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Treasury Forfeiture Fund

ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT

Fiscal Year 2013

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Message from the Director

I am pleased to present the fiscal year (FY) 2013 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 2013 was the highest revenue year since the inception of the Fund with income of over $1.7 

billion from forfeitures and recoveries, as compared to $516.6 in million received in FY 2012. Among these 

forfeitures, a total of nine major cases accounted for more than $1.3 billion in gross revenues, with the 

remaining $400 million coming from direct forfeitures, recoveries, interest, and equitable sharing received 

from the Department of Justice.

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 enterprises. It is our view that the greatest damage 

to criminal enterprises 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 2013, our member bureaus exceeded the target 

with a performance level of 95 percent as compared to 76.4 percent in FY 2012. If we exclude a single 

forfeiture totaling $881 million, our performance measure for FY 2013 would be 88 percent. 

In FY 2013, the Fund prioritized the support of law enforcement efforts targeting Third Party Money 

Laundering Networks (3PML). This is a critically important investigative area aimed at dismantling the 

financial infrastructure of Transnational Criminal Organizations. After reviewing existing 3PML cases being 

investigated by the Fund’s Treasury and Homeland Security member law enforcement agencies, the Fund 

provided funding resources to enhance their analytical and operational needs. In union with this initiative, the 

Fund conducted two seminars in San Antonio and Fort Lauderdale, which focused on 3PML issues specific to 

those locations. The curriculum also included money laundering typologies, such as bank capture, trade-based 

money laundering, black market peso exchange, and the use of money service businesses. 

Contributing to this year’s record revenue levels was the highest single forfeiture in the Fund’s history. Hong 

Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC), one of the world’s largest financial institutions, agreed to 

forfeit $881 million as a result of a Deferred Prosecution Agreement for allowing over $200 trillion in wire 

transfers from medium risk countries to pass through its branches around the world. HSBC was willfully blind

in administering its anti-money laundering program, and ultimately admitted to knowingly aiding financial 

institutions in sanctioned countries by disguising wire transfers to avoid detection by U.S. authorities. 

During FY 2013, Ernst & Young, one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms, agreed to forfeit $123 million as part 

of a Non Prosecution Agreement for its role in promoting tax shelters to high end clients in an effort to reduce 

or eliminate approximately $2 billion in aggregate tax liabilities. Ernst & Young also agreed to certain 

restrictions on its tax practices, including a prohibition on promoting illegal tax shelters.

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 (USSS), Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and Customs and Border Protection (CBP). 

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) continues its close working relationship with the legacy Customs bureaus. We 

look forward to another successful year in FY 2014. 

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............................................................................................11

Program Performance ........................................................................................................12

Financial Statement Highlights..........................................................................................14

Section II: Independent Auditor’s Reports

Independent Auditor’s Report on Financial Statements....................................................18

Independent Auditor’s Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting...................21

Independent Auditor’s Report on Compliance and Other Matters....................................23

Section III: Financial Statements and Notes

Financial Statements:

Balance Sheets.............................................................................................................25

Statements of Net Cost.................................................................................................26

Statements of Changes in Net Position........................................................................27

Statements of Budgetary Resources.............................................................................28

Notes to Financial Statements......................................................................................29

Section IV:

Required Supplemental Information........................................................................................48

Section V:

Other Accompanying Information...........................................................................................50
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Treasury Forfeiture Fund

FY 2013 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 (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 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 2013 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.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) 

Department of Homeland Security 

HSBC Forfeits $1.256 Billion in Deferred Prosecution

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

York, Deferred Prosecution Agreement, as well as the Statement of Facts, Case No. 12-cr-00763-ILG, dated December 10, 

2012; Article Samuel Rubenfeld, entitled: “The Rogues Gallery: A Sample of HSBC’s High-Risk Customers,” published in the 

Wall Street Journal, on July 23, 2012.

In one of the most highly-publicized forfeitures of the last decade, HSBC forfeited $1.256 billion to the 

U.S. Government as part of a December 10, 2012 Deferred Prosecution Agreement (DPA). The DPA 

stipulated that $881 million of the forfeited amount was involved in transactions made in violation of 18 

USC sections 1956 and 1957 (money laundering offenses). This $881 million was deposited in the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund. The remaining $375 million was stipulated as resolving various violations 

under Title 50, Appendix, sections 3, 5, and 16 (which detail restrictions on trading with foreign 

enemies). The $375 million was deposited in the Justice Forfeiture Fund.

HSBC failed to adequately monitor over $200 trillion in wire transfers from 2006 to 2009 in “standard” or 

“medium” risk countries, including over $670 billion from HSBC Mexico. HSBC also failed to keep an 

adequate “Know Your Customer” program in place, and did not have adequate staffing for its anti-money 

laundering program. HSBC further allowed a large amount of money to enter the financial system 

through its Mexican branches, ignoring the large amount of risk the transactions and customers posed. A 

large amount of suspicious activity was a result of casa de cambios moving funds through HSBC that

should have raised red flags. At the height of this activity, one high-risk Mexican customer was moving 

over $113 million through HSBC per month.

In addition to these offenses, HSBC also admitted to knowingly aiding financial institutions in sanctioned 

countries, such as Iran and Cuba. HSBC employees disguised wire transfers to these countries so as to 

avoid detection by the U.S. Government. As part of the deal, HSBC agreed to significantly strengthen its 

anti-money laundering compliance program.

To date, the $881 million forfeiture is the largest ever received by the Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

Nevada ICE Agents Seize $1,089,300 at Airport from Romanian Organized Crime Courier 

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

Order of Forfeiture in case number 10-CR-00579-GMN-RJJ; Additional case information was provided from the ICE Liaison 

to the Treasury Executive Office for Asset Forfeiture. 
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In October 2009, ICE agents seized $1,089,300 in U.S. currency from an individual known to be 

associated with a Romanian Organized Crime group. The target was attempting to board a flight with the 

currency concealed in his carry-on luggage. The currency was seized for violations of bulk currency 

smuggling and money laundering offenses. 

The initial seizure led investigators to make several additional seizures, including $248,800 in a storage 

locker controlled by the defendant. All of the seizures and property involved in the case were forfeited in 

the same court order on December 21, 2012.

Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) 

Department of the Treasury 

Wegelin Agrees to Forfeit Additional $15.821 million in Conjunction with Guilty Plea

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

January 3, 2013, entitled: “Swiss Bank Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Conspiracy to Evade Taxes.”

On January 3, 2013, Wegelin & Co. pled guilty to charges of conspiracy to evade taxes. As part of its 

guilty plea, WEGELIN agreed to a civil forfeiture of $15.821 million. In addition, WEGELIN agreed to 

pay approximately $20 million in restitution to the IRS and to pay a $22.05 million fine. In April 2012,

the U.S. Government forfeited over $16.2 million from WEGELIN’s correspondent bank account; this 

amounts to a total recovery to the United States of approximately $74 million.

Founded in 1741, WEGELIN is Switzerland’s oldest bank. It provided private banking, asset 

management, and other services to clients around the world, including U.S. taxpayers. 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 (“UBS”) in Stamford, Connecticut.

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

IRS the existence of bank accounts held at WEGELIN, and the income generated in those secret accounts.

WEGELIN employees told various U.S. taxpayer-clients that their undeclared accounts would not be 

disclosed to the United States authorities because the bank had a long tradition of secrecy. They also 

persuaded U.S. taxpayer-clients to transfer assets from UBS to WEGELIN by emphasizing that, unlike 

UBS, WEGELIN did not have offices outside of Switzerland and was therefore less vulnerable to United 

States law enforcement pressure. Members of WEGELIN’s senior management approved efforts to 

capture the clients who were leaving UBS and also participated in some meetings with U.S. taxpayerclients who were fleeing UBS.

To further the goals of the conspiracy from 2002 through 2011, WEGELIN took steps that included the 

following:

• Opening and servicing undeclared accounts for U.S. taxpayer-clients in the names of sham 

corporations and foundations formed under the laws of Liechtenstein, Panama, Hong Kong, and 

other jurisdictions for the purpose of concealing some clients’ identities from the IRS;

• Accepting documents that falsely declared that the sham entities were the beneficiary owners of 

certain accounts, when in fact the accounts were controlled by U.S. taxpayers, and making them 

part of WEGELIN’s client files;

• Permitting certain U.S. taxpayer-clients to open and maintain undeclared accounts at WEGELIN 

using code names and numbers to minimize references to the actual names of the U.S. taxpayers 

on Swiss bank documents;
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• Ensuring that account statements and other mail for U.S. taxpayer-clients were not mailed to them

in the United States;

• Communicating with some U.S. taxpayer-clients using their personal email accounts to reduce the 

risk of detection by law enforcement; and

• Issuing checks drawn on, and executing wire transfers through, its U.S. correspondent bank 

account for the benefit of U.S. taxpayers with undeclared accounts at WEGELIN and at least two 

other Swiss banks. In so doing, WEGELIN sometimes separated the transactions into batches of 

checks or multiple wire transfers in amounts that were less than $10,000 to reduce the risk that the 

IRS would detect the undeclared accounts.

Ernst and Young Forfeits $123 Million as Part of Non-Prosecution Deal

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: DOJ Press Release No. 13-065, “Manhattan U.S. 

Attorney Announces Agreement With Ernst & Young LLP To Pay $123 Million To Resolve Federal Tax Shelter Fraud 

Investigation,” dated March 1, 2013; Article by Bob Van Voris, entitled: “Ernst & Young to Pay $123 Million to End TaxFraud Probe,” published in Bloomberg BusinessWeek, March 2, 2013.

On February 26, 2013, Ernst and Young entered into a non-prosecution agreement (NPA) with the United 

States, in which the company agreed to forfeit $123 million and acknowledged in a detailed Statement of 

Facts that some employees intentionally promoted tax shelters and attempted to disguise this behavior as 

legitimate investments.

According to the statement of facts, Ernst and Young worked in conjunction with various law firms, 

banks, and investment advisers, to develop, market, and implement four tax shelter products. Ernst and 

Young implemented these four tax shelter products for approximately 200 high net worth clients in an 

effort to defer, reduce, or eliminate $2 billion in aggregate tax liabilities between 1999 and 2002. Ernst 

and Young prepared tax returns reflecting tax losses claimed to have been derived from those tax shelter 

products and subsequently defended certain of its clients in connection with audits of those transactions 

by the IRS.

A small group within Ernst and Young known as the Strategic Individual Solutions Group (SISG) was 

primarily responsible for supervising and coordinating the marketing, implementation and defense of 

Ernst and Young’s tax shelter products. Certain SISG tax shelter products were designed to appear to the 

IRS to be substantive investments that had favorable tax consequences when, in reality, the products were 

actually designed and marketed to clients as a series of preplanned steps that would defer, reduce or 

eliminate their tax liabilities. 

In order to deceive the IRS as to the true nature of the tax strategies, and to bolster arguments that the 

transactions had economic substance, some SISG personnel agreed upon and directed other Ernst and 

Young employees to participate in a concerted effort not to create, disseminate, or publicize documents 

reflecting the tax motivation behind the strategies, or the preplanned sequence of steps necessary to effect 

the strategies. These SISG personnel thereby sought to prevent the IRS from detecting their clients’ 

purposes in employing these strategies. 

In addition to the forfeiture, Ernst and Young also agreed to certain permanent restrictions and controls on 

its tax practice, including a prohibition against planning, promoting or recommending any “listed 

transaction.” In exchange, the United States agreed not to criminally prosecute Ernst and Young for its 
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participation in the tax shelter scheme. In the event that the firm violates the NPA, the U.S. Attorney’s

Office may prosecute Ernst and Young.

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 20131. 

CBP Officers Seize 14,353 lbs of Marijuana at Laredo Port of Entry

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: CBP news Release dated October 15, 2012, entitled: 

“Over $11M Worth of Marijuana Seized by Border Patrol Agents”; additional information was provided by the CBP Liaisons 

to TEOAF.

On October 11, 2012, a Laredo South Border Patrol Station Watch Commander observed a 2006 Mack 

truck pulling a 1984 trailer carrying a large steel container suddenly turn around on Highway 83 south of 

the checkpoint. The watch commander executed a vehicle stop, requested back up, and approached the 

driver and subsequently received consent to search the truck and trailer. A canine alerted to the container 

on the trailer. Further investigation of the container led agents to trap doors, an overwhelming smell of 

marijuana, and numerous cellophane wrapped bundles, weighing a total of 14,353.19 pounds. The 

estimated street value of the drugs was $11,482,552.

Figure 1: Over 14,000 pounds of marijuana seized in Laredo, TX

 1 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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CBP Officers Seize $329,104 near San Clamente, CA

Information included in the following forfeiture was provided by the CBP Liaisons to TEOAF, and by court documents filed 

in case number 3:12-CV-01606, Southern District of California.

On February 9, 2012, Border Patrol Agents from the San Diego Sector Smuggling Interdiction Group 

(SIG) encountered a male subject erratically driving south on Interstate 5 near San Clemente, California. 

The SIG agents began following the Chevrolet truck to further observe the suspect’s behavior, and 

executed a vehicle stop. During the stop, a canine alerted to the presence of narcotics. A search of the 

bed of the 1995 Chevrolet C2500 truck revealed a duffle bag concealed under a spare tire, a space heater 

box, traffic cones and tools. Agents discovered a total of $329,144 in U.S. currency wrapped in bundles 

inside of the heater box and duffle bag. SIG agents arrested the male driver who was a citizen of Mexico 

in possession of a valid Border Crossing Card, seized the currency, and vehicle. During processing it was 

discovered that the currency contained residue from cocaine, and that $40 was counterfeit. Of the 

$329,104 U.S. currency seized, $2,900 was ordered to be refunded to the driver, and the remaining 

$326,204 was judicially forfeited in May 2013. 

Figure 2: the duffle bag of cash

Figure 3: the full currency seizure

CBP Officers Seize $270,780 From Attempted Smuggler

Information included in the following forfeiture is attributed to: Information provided by the CBP Liaisons to TEOAF; 

Declarations of Administrative Forfeiture, dated 10/18/2012 and 12/17/2012; article by Edward Sifuentes published in U-T 

San Diego titled: “Border Patrol agents seize $270,000 in cash, 22 pounds of meth” dated June 1, 2012. 

On May 31, 2012, San Diego Border Patrol Agents arrested one male U.S. citizen and one female who 

was a citizen of Mexico, for attempting to smuggle more than $200,000 in the quarter panels of a Honda 
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Accord. Border Patrol Agents were on patrol when they observed the 2002 Honda traveling southbound 

on Interstate 15 near Temecula, California, and the driver acting suspiciously. The agents performed a 

vehicle stop and the driver of the Civic consented to a search of his vehicle. A Border Patrol canine 

alerted to both of the rear quarter panels. Agents dismantled the panels and discovered a total of seven 

duct taped bundles containing $270,780 in U.S. currency behind a plastic sheet. When counting the 

money, agents also discovered 23 counterfeit $100 bills. Lab results indicated that the currency tested 

positive for cocaine residue. The currency was forfeited in October 2012, and the vehicle was forfeited in 

December 2012.

Figure 4: Currency seized from attempted smuggler.

Figure 5: Smuggler's vehicle with rear panel removed.

United States Secret Service (USSS) 

Department of Homeland Security

E-Gold Forfeits $10.8M in Criminal Proceeds

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: The Baynet News Release, dated June 6, 2011, entitled: 

“E-Gold Forfeiture Complaint Filed”; DOJ Press Release, dated April 27, 2007, entitled: “Digital Currency Business E-Gold 

Indicted for Money Laundering and Illegal Money Transmitting.”

E-gold, a digital currency business engaged in the business of exchanging traditional forms of currency

for precious metals held in electronic form known as “e-metals” or “e-gold” was first indicted in 2007 on 

charges of money laundering, conspiracy, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business. In 

the spring of 2010, the U.S. Secret Service was contacted by a law firm representing E-Gold to reach a 

deal. An internal review of bank accounts owned by E-Gold identified numerous accounts containing 

proceeds of criminal activities, including child pornography, credit card fraud, identity theft, investment 
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fraud, and the sale of stolen or non-existent goods on the internet. The investigation revealed 

approximately $90,000,000 that is subject to forfeiture in bank accounts owned by E-Gold. These funds 

were voluntarily surrendered to the U.S. Secret Service and, per judicial order, will be forfeited in 

multiple stages.

On December 14, 2012, the first final order of forfeiture for $10.8M was issued by U.S District Judge 

Ellen Hounder, Federal Judicial District of Maryland, Northern Division, for the value of approximately 

12,868 accounts held in the E-Gold Remission bank account. This forfeiture has been deposited in the 

Treasury Forfeiture Fund.

U.S. Secret Service Seizes Over $2 Million Worth of Cash, Firearms and Precious Metals While 

Shutting Down Large Scale Investment Scheme

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) 

Press Release, dated February 28, 2013, entitled: “CFTC Settles Charges against Ronnie Gene Wilson of South Carolina and 

His Company, Atlantic Bullion and Coin, for Operating a Multi-Million Dollar Silver Bullion Ponzi Scheme”; Additional 

information was provided by the USSS Liaison to TEOAF.

In February 2012, the South Carolina Attorney General’s Office contacted the Secret Service requesting 

assistance regarding a multi-million dollar investment scheme. The investigation determined that Atlantic 

Bullion & Coin Inc., a precious metals brokering house, operated a large-scale fraudulent investment 

operation in which they solicited funds from clients for a non-existent silver venture opportunity. Agents 

executed multiple search warrants and recovered several computers containing databases of clients and 

their investments. Forensic analysis of the computers revealed that the owner stole over $95 million from 

more than 1,000 victims. 

On April 4, 2012, agents arrested the target for violations of 18 USC 1341 (mail fraud). Agents seized 

cash, firearms, artwork and precious metals valued at $725,000.

On March 14, 2013, agents arrested two targets for violations of 18 USC 371 (conspiracy) and 18 USC 

1343 (wire fraud). A federal search warrant was executed on their residence, located in Mesa, 

Arizona. Pursuant to the above violations, cash, jewelry and precious metals worth approximately 

$100,000 were seized.

Additionally, one investor has acknowledged receiving payouts for fabricated profits above his initial 

investment and agreed to voluntarily surrender $1.17 million to the Secret Service.

To date, this case has resulted in four federal arrests and the seizure of approximately $2.3 million in cash, 

firearms, artwork and precious metals. Investigative efforts to identify additional suspects and assets are 

ongoing. USSS anticipates returning forfeited funds in this case to over 1,000 identified victims. 

U.S. Secret Service Seizes $452,445.45 From America Wholesale Lender For Fraudulently Altering 

the Terms of Home Loans

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to information provided by the USSS Liaison to TEOAF.

This investigation began in December 2011, when the Louisville Field Office was contacted by the U.S. 

Attorney’s Office regarding a scheme in which multiple conspirators fraudulently obtained money from 
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victims by claiming the ability to modify their home loans. The investigation discovered that conspirators 

fraudulently removed promissory notes owned by Countrywide Home Loans and subsequently 

incorporated a business titled America’s Wholesale Lender in order to fraudulently alter the terms of 

mortgages. The total loss in this case is approximately $3.6 million.

On November 13, 2012, a TD Bank account totaling $452,445.45, held in the name of America’s 

Wholesale Lender, was seized based on a federal seizure warrant for violations of 18 USC sections 1343

and 1344 (wire fraud and bank fraud). The USSS anticipates returning a prorated percentage of the 

forfeited funds to the identified victims in this case.

Coast Guard 

Department of Homeland Security 

Coast Guard Offloads $27 Million of Seized Cocaine

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: United States Coast Guard (USCG) United States 

Southern Command news release, dated April 26, 2013, entitled: “Coast Guard offloads $27 million of seized cocaine”

Crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded and seized 2,200 pounds of 

cocaine, worth an estimated value of $27 million, at Base Miami Beach, Florida, on April 26, 2013.

While conducting a law enforcement patrol on April 18, 2013, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter 

Gallatin located a 68-foot fishing vessel in the western Caribbean Sea. The crew boarded the vessel, 

located 2,200 pounds of cocaine, and detained three suspected smugglers before transferring them to FBI 

agents in Miami. 

This interdiction was carried out as part of Operation Martillo, a component in the United States 

government’s efforts to counter the use of the Central American coastal regions as transshipment routes 

for illicit drugs, weapons, and cash. Operation Martillo is an international operation focused on sharing 

information and bringing together air, land, and maritime assets from the U.S. Department of Defense, the 

Department of Homeland Security, and Western Hemisphere and European partner nation agencies to 

counter this illicit trafficking.

Figure 6: 2,200 pounds of cocaine seized during Operation Martillo.
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Coast Guard Cutter Unloads $45 million worth of Seized Cocaine

Information included in the following forfeiture article is attributed to: USCG

United States Southern Command news release, dated December 5, 2012, entitled: “Coast Guard cocaine seizure unloaded in 

St. Petersburg: $45 million worth of cocaine to be destroyed”

On December 5, 2012, more than 50 bales of cocaine were off-loaded from the Coast Guard cutter 

Decisive in St. Petersburg to be destroyed. The estimated street value was $45 million.

The drugs came from two separate seizures south of Puerto Rico. In the first, one boat jettisoned 38 bales 

of cocaine and got away. In the second, a sail boat was boarded, 16 bales of cocaine were discovered, and 

the sole crew member detained.

These drug seizures are part of an increased effort in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands against drug 

running from South America. 
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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 2013, the Fund expensed just over $12.1 million in SEF authority as 

compared to $9.5 million in FY 2012, an increase of about $2.6 million. The allocation of SEF resources 

to bureaus was restricted in FY 2012 and FY 2013 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 2013, the Fund expensed $82.3 million in Super Surplus authority as compared to $78.7 million in FY 

2012, an increase of 4.6 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 2013 was a banner revenue year by our member bureaus and another successful 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 $76.7 million in FY 2013 as 

compared to $108.8 million in FY 2012. In addition, the Fund continues to support record levels of 

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

seizure and forfeiture activity of the Fund. The Fund expensed $300.5 million for state and local 

equitable sharing expenses in FY 2013 as compared to $107.4 million in FY 2012. In FY 2012, the Fund

expensed $3.5 million for equitable sharing expenses with foreign countries that assisted in cases during 

FY 2012; this year the Fund did not have the opportunity to share with foreign law enforcement agencies.

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 2013, 

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

Security. FY 2013 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 2013 had its most robust year ever, with regular revenue of $1.7 billion from all sources, quite

successful, compared with FY 2012 revenue of $516.6 million. As we enter fiscal year 2014, 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 2013, 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 2013 is as follows:

Performance Measure

FY 2012 

Actual

FY 2013 

Target

FY 2013 

Actual

Percent of forfeited cash proceeds resulting from 

high-impact cases

76.38% 80% 95%

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 2013 was 

95 percent, well exceeding the new target. This compares with our FY 2011 and FY 2012 performance of 

91.44 percent and 76.38 percent, respectively. Our member bureaus exceeded the target by 15 percent 

because of one seizure for $881 million; if we excluded that seizure from the calculation, our performance 

measure for FY 2013 would be 88 percent. 

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, 2013. 

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 and 

other matters 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 2013 and 2012.

Net Position – End of Year. For FY 2013, 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 $2.487 billion versus 

$1.556 billion at the end of FY 2012. 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 2013, the 

Fund closed with $1.7 billion in Gross Non-Exchange Revenues and a total of $516.6 million for FY 

2012, reflecting two, highly successful 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 2013, Treasury Forfeiture Fund bureaus earned a total of $76.7 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 $108.8 million during FY 2012. 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 2012 and FY 2013 was restricted by 

the need to meet enacted budget rescissions. 
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Cost of Operations. For FY 2013, the Cost of Operations totaled $203.1 million, up from $161.0 million 

in FY 2012. 

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

of September 30, 2013, investments totaled $4.1 billion, up from $3.1 billion invested as of September 30, 

2012. Given the increased investment balance, and with continued negligible interest rates on Treasury 

securities during FY 2013, investment income totaled just under 1.8 million in FY 2013, as compared to 

just over $1 million in FY 2012. 

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 2013, the 

Fund shared a total of $408.2 million with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies; the 

fund did not have an opportunity to share with foreign countries this year. This compares with $114.4

million shared with other federal, state and local law enforcement agencies during FY 2012, and another 

$3.5 million with foreign countries. 

Victim Restitution. During FY 2013, the Fund paid $74.6 million in restitution to victims as compared 

to $46.6 million in FY 2012.

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

2013. Management will continue to emphasize high-impact cases by participating law enforcement 

bureaus. The FY 2013 performance with forfeiture revenue earnings of $1.7 billion from all sources, 

while exceeding 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 $203.1 million in FY 2013, up from 

$161.0 million in FY 2012.

Intra-governmental. This cost category totaled $133.6 million in FY 2013, up from $100.5 million in FY 

2012. The amounts represent costs incurred by participating bureaus in running their respective forfeiture 

programs. 

National Seized Property Contracts and Other. One of the largest program costs of the Fund is the 

storage, maintenance and disposal of real and personal property. During FY 2013, general property was 

maintained by VSE Corporation and real property was maintained by the CWS Asset Management & 

Sales Group, both contracts of the Department of the Treasury. In FY 2013, expenses of these two 

contracts, which comprised over 99% of the total expenses for this line, including other contracts and 

depreciation, totaled $54.8 million, up from $48.3 million expensed in FY 2012.
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Balance Sheet

Assets, Liabilities and Net Position

Total assets of the Fund increased in FY 2013 to $4.4 billion, up from $3.4 billion in FY 2012, an 

increase in asset value of over 29.4 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 $2.93 billion in FY 2013, up from $1.75 billion 

in FY 2012. During FY 2013, total liabilities of the Fund remained basically the same at $1.9 billion, 

matching the $1.9 billion in FY 2012. 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 $443.3 million in FY 2013, up from $195.5 million in 

FY 2012.

With increasing asset amounts and relatively stable costs, the Cumulative Results of Operations, i.e., 

retained earnings, increased at the end of FY 2013 to a total of $2.487 billion, up from $1.556 billion at 

the end of FY 2012. 

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 2013 Audit. The Fund’s independent auditors have given the FY 2013 financial statements an 

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

financial reporting identified. The auditor’s report on compliance and other matters disclosed no instances 

of noncompliance or other matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards

or OMB Bulletin No. 14-02, Audit Requirements for Federal Financial Statements. There are no 

management letter findings for FY 2013.

Summary of Financial Statement Highlights

Net Position. To summarize, Fund management concluded a highly productive FY 2013 “in the black,” 

with the necessary resources to commence the business of the asset forfeiture program for FY 2014. Fund 

management declared a Super Surplus from FY 2013 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 efforts to secure the financial 

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

bureaus support immigration enforcement that is designed to identify illegal smuggling to deter its impact 

on the nation’s financial infrastructure and to ensure that human smugglers do not harm unsuspecting 

victims keen on seeking a new if illegal start in the United States. Investigative initiatives intended to

interrupt the financial support for terrorism remains a critical part of the work of federal law enforcement. 

Emphasis will continue to be placed on ever-evolving state-of-the-art investigative techniques, highimpact 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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SECTION II

INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORTS
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Independent Auditor's Report on Financial Statements

Inspector General

United States Department of the Treasury 

Washington, D.C.

Report on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of the Department of 

the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund), which comprise the balance sheets as 

of September 30, 2013 and 2012, and the related statements of net cost, 

changes in net position, and budgetary resources for the years then ended, and 

the related notes to the financial statements.

Management’s Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these 

financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally 

accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, 

implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation 

and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material 

misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditor’s Responsibility

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 Bulletin No. 14-02, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements. Those standards require that we plan and 

perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial 

statements are free from material misstatement. 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the 

amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected 

depend on the auditor’s judgment, including the assessment of the risks of 

material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or 

error.

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In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the Fund’s 

preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that 

are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the 

effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also 

includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of 

significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation 

of the financial statements. 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis 

for our audit opinion.

Opinion

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

financial position of the Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund as of September 30, 2013 and 

2012, and its net costs, changes in net position, and budgetary resources for the years then ended in 

accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Other Matters

Required Supplementary Information 

Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America 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.

Other Information

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 it.
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Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our reports dated November 

13, 2013, on our consideration of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting, and on our tests 

of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts and other matters. The 

purpose of these reports is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial 

reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal 

control over financial reporting or on compliance. Those reports are an integral part of an audit 

performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering the Fund’s internal 

control over financial reporting and compliance.

/s/

Washington, DC

November 13, 2013

 Member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants

Independent Auditor's Report on Internal Control over Financial 

Reporting

Inspector General

United States Department of the Treasury 

Washington, D.C.

We have audited, 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. 14-02, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements, the financial statements of the Department of 

the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund), which comprise the balance sheet as 

of September 30, 2013, and the related statements of net cost, changes in net 

position, and budgetary resources for the year then ended, and the related notes 

to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated November 

13, 2013. 

In planning and performing our audit of the financial statements, we 

considered the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting (internal 

control) to determine the audit procedures that are appropriate in the 

circumstances for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the financial 

statements, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the 

effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control. Accordingly, we do not express an 

opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control. 

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 their assigned functions, to prevent, or detect and correct,

misstatements on a timely basis. 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.

Our consideration of internal control was for the limited purpose described in 

the second paragraph and was not designed to identify all deficiencies in 

internal control that might be material weaknesses.

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Given these limitations, during our audit we did not identify any deficiencies in internal control that 

we consider to be material weaknesses. However, material weaknesses may exist that have not been 

identified.

Purpose of this Report

The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of internal control and the 

results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal 

control. This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing 

Standards in considering the Fund’s internal control. Accordingly, this communication is not 

suitable for any other purpose.

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November 13, 2013

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Independent Auditor's Report on Compliance and Other Matters

Inspector General

United States Department of the Treasury 

Washington, D.C.

We have audited, 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. 14-02, Audit Requirements for 

Federal Financial Statements, the financial statements of the Department of 

the Treasury Forfeiture Fund (the Fund), which comprise the balance sheet as 

of September 30, 2013, and the related statements of net cost, changes in net 

position, and budgetary resources for the year then ended, and the related notes 

to the financial statements, and have issued our report thereon dated November 

13, 2013. 

As part of obtaining reasonable assurance about whether the Fund’s financial 

statements are free from material misstatement, we performed tests of the 

Fund’s 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 provisions of other 

laws and regulations specified in OMB Bulletin No. 14-02. However, 

providing an opinion on compliance with those provisions was not an objective 

of our audit, and accordingly, we do not express such an opinion.

The results of our tests disclosed no instances of noncompliance or other 

matters that are required to be reported under Government Auditing Standards

or OMB Bulletin No. 14-02.

Purpose of this Report

The purpose of this report is solely to describe the scope of our testing of 

compliance and the result of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on the 

Fund’s compliance.

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This report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing 

Standards in considering the Fund’s compliance. Accordingly, this communication is not suitable for 

any other purpose.

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FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES
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Department of the Treasury Forfeiture Fund

BALANCE SHEETS

As of September 30, 2013 and 2012

(Dollars in thousands)

2013 2012

Assets:

Intragovernmental:

 Fund balance with Treasury $ 26,091 $ 14,526

 Investments and related interest receivable (Note 3) 4,062,862 3,136,274

 Advances 75 40

 Total Intragovernmental 4,089,028 3,150,840

 Cash and other monetary assets (Note 5) 229,086 205,137

 Accounts Receivable 1,554 1,987

 230,640 207,124

 Forfeited property (Note 6)

 Held for sale, net of mortgages, liens and claims 59,670 83,143

 To be shared with federal, state or local, or foreign governments 532 1,157

 Total forfeited property, net of mortgages, liens and claims _ 60,202 84,300

 Capitalized software, net of accumulated depreciation (Note 9) 873 660

Total Assets $4,380,743 $3,442,924

Liabilities:

 Intragovernmental:

 Accounts payable $ 67,421 $ 32,665

 Total Intragovernmental 67,421 32,655

 Seized currency and other monetary instruments (Note 8) 1,450,864 1,691,498

 Distributions payable (Note 10)

 State and local agencies and foreign governments 308,565 71,123

 Accounts payable 7,063 7,443

 Deferred revenue from forfeited assets 60,202 84,300

Total Liabilities 1,894,115 1,887,029

Net Position:

 Cumulative results of operations (Note 11) 2,486,628 1,555,895

Total Liabilities and Net Position $4,380,743 $3,442,924

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, 2013 and 2012

(Dollars in thousands)

2013 2012

Program:

ENFORCEMENT

 Intragovernmental: 

 Seizure investigative costs and asset management $ 99,030 $ 62,942

 Other asset related contract services 7,151 7,290

 Data systems, training and others 27,457 30,255

 Total Intragovernmental 133,638 100,487

 With the Public:

 National contract services seized property and other 54,818 48,328

 Joint operations 14,627 12,198

 Total with the Public 69,445 60,526

Net Cost of Operations $ 203,083 $ 161,013

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, 2013 and 2012

(Dollars in thousands)

2013 2012

Net Position – Beginning of year $ 1,555,895 $ 1,452,922

Financing Sources (Non-Exchange Revenues): 

 Intragovernmental

 Investment interest income 

 Public

 1,768 1,047

 Forfeited currency and monetary instruments 1,560,460 344,789

 Sales of forfeited property net of mortgages and claims 51,901 52,213

 Proceeds from participating with other federal agencies 76,747 108,781

 Value of property transferred in equitable sharing 2,490 1,600

 Payments in lieu of forfeiture, net of refunds (Note 19) 6,957 2,914

 Reimbursed costs 3,029 2,457

 Other ______7,625 2,828

 Total Gross Non-Exchange Revenues 1,710,977 516,629

Less: Equitable Sharing

 Intragovernmental

 Federal (107,668) (7,020)

 Public

 State and local agencies (300,537) (107,365)

 Foreign countries 0 (3,488)

 Victim restitution (74,583) (46,589)

 (375,120) (157,442)

 Total Equitable Sharing (482,788) (164,462)

Total Non-Exchange Revenues, Net 1,228,189 352,167

Transfers –Out

 Intragovernmental

 Super surplus (Note 13) (82,267) (78,654) 

 Secretary’s enforcement fund (Note 14) (12,106) (9,527)

Total Transfers Out (94,373) (88,181)

Total Financing Sources - Net 1,133,816 263,986

Net Cost of Operations (203,083) (161,013)

Net Results of Operations 930,733 102,973

Net Position – End of Year $ 2,486,628 $ 1,555,895

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, 2013 and 2012

(Dollars in thousands)

2013 2012

Budgetary Resources:

 

 Unobligated balances- beginning of year $ 144,913 $ 646,405

 Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations

 Unobligated balance from prior year budget authority, net

 23,887

168,800

 29,747

676,152

 Budget authority 1,627,422 (3,822)

 

Total Budgetary Resources

 

$ 1,796,222 $ 672,330

Status of Budgetary Resources:

 Obligations incurred $ 908,113 $ 527,417

 Unobligated balances – apportioned $ 888,109 $ 144,913

 Unobligated balances – end of year $ 888,109 $ 144,913

Total Status of Budgetary Resources $ 1,796,222 $ 672,330 

Change in Obligated Balance:

 Obligated balance, net-beginning of year $ 550,841 $ 539,063

 Obligations incurred 908,113 527,417

 Less: Gross outlays (510,622) (485,892)

 Less: Recoveries of prior year unpaid obligations, actual (23,887) (29,747)

Obligated balance, net – end of year $ 924,445 $ 550,841

Budget Authority and Outlays

 

 Budget authority, net $ 1,627,422 $ (3,822)

 Net outlays $ 510,622 $ 485,892

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements

.
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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 – Criminal Investigation

(IRS-CI); 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 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.
30 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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. 

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 costs, 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. 

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 
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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 Fiscal Service 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.

Funds from Dedicated Collections

Funds from dedicated collections 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 43, Funds from Dedicated Collections, all of the TFF’s 

revenue meets these criteria and constitutes funds from dedicated collections.

The Federal Government does not set aside assets to pay future benefits or other expenditures 

associated with funds from dedicated collections. The cash collected from funds from dedicated 

collections is 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.

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 
32 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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, 2013 and 

2012.

• 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.

• 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 
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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.

• 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 
34 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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 

2014. 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 35

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, 2013 and 2012,

respectively (dollars in thousands):

Entity Assets

Description. Cost Unamortized 

Discount

Investment, 

Net

September 30, 2013

Treasury Forfeiture Fund -

35 days 0.0350% U.S. Treasury Bills $2,824,018 ($96) $2,823,922

Interest Receivable 16

Total Investment, Net, and Interest Receivable $2,823,938

Fair Market Value $2,823,948

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
36 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

Non-entity Assets

Description. Cost Unamortized 

Discount

Investment, 

Net

September 30, 2013

Treasury Forfeiture Fund –

Seized Currency Suspense Account

35 days 0.0350% U.S. Treasury Bills $1,238,966 ($42) $1,238,924

Fair Market Value $1,238,935

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

Note 4: Analysis of Non-Entity Assets

The following schedule presents the non-entity assets as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, 

respectively, (dollars in thousands):

2013 2012

Seized currency:

Intragovernmental Investments (Note 3) $ 1,238,924 $ 1,505,007

Cash and other monetary assets (Note 5) 211,940 186,491

Total Non-Entity Assets 1,450,864 1,691,498

Total Entity Assets 2,929,879 1,751,426

Total Assets $ 4,380,743 $ 3,442,924
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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 $17.1 million and $18.6 million as of September 

30, 2013 and 2012, 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 $211.9 million and 

$186.5 million as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively.

Note 6: Forfeited Property/Deferred Revenue

The following summarizes the components of forfeited property (net), as of September 30, 2013 and 

2012, respectively, (dollars in thousands):

2013 2012

Held for Sale $ 67,916 $ 86,191

To be shared with federal, state or local, or foreign government 532 1,157

 Total forfeited property (Note 7) 68,448 87,348

Less: Allowance for liens and claims (8,246) (3,048)

Total forfeited property, net $ 60,202 $ 84,300
38 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

Note 7: FY 2013 Analysis of Changes in Forfeited Property and Currency 

The following schedule presents the changes in the forfeited property and currency balances from October 1, 2012 to September 30, 2013. 

(Dollar value is in thousands.)

10/1/12 Financial 

Statement Balance Adjustments

10/1/12

Carrying Value Forfeitures Deposits/Sales Disposals/Transfers

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No.

Currency $18,441 - $- - $18,441 - $1,546,617 - $(1,567,585) - $ - -

Other Monetary 

Instruments 205 - - - 205 - 3,876 - (1,805) - -

Subtotal 18,646 - - - 18,646 - 1,550,493 - (1,569,390) - -

Real Property 66,507 270 8,930 - 75,437 270 24,846 122 (28,389) (144) (3,247) (3)

General Property 11,148 13,684 24,117 - 35,265 13,684 27,128 28,779 (12,999) (5,334) (3,437) (2,969)

Vessels 774 66 852 - 1,626 66 3,047 180 (2,339) (70) (277) (9)

Aircraft 400 9 404 - 804 9 3,214 17 (2,241) (17) (39) (1)

Vehicles 8,519 2,314 5,933 - 14,452 2,314 33,705 8,461 (26,922) (7,524) (5,722) (1,012)

Subtotal 87,348 16,343 40,236 - 127,584 16,343 91,940 37,559 (72,890) (13,089) (12,722) (3,994)

Grand Total $105.994 16,343 $40,236 - $146,230 16,343 $1,642,433 37,559 $(1,642,280) (13,089) $(12,722) (3,994)

Victim Restitution Destroyed

Other

Adjustments Value Change 2013 Carrying Value

Fair Market Value

Adjustment

9/30/13 Financial 

Statement Balance

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No.

Currency $- - $- - $15,906 - $(1,843) - $11,536 - $- - $11,536 -

Other Monetary 

Instruments -

-

-

34 - 3,300 - 5,610 - - - 5,610 -

Subtotal - - - - 15,940 - 1,457 - 17,146 - - - 17,146 -

Real Property - - - - (5,445) 8 - - 63,202 253 (18,384) - 44,818 253

General Property - - (118) (19,306) 2,748 (858) (5,003) - 43,584 13,996 (31,013) - 12,571 13,996

Vessels - - - (96) 263 13 (23) - 2,297 84 (1,052) - 1,245 84

Aircraft - - - - 349 1 - - 2,087 9 (763) - 1,324 9

Vehicles - - (9) (389) 55 119 (1,452) - 14,107 1,969 (5,617) - 8,490 1,969

Subtotal - - (127) (19,791) (2,030) (717) (6,478) - 125,277 16,311 (56,829) - 68,448 16,311

Grand Total $- - $(127) (19,791) $13,910 (717) $(5,021) - $142,423 16,311 $(56,829) - $85,594 16,311
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 39

Note 7 (Cont’d): FY 2012 Analysis of Changes in Forfeited Property and Currency

The following schedule presents the changes in the forfeited property and currency balances from October 1, 2011 to September 30, 2012. 

(Dollar value is in thousands.)

10/1/11 Financial 

Statement Balance Adjustments

10/1/11

Carrying Value Forfeitures Deposits/Sales Disposals/Transfers

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No.

Currency $19,629 - $- - $19,629 - $307,400 - $(337,273) - $ - -

Other Monetary 

Instruments 219 - - - 219 - 9 - (209) - (2) -

Subtotal 19,848 - - - 19,848 - 307,409 - (337,482) - (2) -

Real Property 40,967 251 36,742 - 77,709 251 16,735 93 (29,073) (118) (834) (2)

General Property 12,107 12,358 32,021 - 44,128 12,358 36,829 27,824 (32,516) (4,034) (1,907) (3,683)

Vessels 529 46 453 - 982 46 1,988 160 (1,327) (57) (182) (9)

Aircraft 335 6 228 - 563 6 2,462 16 (1,976) (13) (514) (1)

Vehicles 7,076 2,636 4,981 - 12,057 2,636 36,971 9,467 (28,105) (8,423) (7,921) (1,094)

Subtotal 61,014 15,297 74,425 - 135,439 15,297 94,985 37,560 (92,997) (12,645) (11,358) (4,789)

Grand Total $80,862 15,297 $74,425 - $155,287 15,297 $402,394 37,560 $(430,479) (12,645) $(11,360) (4,789)

Victim Restitution Destroyed

Other

Adjustments Value Change 2012 Carrying Value

Fair Market Value

Adjustment

9/30/12 Financial 

Statement Balance

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No.

Currency $- - $- - $29,454 - $(769) - $18,441 - $- - $18,441 -

Other Monetary 

Instruments - - - - 205 - (17) - 205 - - - 205 -

Subtotal - - - - 29,659 - (786) - 18,646 - - - 18,646 -

Real Property - - - - 10,455 46 445 - 75,437 270 (8,930) - 66,507 270

General Property - - (73) (19,758) (9,876) 977 (1,320) - 35,265 13,684 (24,117) - 11,148 13,684

Vessels - - - (82) 183 8 (18) - 1,626 66 (852) - 774 66

Aircraft - - - - 269 1 - - 804 9 (404) - 400 9

Vehicles - - - (388) 2,044 116 (594) - 14,452 2,314 (5,933) - 8,519 2,314

Subtotal - - (73) (20,228) 3,075 1,148 (1,487) - 127,584 16,343 (40,236) - 87,348 16,343

Grand Total $- - $(73) (20,228) $32,734 1,148 $(2,273) - $146,230 16,343 $(40,236) - $105,994 16,343
40 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

Note 8: FY 2013 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 Fund until judicially or 

administratively forfeited. Because of the fungible nature of currency and the high level of control necessary over these assets and the possibility that 

these monies may be returned to their owners in lieu of forfeiture, seized currency is reported as a custodial asset upon seizure. Seized property other 

than currency is reported as a custodial asset upon forfeiture. (Dollar value is in thousands.)

9/30/12 Financial

Statement Balance Seizures

 

Remissions Forfeitures Adjustments Value Changes

9/30/13 Financial 

Statement Balance

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value N

o.

Value No.

Currency $1,669,346 - $1,637,332 - $(374,411) - $(1,546,617) - $48,931 - $(1,850) - $1,432,731 -

Other 

Monetary 

Instruments 22,152 - 74 - - - (3,876) - (135) - (82) - 18,133

-

Subtotal 1,691,498 - 1,637,406 - (374,411) - (1,550,493) - 48,796 - (1,932) - 1,450,864 -

Real Property 206,483 571 53,277 208 (22,141) (82) (24,846) (122) 16,286 34 (9,568) - 219,491 609

General 

Property

301,964 25,608 82,532 39,086 (35,756) (4,894) (27,128) (28,779) 8,039 (2,486) 12,203 - 341,854 28,535

Vessels 6,506 166 3,683 216 (1,014) (21) (3,047) (180) (340) (19) (140) - 5,648 162

Aircraft 10,735 21 4,501 24 (3,442) (9) (3,214) (17) (350) (4) (70) - 8,160 15

Vehicles 45,460 4,336 108,681 13,915 (45,385) (4,196) (33,705) (8,461) (2,581) (356) (1,789) - 70,681 5,238

Subtotal 571,148 30,702 252,674 53,449 (107,738) (9,202) (91,940) (37,559) 21,054 (2,831) 636 - 645,834 34,559

Grand Total $2,262,646 30,702 $1,890,080 53,449 $(482,149) (9,202) $(1,642,433) (37,559) $69,850 (2,831) $(1,296) - $2,096,698 34,559
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 41

Note 8 (Cont’d): FY 2012 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 Fund until judicially or 

administratively forfeited. Because of the fungible nature of currency and the high level of control necessary over these assets and the possibility that 

these monies may be returned to their owners in lieu of forfeiture, seized currency is reported as a custodial asset upon seizure. Seized property other 

than currency is reported as a custodial asset upon forfeiture. (Dollar value is in thousands.)

9/30/11 Financial

Statement Balance Seizures

 

Remissions Forfeitures Adjustments Value Changes

9/30/12 Financial 

Statement Balance

Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No. Value No.

Currency $804,427 - $1,236,049 - $(80,924) - $(307,400) - $18,027 - $ (833) - $1,669,346 -

Other Monetary 

Instruments 19,792 - 1,804

-

(99) - (9) - 1,366 - (702) - 22,152 -

Subtotal 824,219 - 1,237,853 - (81,023) - (307,409) - 19,393 - (1,535) - 1,691,498 -

Real Property 206,061 546 52,622 198 (9,267) (66) (16,735) (93) (24,359) (14) (1,839) - 206,483 571

General Property 225,508 24,408 156,842 39,104 (55,430) (4,533) (36,829) (27,824) 13,948 (5,547) (2,075) - 301,964 25,608

Vessels 5,149 138 3,814 228 (846) (28) (1,988) (160) 513 (12) (136) - 6,506 166

Aircraft 6,121 29 9,910 23 (2,309) (13) (2,462) (16) (289) (2) (236) - 10,735 21

Vehicles 51,035 5,779 82,057 13,302 (45,922) (4,800) (36,971) (9,467) (2,455) (478) (2,284) - 45,460 4,336

Subtotal 493,874 30,900 305,245 52,855 (113,774) (9,440) (94,985) (37,560) (12,642) (6,053) (6,570) - 571,148 30,702

Grand Total $1,318,093 30,900 $1,543,098 52,855 $(194,797) (9,440) $(402,394) (37,560) $6,751 (6,053) $(8,105) - $2,262,646 30,702
42 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

Note 9: Capitalized Software

The Automated Obligation & Equitable Sharing Management System is 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 was operational in its entirety by the end of FY 2013. Fund management has determined 

that several modules of the developmental software will not be placed in service or will be deferred 

until the next fiscal year pending final determination for implementation. Fund management 

calculated percentages for FY 2013 of the capitalized costs to be depreciated (40%), written off 

(35%) and capitalized pending final determination (25%). The Fund spent $696 thousand and $660 

thousand for software development as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, respectively. Total 

depreciation expense for capitalized software was $9 thousand and $0 as of September 30, 2013 and 

2012, respectively, $474 thousand, written off in FY 2013 and $882 thousand remaining capitalized 

as of September 30, 2013. 

Depreciation is expensed on a straight-line basis over the estimated useful life (5 years) of the 

internal software asset. Internal-use software in development is not depreciated. 

The following schedule presents Internal-Use Software as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, 

consisting of the following (dollars in thousands):

2013

Categories

Useful 

Life 

(in 

years)

Acquisition

Cost

Accumulated 

Depreciation

Net Book 

Value

Internal Use Software 5 $543 $9 $534

Internal Use Software -in 

Development N/A $339 N/A $339

Total $882 $9 $873

* The depreciation expense amount and the amount written off are included in the National Contract 

Services Seized Property & Other line on the Statement of Net Cost. Accumulated Depreciation is 

included in the Capitalized Software line on the Balance Sheet. 

2012

Categories

Useful 

Life 

(in 

years)

Acquisition 

Cost

Accumulated 

Depreciation

Net Book 

Value

Internal Use Software 5 $0 $0 $0

Internal Use Software -in 

Development N/A $660 N/A $660

Total $660 $0 $660
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 43

Note 10: Distributions Payable (state and local agencies and foreign governments)

Distributions Payable (state and local agencies and foreign governments) amounted to$308.6 million

and $71.1 million as of September 30, 2013 and 2012, 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, 2013 and 2012, 

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, 2013 and 2012, respectively, (dollars in thousands):

2013 2012

Retained Capital $ 1,014,745 $ 1,013,826

Unliquidated Obligations 541,150 439,096

Net Results of Operations 930,733 102,973

$2,486,628 $ 1,555,895

Unliquidated Obligations

The following summarizes the components of unliquidated obligations as of September 30, 2013 and 

2012 respectively, (dollars in thousands):

2013 2012

Equitable Sharing $ 302,688 $ 161,416

Mandatory 238,462 277,680

$ 541,150 $ 439,096
44 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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.

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 $82.3 million and $78.7 million in fiscal years 2013 and 2012, 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 $12.1 million and $9.5 million in fiscal years 2013 and 2012, 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.
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 45

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:

2013 2012

Gross Costs $ 203,083 $ 161,013

Earned Revenues - -

Net Costs $ 203,083 $ 161,013

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 2013 and 2012

were $924.4 million and $550.8 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 2013 and 2012 consist 

of the following (in thousands):

2013 2012

Recoveries of Prior Year Unpaid Obligations $ 23,887 $ 29,747

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.
46 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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, 2013

and 2012, respectively, (dollars in thousands):

2013 2012

Payments in Lieu of Forfeiture $ 8,673 $ 9,159

Refunds (1,716) (6,245)

Total $ 6,957 $ 2,914
SECTION III - FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND NOTES 47

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 (in 

thousands).

2013 2012

Resources Used to Finance Activities: 

 Budgetary resources obligated

Obligations incurred $ 908,113 $ 527,417

Less: Spending authority from offsetting

 Collections and recoveries (23,887) (29,747)

Net Obligations 884,226 497,670

 Other resources

Transfers – out (94,373) (88,181)

Total Resources Used to Finance Activities 789,853 409,489

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 (99,786) (74,992)

Other resources or adjustments to net obligated 

 resources that do not affect net cost of operations

Mortgages and claims (2,489) (2,777)

Refunds (1,716) (6,245)

Equitable Sharing (federal, state/local and foreign) (408,205) (117,873)

Victim restitution (74,583) (46,589)

Total Resources Used to Finance Items not Part of the Net 

 Cost of Operations (586,779) (248,476)

Components not Requiring or Generating ResourcesDepreciation 9 -

Total Resources Used to Finance the Net Cost of Operations 203,083 161,013

Net Cost of Operations $ 203,083 $ 161,013
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REQUIRED SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION

(UNAUDITED)
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48 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

Intragovernmental Amounts – Assets (Dollars in thousands) 2013 2012

Partner Agency

Fund 

Balance 

with 

Treasury

Accounts 

Receivable/ 

Advances Investments

Fund 

Balance 

with 

Treasury

Accounts 

Receivable/ 

Advances Investments

Treasury $ 26,091 - $ - $ - $ 14,526 $ - $ -

Departmental Offices - 75 - - 40 -

Bureau of Fiscal 

Service - - 4,062,862 - - 3,136,274

Totals _$ 26,091 $ 75 $ 4,062,862 $ 14,526 $ 40 $ 3,136,274

Intragovernmental Amounts – Liabilities (Dollars in thousands) 

Partner Agency

2013

Accounts 

Payable

2012

Accounts 

Payable

Department of Justice $ 3,960 $ 5,440

Department of Homeland Security 36,406 -

Departmental Offices 3,380 1,305

FinCen

 

2,235

 

2,527

Tax and Trade 86 68

Treasury Office of the Inspector General 152 14

Internal Revenue Service 21,202 23,311

Totals $ 67,421 $ 32,665

Intragovernmental Amounts – Revenues and Costs (Dollars in thousands)

2013 2012

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 $ - $ 133,638 $ - $ 100,487
SECTION IV – REQUIRED SUPPLMENTAL INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 49

Intragovernmental Amounts – Non-exchange Revenue (Dollars in thousands): 

Partner Agency

2013 2012

In Out In Out

Department of Justice $ - $ 3,687 $ - $ 2,267

Department of Homeland Security - 68,062 - 43,524

Department of Treasury - 92 - 1,266

Internal Revenue Service - 15,965 - 28,818

Financial Crimes Enforcement Network - 5,443 - 11,509

Tax and Trade - 693 - 91

Department of Defense - 431 - 206 

Department of Commerce - - - 500 

Totals $ - $ 94,373 $ - $ 88,181
SECTION V

OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION

(UNAUDITED)
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TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Equitable Sharing Summarized by State and U.S. Territories

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

State/U.S. Territories Currency Value Property Value

Alabama $ 236 $ 16 

Alaska 1,951 621

Arizona 959 58

Arkansas 640 -

California 11,973 374

Colorado 1,874 11

Connecticut 158 -

D.C. Washington 11 -

Delaware 290 75

Florida 3,788 1,090

Georgia 2,750 4

Guam 55 -

Hawaii 92 -

Idaho 192 37

Illinois 1,523 14

Indiana 135 -

Iowa 538 5

Kansas 373 2

Kentucky 306 2

Louisiana 489 33

Maine 1,370 -

Maryland 3,185 21

Massachusetts 665 528

Michigan 589 98

Minnesota 333 124

Mississippi 25 -

Missouri 5,253 2

Montana 36 5

Nebraska 150 -

Nevada 215 14

New Jersey 3,157 30

New Hampshire 1 -

New Mexico 196 6

New York 11,135 57

North Carolina 4,377 625

North Dakota - -

Ohio 609 159

Oklahoma 151 4

Oregon 370 66

Pennsylvania 457 28

Puerto Rico 877 31

Rhode Island 132 -

South Carolina 2,181 276

South Dakota 12 -

Tennessee 21 27

Texas 4,796 288

Utah 135 -

Subtotal carried forward $ 68,761 $4,731
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 51

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Equitable Sharing Summarized by State and U.S. Territories

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(Dollars in Thousands)

(Unaudited)

State/U.S. Territories Currency Value Property Value

Subtotal brought forward $68,761 $4,731

Vermont 95 -

Virgin Islands - -

Virginia 45,836 2

Washington 2,799 72

West Virginia 1,336 -

Wisconsin 56 65

Wyoming 12 -

Totals $118,895 $4,870 

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.
52 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

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, 2013

(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 72 administrative seizures over $100 thousand over 120 days old totaling $28,957 that had not 

been transferred from the Seized Currency Suspense Account to the Treasury Forfeiture Fund as of the 

end of FY 2013.
SECTION V –OTHER ACCOMPANYING INFORMATION (UNAUDITED) 53

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Analysis of Revenue and Expenses and Distributions

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(Dollars in Thousands) 

Revenue, Expenses and Distributions by Asset Category:

Revenue

Expenses and 

Distributions

Vehicles $ 13,269 $ 191,960

Vessels 3,686 244,577

Aircraft 3,686 78,794

General Property 11,795 776,301

Real Property 41,282 30,407

Currency and monetary instruments 1,641,464 393,143

1,715,182 1,715,182

Less:

 Mortgages and claims (2,489) (2,489)

 Refunds (1,716) (1,716)

Add:

 Excess of net revenues and financing sources over total program 

expenses

 -- --

Total $ 1,710,977 $ 1,710,977

Revenue, Transfers, Expenses and Distributions by Type of

Disposition:

Sales of property and forfeited currency and monetary instruments $ 1,229,365 $ 325,885

Reimbursed storage costs 3,029 171,518

Assets shared with state and local agencies 300,537 300,537

Assets shared with other federal agencies 107,668 107,668

Assets shared with foreign countries -- --

Victim Restitution 74,583 74,583

Destructions -- 205,822

Pending disposition -- 529,169

1,715,182 1,715,182

Less:

 Mortgages and claims (2,489) (2,489)

 Refunds (1,716) (1,716)

Add:

 Excess of net revenues and financing sources over total program 

expenses

 -- --

Total $ 1,710,977 $ 1,710,977

The revenue amount of $1,710,977 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. 
54 TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND ACCOUNTABILITY REPORT – FISCAL YEAR 2013

TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Schedule of Spending

For the Years Ended September 30, 2013 and 2012

(Dollars in Thousands) 

2013 2012

Reclassified

What Money is Available to Spend? 

Total resources 1,796,222 672,330

Less amount not available to be spent (888,109) (144,913)

 Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 908,113 $ 527,417

How was the Money Spent?

 

Other contractual services $ 185,688 $ 287,207

Supplies and materials 18 20

Grants, subsidies and contributions 581,555 152,131

Interest and dividends 26 325

Refunds 92,690 87,734

Others (i.e. unvouchered, undistributed) 48,136 - 

Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 908,113 $ 527,417

Who did the Money go to?

Federal $ 182,447 $ 235,581

Non-Federal - 291,836

State/Local/Tribal/Foreign Governments 581,556 -

Business and Organizations 53,928 -

Individuals 90,182 -

 Total Amounts Agreed to be Spent $ 908,113 $ 527,417
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TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f)

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(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, 2013, the Fund had forfeited 

property held for sale of $67,916. 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, 2013, 

there was $17,146 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 $118,895 and total property transferred was $4,870 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, 2012 which became 

the beginning balance for the Fund on October 1, 2012, as reported in the audited financial 

statements is $1,555,895.
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TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f)

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(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 $2,489. 

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 $300,537

Foreign countries -

Other federal agencies 107,668

Victim restitution 74,583 

(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 

$203,083.

The amount of seized currency not on deposit in the Fund’s suspense account at September 

30, 2013, was $211,940. This amount includes some funds in the process of being deposited at 

year-end; cash seized in August or September 2013 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 

$888,109 for fiscal year 2013. This excludes $1,037,459 in FY 2013 rescinded authority that is 

classified as “temporary.” If this figure is added to the unobligated balances at the end of FY 

2013, the figure becomes $1,925,568.
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TREASURY FORFEITURE FUND

Information Required by 31 U.S.C. 9703(f)

For the Year Ended September 30, 2013

(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 $258,371 54 seizures

IRS 791,769 132 seizures

U.S. Secret Service 144,208 24 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 $28,957. This is also documented on page 52.

(F) The balance of the Fund at the end of the current fiscal year.

The total net position of the Fund at September 30, 2013, as reported in the audited financial 

statements is $2,486,628.

(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 2013 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 53.