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Central District U.S. Attorney’s collected over $430 million from defendants

December 7, 2012

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California collected more than $430 million as a result of criminal prosecutions, civil lawsuits and asset forfeiture actions during the 2012 fiscal year, United States Attorney André Birotte Jr. announced Thursday.

The total figure – $430,849,514 – is more than double the amount collected during the preceding fiscal year.

In 2012, federal prosecutors collected $15,513,536 criminal actions, $386,828,315 in civil actions, and $28,507,562 in criminal and civil asset forfeiture proceedings.

“During the past five years, my office has collected well over one and a half billion dollars – money that has gone to the federal treasury and to victims of federal crimes,” said United States Attorney André Birotte Jr. “Assistant U.S. Attorneys in this office have collected an average of nearly $318 million in each of these years, annually demonstrating their deep commitment to being fiscally responsible and working on behalf of the victims of crime.”

The United States Attorney’s Office for the Central District of California is based in Los Angeles and has branch offices in Santa Ana and Riverside. Approximately 275 Assistant United States Attorneys serve well over 18 million residents of the counties of San Luis Obispo Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura and Santa Barbara.

In one of the numerous cases that the U.S. Attorney’s Office concluded during the 2012 fiscal year, SCAN Health Plan, a Long Beach-based managed care health plan, paid $320 million – the largest recovery ever obtained from a single Medi-Cal provider.

Nationwide, the United States Attorneys’ offices collected $13.1 billion in criminal and civil actions during fiscal year 2012, more than doubling the $6.5 billion collected the prior year. The $13.1 billion represents more than six times the appropriated budget of the 94 U.S. attorney’s offices.

 


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“money that has gone to the federal treasury and to victims of federal crimes”. How much has gone to the victims versus the Federal Treasury?


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I would be interested to know what was required to pay vs. what was actually collected (this $430M figure). As WOW said below, winning is one thing, collecting is entirely another.


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I hope you do collect but more than likely no money will be found. The law does a good job at prosecuting people but after conviction you are on your own. Sad to say but the legal system is broken and doesn’t finish the last part which is helping a victim with restitution collect. Anyone know where Wes Blevins is he owes me $350,000 and change plus 10% interest since 2009. A quality bookkeeper who doesn’t report his income or what he steals so the FTB who is in charge of collection doesn’t know he is employed so they cannot levy. The dept of corrections did send him a letter though asking him to pay so I guess they are working on it. I am a little sarcastic and I guess the only thing that will help you is time good luck.


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Nice going! At least one agency of government is truly trying to help victims of crime. Too bad our local DA and probation dept. can’t do the same. I am still awaiting restitution from a 2006 hit and run accident and Probation has lost track of her. At 10% a year interest on the balance I will have an annuity when she is finally found -she WILL be found -anyone know a Stephanie Macias?


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