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Defendant: William Maurice Campbell Jr.
William Maurice Campbell Jr., state director of a college consortium of business development centers, was convicted of defrauding the State of Alabama of more than $7 million. He was found guilty on 96 counts in 2011.
In 2012, a federal judge sentenced Campbell to more than 15 years in prison and ordered $5.9 million in restitution, which included $1.5 million received by the Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney’s Office in FY 2016.
Campbell appealed the conviction and sentence, but it was upheld by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in September 2014.
The Northern District of Alabama U.S. Attorney’s Office collected $5.09 million in criminal and civil actions in FY 2016. Of this amount, about $3.7 million was collected in criminal actions and $1.4 million in civil actions.
Attorney General Loretta E. Lynch announced that the Justice Department collected nearly $15.4 billion in civil and criminal actions in the fiscal year ending September 30.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for north Alabama worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Justice Department to collect an additional $1.1 million in civil actions pursued jointly.
Key Facts
- State: Alabama
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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