Ok so bitcoins being "seized" like US dollars...
Users Bitcoins Seized by DEA:
http://letstalkbitcoin.com/post/5370...-seized-by-dea
From official doc:
http://www.forfeiture.gov/pdf/DEA/Of...tification.pdf
The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), U.S. Department of Justice, gives notice that the property listed below was seized for forfeiture pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 881, because the property was used or acquired as a result of a violation of the Controlled Substances Act (21 U.S.C. §§ 801 et seq.):
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
13-DEA-581051,
11.02 Bitcoins, Acct.#1ETDwGUC1QcjYuehFr3u1FD3MvDaUs7SFy,
VL: $814.22 which was seized in Charleston, SC from Eric Daniel Hughes AKA Casey Jones on April 12, 2013
http://blockchain.info/address/1ETDw...1FD3MvDaUs7SFy
So DEA got own bitcoin account - and empties your bitcoin wallet after they seized the your pc and/or tortured you to get the password
