 198 (9,267) (66) (16,735) (93) (24,359) (14) General Property 225,508 24,408 156,842 39,104 (55,430) (4,533) (36,829) (27,824) 13,948 (5,547) Vessels 5,149 138 3,814 228 (846) (28) (1,988) (160) 513 (12) Aircraft 6,121 29 9,910 23 (2,309) (13) (2,462) (16) (289) (2) Vehicles 51,035 5,779 82,057 13,302 (45,922) (4,800) (36,971) (9,467) (2,455) (478) Subtotal 493,874 30,900 305,245 52,855 (113,774) (9,440) (94,985) (37,560) (12,642) (6,053) Grand Total $1,318,093 30,900 $1,543,098 52,855 $(194,797) (9,440) $(402,394) (37,560) $6,751 (6,053) $
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 

Note 8 (Cont’d): FY 2011 Analysis of Changes in Seized Property and Currency

Seized property and currency result primarily from enforcement activities. Seized property is not legally owned by the F

administratively forfeited. Because of the fungible nature of currency and the high level of control necessary over these these monies may be returned to their owners in lieu of forfeiture, seized currency is reported as a custodial asset upon sthan currency is reported as a custodial asset upon forfeiture. (Dollar value is in thousands.) 

9/30/10 Financial 

Statement Balance Seizures Remissions Forfeitures Adjustments V

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. 

Currency $776,100 - $881,144 - $(108,526) - $(731,485) - $(13,380) - Other Monetary Instruments 13,337 - 8,699 

- 

(3) - (95) - (2,145) - 

Subtotal 789,437 - 889,843 - (108,529) - (731,580) - (15,525) - Real Property 210,589 505 63,124 224 (10,897) (58) (37,517) (133) (4,538) 8 (General Property 276,883 22,377 87,196 37,101 (58,075) (4,129) (57,195) (26,273) (8,300) (4,668) (Vessels 6,772 167 3,271 206 (1,665) (37) (3,125) (179) (261) (19) Aircraft 16,754 29 3,695 23 (13,262) (10) (877) (11) (103) (2) Vehicles 46,525 5,758 92,004 14,973 (42,263) (4,338) (42,399) (10,247) (2,040) (367) Subtotal 557,523 28,836 249,290 52,527 (126,162) (8,572) (141,113) (36,843) (15,242) (5,048) (Grand Total $1,346,960 28,836 $1,139,133 52,527 $(234,691) (8,572) $(872,693) (36,843) $(30,767) (5,048) $(
46 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

Note 9: Capitalized Software

During fiscal year 2012, the Fund spent $660 thousand developing Automated Obligation & 

Equitable Sharing Management System to be used to process requests to transfer funds from the 

Suspense Account to the Fund, obligate assets for equitable sharing and issue equitable sharing 

payments, along with documenting the disposition of forfeited assets. The system is expected to be 

operational in FY 2013. 

Note 10: Distributions Payable (state and local agencies and foreign governments)

Distributions Payable (state and local agencies and foreign governments) amounted to $71.1 million 

and $111.3 million as of September 30, 2012 and 2011, respectively. Fund management recognizes 

as a liability a portion (based on the average of historical pay-out percentage) of the equitable sharing 

requests, that were approved or in final stages of approval on September 30, 2012 and 2011, 

respectively. Prior experience with the nature of this account indicated that a substantial portion of 

these requests were certain to be paid out by the Fund during the following fiscal year. 

Note 11: Net Position

Cumulative Results

The following summarizes components of cumulative results as of and for the years ended September 

30, 2012 and 2011, respectively, (dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Retained Capital $ 1,013,826 $ 622,905 

Unliquidated Obligations 439,096 363,166 

Net Results of Operations 102,973 466,851 

$ 1,555,895 $ 1,452,922 

Unliquidated Obligations 

The following summarizes the components of unliquidated obligations as of September 30, 2012 and 

2011 respectively, (dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Equitable Sharing $ 161,416 $ 150,392 

Mandatory 277,680 212,774 

$ 439,096 $ 363,166 

Note 12: Related Party Transactions

The Fund reimbursed agencies for the purchase of certain capital assets. These assets are reported by 

the participating agencies in their financial statements. 
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 47

Note 13: Super Surplus

31 USC 9703 (g)(4)(B) allows for the expenditure, without fiscal year limitation, after the reservation 

of amounts needed to continue operations of the Fund. This “Super Surplus” balance may be used 

for law enforcement activities of any federal agency. 

Amounts distributed to other federal agencies for law enforcement activities under “Super Surplus” 

requirements amounts to $78.7 million and $102.5 million in fiscal years 2012 and 2011, 

respectively. 

Note 14: Secretary’s Enforcement Fund

31 USC 9703(b)(5) is another category of permanent indefinite authority. These funds are available 

to the Secretary, without further action by Congress and without fiscal year limitation, for federal law 

enforcement purposes of Treasury law enforcement organizations. The source of Section 9703(b)(5) 

funds is equitable sharing payments received from the Department of Justice and the U.S. Postal 

Service (USPS) representing Treasury's share of forfeiture proceeds from Justice and USPS cases. 

Amounts distributed for federal law enforcement purposes of Treasury law enforcement 

organizations amounted to $9.5 million and $1 million in fiscal years 2012 and 2011, respectively. 

Note 15: Commitments and Contingencies

COMMITMENTS 

A portion of the equitable sharing requests that were in final stages of approval are recognized as 

liabilities as of September 30 (See also Note 10, Distributions Payable). 

In addition to the amounts estimated above, there are other amounts, which may ultimately be shared, 

that are not identified at this time. 

CONTINGENCIES 

In the opinion of the Fund’s management and legal counsel, there are no pending or threatened 

litigation claims for which the amount of potential loss, individually, or in aggregate, will have a 

material adverse effect on the Fund’s financial statements. 

Note 16: Disclosures Related to the Statements of Net Cost

Gross costs and earned revenue related to Law Enforcement Programs administered by the Fund are 

presented in Treasury’s budget functional classification (in thousands) as set out below: 

2012 2011 

Gross Costs $ 161,013 $ 177,070 

Earned Revenues - - 

Net Costs $ 161,013 $ 177,070 
48 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

The Fund falls under the Treasury’s budget functional classification related to Administration of 

Justice. 

Note 17: Disclosures Related to the Statements of Budgetary Resources

The Fund’s net amount of budgetary resources obligated at the end of fiscal years 2012 and 2011 

were $550.8 million and $539.1 million, respectively. This amount is fully covered by cash on hand 

in the Fund and Entity Investments. The Fund does not have borrowing or contract authority and, 

therefore, has no repayment requirements, financing sources for repayment, or other terms of 

borrowing authority. There are no legal arrangements, outside of normal government wide 

restrictions, specifically affecting the Fund’s use of unobligated balances of budget authority. 

Adjustments to budgetary resources available at the beginning of fiscal years 2012 and 2011 consist 

of the following (in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Recoveries of Prior Year Unpaid Obligations $ 29,747 $ 57,464

Recoveries of prior year obligations are the difference between amounts that Fund management 

obligated (including equitable sharing) and amounts subsequently approved for payment against 

those obligations. 

Note 18: Dedicated Collections 

The Fund is classified as a special fund. All its activities are reported as dedicated collections held 

for later use. 

Note 19: Payments in Lieu of Forfeiture, Net of Refunds

The following summarizes Payments in Lieu of Forfeiture, Net of Refunds as of September 30, 2012 

and 2011, respectively, (dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Payments in Lieu of Forfeiture $ 9,159 $ 12,653 

Refunds (6,245) (69,679) 

Total $ 2,914 ($ 57,026) 
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 49

Note 20: Reconciliation of Net Cost of Operations (Proprietary) to Budget

The reconciliation of Net Cost of Operations to Budget demonstrates the relationship between the 

Fund’s proprietary (net cost of operations) and budgetary accounting (net obligations) information. 

2012 2011 

Resources Used to Finance Activities: 

 Budgetary resources obligated 

 Obligations incurred $ 527,417 $ 590,414

 Less: Spending authority from offsetting 

 Collections and recoveries (29,747) (57,464)

 Net Obligations 497,670 532,950

 Other resources 

 Transfers – out (88,181) (103,418)

Total Resources Used to Finance Activities 409,489 429,532

Resources Used to Finance Items not Part of the Net 

 Cost of Operations 

 Change in budgetary resources obligated for goods, 

 services and benefits ordered but not yet provided (74,992) (57,251)

 Other resources or adjustments to net obligated 

 resources that do not affect net cost of operations 

 Mortgages and claims (2,777) (4,795)

 Refunds (6,245) (69,679)

 Equitable Sharing (federal, state/local and foreign) (117,873) (96,476)

 Victim restitution (46,589) (24,261)

Total Resources Used to Finance Items not Part of the Net 

 Cost of Operations (248,476) (252,462)

Total Resources Used to Finance the Net Cost of Operations 161,013 177,070

Net Cost of Operations $ 161,013 $ 177,070
 

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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION 

(UNAUDITED) 
 

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50 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

 

Intragovernmental Amounts – Assets (Dollars in thousands) 2012 2011 

Partner Agency 

Fund 

Balance 

with 

Treasury 

Accounts 

Receivable/ 

Advances Investments

Fund 

Balance 

with 

Treasury

Accounts 

Receivable/ 

Advances Investments

Treasury $ 14,526 - $ - $ - $ 23,094 $ - $ - 

Departmental Offices - 40 - - 79 - 

Bureau of Public Debt - - 3,136,274 - - 2,309,275 

Totals _$ 14,526 $ 40 $ 3,136,274 $ 23,094 $ 79 $ 2,309,275

Intragovernmental Amounts – Liabilities (Dollars in thousands) 

Partner Agency 

2012 

Accounts 

Payable 

2011 

Accounts 

Payable 

Department of Justice $ 5,440 $ - 

Departmental Offices 1,305 6,574 

Fincen 

 

2,527 

 

6,340 

Tax and Trade 68 83 

Treasury Office of the Inspector General 14 - 

Internal Revenue Service 23,311 43,256 

Totals $ 32,665 $ 56,253 

Intragovernmental Amounts – Revenues and Costs (Dollars in thousands) 

2012 2011 

Budget Functions 

Cost to Generate 

Exchange 

Intragovernmental 

Revenue 

Costs to Generate 

Non-Exchange 

Intragovernmental 

Revenue 

Cost to Generate 

Exchange 

Intragovernmental 

Revenue 

Costs to Generate 

Non-Exchange 

Intragovernmental 

Revenue 

 Administration of 

Justice $ - $ 100,487 $ - $ 115,118
SECTION IV – REQUIRED SUPPLMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 51

Intragovernmental Amounts – Non-exchange Revenue (Dollars in thousands): 

2012 2011 

Partner Agency In Out In Out 

Department of Justice (Including CIA) $ - $ 2,267 $ - $ 610 

Department of Homeland Security - 43,524 - 58,529 

Department of Treasury - 1,266 - 284 

Internal Revenue Service - 28,818 - 30,131 

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - 11,509 - 13,633 

Tax and Trade - 91 - 231 

Department of Defense - 206 - - 

Department of Commerce - 500 - - 

Totals $ - $ 88,181 $ - $ 103,418 
SECTION V 

OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION 

(UNAUDITED) 

52 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Equitable Sharing Summarized by State and U.S. Territories 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

 (Dollars in Thousands) 

(Unaudited) 

State/U.S. Territories Currency Value Property Value

Alabama $ 199 $ 17 

Alaska 68 73 

Arizona 2,445 9 

Arkansas 525 7 

California 17,069 195 

Colorado 190 453 

Connecticut 64 3 

D.C. Washington 83 - 

Delaware 84 - 

Florida 8,296 73 

Georgia 5,238 41 

Guam 655 - 

Hawaii 12 - 

Idaho 34 118 

Illinois 3,244 1 

Indiana 1,167 160 

Iowa 1,220 - 

Kansas 356 1 

Kentucky 837 9 

Louisiana 188 - 

Maine 44 3 

Maryland 2,876 - 

Massachusetts 832 50 

Michigan 402 49 

Minnesota 74 7 

Mississippi 217 - 

Missouri 729 19 

Montana 125 4 

Nebraska 1,548 - 

Nevada 3,340 52 

New Jersey 3,843 - 

New Hampshire 14 50 

New Mexico 432 - 

New York 27,886 551 

North Carolina 4,094 14 

North Dakota - 2 

Ohio 1,575 98 

Oklahoma 1,000 - 

Oregon 709 21 

Pennsylvania 1,136 2 

Puerto Rico 1,200 - 

Rhode Island 89 - 

South Carolina 3,574 44 

South Dakota - - 

Tennessee 168 12 

Texas 34,854 339 

Utah 88 -

Subtotal carried forward $ 132,823 $2,477 
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 53

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Equitable Sharing Summarized by State and U.S. Territories 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

(Unaudited) 

State/U.S. Territories Currency Value Property Value

Subtotal brought forward $132,823 $2,477 

Vermont 33 - 

Virgin Islands 7 - 

Virginia 623 5 

Washington 1,332 8 

West Virginia - - 

Wisconsin 319 - 

Wyoming - -

 Totals $135,137 $2,490 

Summarized above are the currency and property values of assets forfeited and shared with state and local 

agencies and U.S. Territories participating in the seizure. This supplemental schedule is not a required part of 

the financial statement of the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. Information presented on this 

schedule represents assets physically transferred during the year and, therefore, does not agree with total assets 

shared with state and local agencies in the financial statements. In addition, the above numbers do not include 

the adjustment to present property distributed at net realizable value. 
54 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Uncontested Seizures of Currency and Monetary Instruments Valued Over 

$100 Thousand Taking More Than 120 Days from Seizure to Deposit in Fund 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

31 U.S.C. 9703(f)(2)(E) requires the Secretary of the Treasury to report annually to Congress 

uncontested seizures of currency or proceeds of monetary instruments over $100 thousand which were 

not deposited in the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund within 120 days of the seizure date. 

There were 71 administrative seizures over $100 thousand over 120 days old totaling $24,856 that had not 

been transferred from the Seized Currency Suspense Account to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund as of the 

end of FY 2012. 
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 55

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Analysis of Revenue and Expenses and Distributions 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

Revenue, Expenses and Distributions by Asset Category: 

Revenue

Expenses and 

Distributions

Vehicles $ 12,498 $ 59,806

Vessels 3,472 76,199

Aircraft 3,472 24,549

General Property 11,109 241,861

Real Property 38,883 9,473

Currency and monetary instruments 456,217 113,763

525,651 525,651

Less: 

 Mortgages and claims (2,777) (2,777)

 Refunds (6,245) (6,245)

Add: 

 Excess of net revenues and financing sources over total program 

 expenses 

 -- --

Total $ 516,629 $ 516,629

Revenue, Transfers, Expenses and Distributions by Type of 

Disposition: 

Sales of property and forfeited currency and monetary instruments $ 358,731 $ 99,875

Reimbursed storage costs 2,457 52,565

Assets shared with state and local agencies 107,366 107,366

Assets shared with other federal agencies 7,020 7,020

Assets shared with foreign countries 3,488 3,488

Victim Restitution 46,589 46,589

Destructions -- 63,078

Pending disposition -- 145,670

525,651 525,651

Less: 

 Mortgages and claims (2,777) (2,777)

 Refunds (6,245) (6,245)

Add: 

 Excess of net revenues and financing sources over total program 

 expenses 

 -- --

Total $ 516,629 $ 516,629

The revenue amount of $516,629 is from the Statement of Changes in Net Position. This supplemental 

schedule “Analysis of Revenues, Expenses and Distributions” is required under the Treasury Forfeiture Fund 

Act of 1992. 
56 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Schedule of Spending 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

What Money is Available to Spend? 

 Total resources $ 672,330 

 Less amount not agreed to be spent (144,913) 

Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 527,417 

How was the Money Spent? 

 Other contractual services $ 266,557 

 Supplies and materials 17 

 Grants, subsidies and contributions 163,720 

 Interest and dividends 309 

 Refunds 55,289 

 Total Spending 485,892 

 Unpaid obligations, end of year (gross) 550,841 

 Less unpaid obligations, brought forward, October 1 

 (gross)

 

(539,063) 

 Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations 29,747 

 Total Spending Amounts Remaining to be Spent 41,525 

Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 527,417 

Who did the Money go to? 

 Federal $ 235,581 

 Non-Federal 291,836 

Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 527,417 

How was the Money Given?

 Contracts $ 287,227 

 Equitable sharing and joint operations with 

 state/local/foreign governments 152,131 

 Interest 325 

 Other 87,734 

Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 527,417 
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 57

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f) 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

The Treasury Forfeiture Fund Act of 1992, 31 U.S.C. 9703(f), requires the Secretary of the Treasury to 

transmit to Congress, no later than February 1, of each year, certain information. The following 

summarizes the required information. 

(1) A report on: 

(A) The estimated total value of property forfeited with respect to which funds were not deposited in the 

Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund during the preceding fiscal year under any law 

enforced or administered by the Department of the Treasury law enforcement organizations of the 

United States Coast Guard, in the case of fiscal years beginning after 1993. 

As reported in the audited financial statements, at September 30, 2012, the Fund had forfeited 

property held for sale of $86,191. The realized proceeds will be deposited in the Fund when 

the property is sold. 

Upon seizure, currency and other monetary instruments not needed for evidence in judicial 

proceedings are deposited in a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) suspense account. 

Upon forfeiture, it is transferred to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund. At September 30, 2012, 

there was $18,646 of forfeited currency and other monetary instruments that had not yet been 

transferred to the Fund. This is reported as a part of “Cash and Other Monetary Assets” in 

the audited financial statements. 

(B) The estimated total value of all such property transferred to any state or local law enforcement 

agency. 

The estimated total value of all such property transferred to any state or local law 

enforcement bureau is summarized by state and U.S. territories. Total currency transferred 

was $135,137 and total property transferred was $2,490 at appraised value. 

(2) A report on: 

(A) The balance of the Fund at the beginning of the preceding fiscal year. 

The total net position of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund on September 30, 2011 which became 

the beginning balance for the Fund on October 1, 2011, as reported in the audited financial 

statements is $1,452,922. 
58 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2012 

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f) 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

(B) Liens and mortgages paid and the amount of money shared with federal, state, local and foreign law 

enforcement bureaus during the preceding fiscal year. 

Mortgages and claims expense, as reported in the audited financial statements, was $2,777. 

The amount actually paid on a cash basis was not materially different.

The amount of forfeited currency and property shared with federal, and distributed to state, 

local and foreign law enforcement bureaus as reported in the audited financial statements was 

as follows: 

Amount

State and local $107,365 

Foreign countries 3,488 

Other federal agencies 7,020 

Victim restitution 46,589 

(C) The net amount realized from the operations of the Fund during the preceding fiscal year, the 

amount of seized cash being held as evidence, and the amount of money that has been carried over 

into the current fiscal year. 

The net cost of operations of the Fund as shown in the audited financial statements is 

$161,013. 

The amount of seized currency not on deposit in the Fund’s suspense account at September 

30, 2012, was $186,491. This amount includes some funds in the process of being deposited at 

year-end; cash seized in August or September 2012 that is pending determination of its 

evidentiary value from the U.S. Attorney; and the currency seized for forfeiture being held as 

evidence. 

On a budgetary basis, unobligated balances as originally reported on the Office of 

Management and Budget Reports, SF-133, “Report on Budget Execution” was approximately 

$144,913 for fiscal year 2012. This excludes $950,000 in FY 2012 rescinded authority that is 

classified as “temporary.” If this figure is added to the unobligated balances at the end of FY 

2012, the figure becomes $1,094,913. 
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 59

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND 

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f) 

For the Year Ended September 30, 2012 

(Dollars in Thousands) 

(D) Any defendant’s property not forfeited at the end of the preceding fiscal year, if the equity in such 

property is valued at $1 million or more.

The total approximate value of such property for the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, at estimated 

values determined by bureau and contractor’s officials, and the number of seizures is as 

follows: 

Bureau Amount Number

CBP $213,615 39 seizures 

IRS 743,448 116 seizures 

U.S. Secret Service 282,375 31 seizures 

(E) The total dollar value of uncontested seizures of monetary instruments having a value of over $100 

thousand which, or the proceeds of which, have not been deposited into the Fund within 120 days 

after the seizure, as of the end of the preceding fiscal year. 

The total dollar value of such seizures is $24,856. This is also documented on page 54. 

 

(F) The balance of the Fund at the end of the current fiscal year. 

The total net position of the Fund at September 30, 2012, as reported in the audited financial 

statements is $1,555,895. 

(G) The net amount, if any, of the excess unobligated amounts remaining in the Fund at the end of the 

preceding fiscal year and available to the Secretary for Federal law enforcement related purposes. 

There is no cap on amounts that can be carried forward into Fiscal Year 2012 per the fiscal 

year 1997 Omnibus Appropriations Act (PL 104-208). 

(H) A complete set of audited financial statements prepared in a manner consistent with the 

requirements of the Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990. 

The audited financial statements, including the Independent Auditor’s Report, are found in 

Sections II and III. 

(I) An analysis of income and expense showing revenue received or lost: (i) by property category 

(such as general property, vehicles, vessels, aircraft, cash, and real property); and (ii) by type of 

disposition (such as sale, remission, cancellation, placement into official use, sharing with state and 

local agencies, and destruction). 

A separate schedule is presented on page 55 

 
 

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