The Detroit-based U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan collected more than $46 million in criminal and civil actions and forfeitures in the 2010 fiscal year, U.S. Attorney Barbara L. McQuade reported Tuesday.
“As part of the restructuring of the U.S. Attorney’s Office earlier this year, we added resources to our debt collection efforts,” McQuade said. “Recovering money from illegal activities and returning the funds to victims of crime and to the taxpayers is especially important during this time of economic recovery. This year, our office will recover almost twice as much we spend.”
The 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices nationwide contributed to the collection of $6.68 billion during the government’s fiscal year. The U.S. Attorneys’ offices are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the United States and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims.
The nationwide collection totals for the 2010 fiscal year represent an almost 30% increase in criminal collections and 57% increase in civil collections over the 2009 fiscal year. The noteworthy increase in collections was due to large criminal restitution and health care fraud cases.
Source: U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan
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