The source number isn&#x27;t even clearly based on seizures in 2014. At least it&#x27;s linked:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecrimereport.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;crime-and-justice-news&#x2F;2015-11-civil-asset-forfeiture-report" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.thecrimereport.org&#x2F;news&#x2F;crime-and-justice-news&#x2F;20...</a><p>That says that federal account balances from seizures totaled $4.5 billion in 2014. It also says that Madoff and Toyota each contributed more than $1 billion to those accounts.<p>edit to add: It seems likely that the seizure is only related to the Madoff case, not that it came from Madoff directly, in another comment I linked a BBC article saying the forfeiture came from JP Morgan.