KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey announced today that the Eastern District of Tennessee collected $9,741,070.01 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2018.
Of this amount, $7,782,647.37 was collected in criminal actions and $1,958,422.64 was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, the Eastern District of Tennessee worked with other U.S. Attorney’s offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $42,948,325.81 in cases pursued jointly with these offices. Of this amount, $32,298.67 was collected in criminal actions and $42,916,027.14 was collected in civil actions.
As a whole, the Justice Department collected nearly $15 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2018.
The $14,839,821,650 in collections in FY 2018 represents nearly seven times the appropriated $2.13 billion ($2,136,750,000) budget for the 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices.
U.S. Attorney J. Douglas Overbey praised the hard work of the Assistant U.S. Attorneys and the Monetary Recovery Unit in his office stating, ‘In addition to protecting the public by prosecuting and locking up criminals, the overall mission of the U.S. Attorney’s Office includes helping to compensate victims to the fullest extent possible.
‘Restitution, fines and assessments collected by our office benefit all victims of crime. Collected restitution is paid directly to the victims of the crimes for whom it was ordered, while collected fines and assessments are paid to the Crime Victims’ Fund to fund state victim compensation and assistance programs.’
The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, along with the department’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.
Key Facts
- State: Tennessee
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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