In certain cases, the forfeiture process can be painstaking and take years to resolve, as in the Adelphia Communications accounting fraud, which led to the largest single distribution of forfeited assets to victims in the Justice Department's history.
The agreements not only officially enable a practice of confiscating money and property from passengers without due process, but also mandate "[e]quitable sharing of forfeited assets;" in other words, state agencies get a cut of assets seized by Amtrak police.
But the majority of the forfeited assets end up back in the hands of defrauded victims.
Under the 1984 law, a significant portion of the forfeited assets goes back to the police departments that made the seizure.
matches the underlying value of its assets.
It's borrowing to increase the value of your assets.
What was the total market value of the assets acquired?
The value of those assets, they estimate, "far exceed $5,118,266,427.50".
Even the true value of his assets remains a mystery.
Penrod lists the value of its assets at $1.8 billion.
