That's not entirely true, about $5 million was seized by and is currently being held by the US government and another $5 million is being held hostage by CoinLa

That's not entirely true, about $5 million was seized by and is currently being held by the US government and another $5 million is being held hostage by CoinLab a US company that once had a deal with Gox to handle US customers but things went south along the way and they are not being sued by them instead. So about $10 million is tied up in less than ideal situations.