Portland, Maine
United States Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced today that the District of Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year (FY) 2017.
Of this amount, $2,755,431.76 was collected in criminal actions and $577,291.93 was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, the District of Maine worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the U.S. to collect an additional $283,936.46 in cases pursued jointly with these offices. Of this amount, $6,000 was collected in criminal actions and $277,936.46 was collected in civil actions.
Overall, the U.S. collected just over $15 billion in civil and criminal actions in the FY 2017 ending September 30, 2017.
The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, along with the U.S. litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims.
The largest civil collections were from affirmative civil enforcement cases, in which the United States recovered government money lost to fraud or other misconduct or collected fines imposed on individuals and/or corporations for violations of federal health, safety, civil rights or environmental laws.
Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s office in Maine, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $915,194 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2017. Forfeited assets deposited into the U.S. Assets Forfeiture Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2017, with $2,755,431.76 collected in criminal actions and $577,291.93 collected in civil actions. The District of Maine worked with other offices to collect an additional $283,936.46 in cases pursued jointly.
U.S. Attorney Halsey B. Frank announced the collection of $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions for U.S. taxpayers in Fiscal Year 2017. The District of Maine collected $2,755,431.76 in criminal actions and $577,291.93 in civil actions. With joint collection of $283,936.46, the total amount collected was $3,616,660.15.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2017. The office worked with other offices and collected an additional $283,936.46 in cases pursued jointly, bringing the total to $3,616,660.15. The largest civil collections were from affirmative civil enforcement cases.
The U.S. collected just over $15 billion in civil and criminal actions in the FY 2017 ending September 30, 2017. The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2017.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2017, with $2,755,431.76 collected in criminal actions and $577,291.93 collected in civil actions. The District of Maine worked with other offices to collect an additional $283,936.46 in cases pursued jointly, bringing the total to $3,616,660.15.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office in Maine collected $3,332,723.69 in civil and criminal actions in Fiscal Year 2017, with $2,755,431.76 collected in criminal actions and $577,291.93 collected in civil actions. The District of Maine worked with other offices to collect an additional $283,936.46 in cases pursued jointly.
Key Facts
- State: Maine
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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