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U.S. Trustee Program Archived Press Releases

Press Releases 2008 - 1998

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998  
YearDateSubjectOther Formats
2008
 October 2, 2008

U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nationwide Settlement with Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. Regarding Monies Improperly Collected in Bankruptcy Cases

  • Complaint of the United States Trustee Phoebe Morse for a Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF - 1.75 MB]
  • Joint Motion for Entry of the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [PDF - 18 KB]
  • Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [PDF - 83 KB] 
[PDF - 64 KB] 
 July 11, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Daniel M. McDermott is Appointed United States Trustee for Ohio, Michigan[PDF - 56 KB] 
 May 2, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Roberta A. DeAngelis is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania[PDF - 28 KB] 
 February 26, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Tiffany L. Carroll is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands[PDF - 58 KB] 
 February 1, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard F. Clippard is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Tennessee and Kentucky[PDF - 56 KB] 
 February 1, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Ilene J. Lashinsky is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Arizona[PDF - 55 KB] 
 February 1, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Robert D. Miller Jr. is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska[PDF - 55 KB] 
 February 1, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Donald F. Walton is Appointed United States Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands[PDF - 58 KB] 
 January 11, 2008U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard A. Wieland is Appointed United States Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico[PDF - 57 KB] 
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2007
 September 20, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Habbo G. Fokkena to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Michigan and Ohio for Interim Period[PDF - 29 KB] 
 August 31, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Donald F. Walton is Appointed as Acting U.S. Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands[PDF - 53 KB] 
 August 31, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard Wieland is Appointed as Acting U.S. Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico[PDF - 53 KB] 
 August 20, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Mark A. Redmiles is Appointed as Deputy Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees[PDF - 28 KB] 
 August 3, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces William T. Neary is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Northern and Eastern Texas[PDF - 20 KB] 
 August 3, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces W. Clarkson McDow, Jr., is Reappointed as United States Trustee for South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia[PDF - 21 KB] 
 August 3, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nancy J. Gargula is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois[PDF - 21 KB] 
 August 3, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Habbo G. Fokkena is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota[PDF - 21 KB] 
 August 3, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces R. Michael Bolen is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi[PDF - 28 KB] 
 June 6, 2007U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana G. Adams Appointed United States Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont[PDF - 31 KB] 
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2006
 October 19, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces the Audits of Bankruptcy Papers by Independent Public Accountants to Start in October[PDF - 21 KB] 
 October 18, 2006Operation Truth or Consequences Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Across the Country; U.S. Trustees Announce Bankruptcy Fraud Hotline 
 September 21, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Extends Waiver of Credit Counseling and Debtor Education Requirements In Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina[PDF - 20 KB] 
 August 3, 2006United States Trustee Program Announces Peter C. Anderson Appointed U.S. Trustee for Central District of California[PDF - 20 KB] 
 July 17, 2006United States Trustee Program Announces Charles F. McVay to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Southern and Western Texas for Interim Period[PDF - 17 KB] 
 July 10, 2006United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Richard W. Simmons[PDF - 21 KB] 
 May 23, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nancy J. Gargula To Serve as U.S. Trustee in Missouri, Nebraska, and Arkansas for Interim Period[PDF - 21 KB] 
 April 12, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces Felicia S. Turner to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico for Interim Period[PDF - 20 KB] 
 April 11, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana Adams Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont[PDF - 20 KB] 
 March 27, 2006United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Mary E. May[PDF - 20 KB] 
 March 27, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces Stipulated Agreement Reducing Stephen Forbes Cooper LLC’s Success Fee Request in Enron Corp. Bankruptcy Case[PDF - 21 KB] 
 March 23, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces Josh Hochberg Appointed as Examiner in Refco, Inc. Bankruptcy Cases[PDF - 20 KB] 
 January 20, 2006U.S. Trustee Program Announces William T. Neary to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois for Interim Period[PDF - 27 KB] 
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2005
 October 7, 2005U.S. Trustee Program Announces Approval of Debtor Education Course Providers for Bankruptcy Filers and Waiver of Debtor Education Requirement in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina[PDF - 27 KB] 
 October 5, 2005U.S. Trustee Program Announces Enforcement Guidelines for Bankruptcy Debtors Affected by Natural Disasters[PDF - 29 KB]
 October 4, 2005U.S. Trustee Program Announces Approval of Credit Counseling Agencies for Bankruptcy Filers and Waiver of Credit Counseling Requirement in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina[PDF - 27 KB] 
 July 25, 2005U.S. Trustee Program is Accepting Applications for Budget and Credit Counseling Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses[PDF - 15 KB] 
 June 30, 2005U.S. Trustee Program Begins Approval Process for Budget and Credit Counseling Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses[PDF - 53 KB] 
 April 27, 2005Lawrence Friedman to Resign as Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees[PDF - 8 KB]
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2004
 December 22, 2004Sara Kistler Appointed Acting US Trustee in Northern and Eastern California, Nevada[PDF - 8 KB]
 December 22, 2004Kelly Beaudin Stapleton Appointed U.S. Trustee For Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey[PDF - 9 KB] 
 October 28, 2004'Operation Silver Screen' Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Throughout The United States[PDF - 32 KB]
 September 20, 2004Federal Bankruptcy Officials Teach Money Management Basics To West Bloomfield Students[PDF - 9 KB]
 July 19, 2004Richard E. Byrne Appointed as Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for United States Trustee Program[PDF - 9 KB]
 April 14, 2004Phoebe Morse Appointed U.S. Trustee for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island[PDF - 26 KB] 
 March 31, 2004Charles McVay Appointed U.S. Trustee for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming[PDF - 9 KB] 
 January 9, 2004Ilene Lashinsky To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Northwest For Interim Period[PDF - 109 KB] 
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2003
 December 4, 2003Sandy Klein is Appointed Regional Criminal Coordinator for United States Trustee Program[PDF - 17 KB] 
 November 18, 2003Steven J. Katzman To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Central District Of California For Interim Period[PDF - 36 KB]
 October 31, 2003Deirdre A. Martini Appointed U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont[PDF - 17 KB]
 August 11, 2003Felicia S. Turner Appointed U.S. Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands[PDF - 18 KB]
 July 31, 2003Two U.S. Trustee Program Employees Are Honored at Department of Justice's Annual Awards Ceremony[PDF - 72 KB]
 June 27, 2003Peter Ainsworth Appointed As Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for United States Trustee Program[PDF - 18 KB]
 May 29, 2003Charles E. 'Sketch' Rendlen III Appointed U.S. Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas[PDF - 73 KB]
 May 19, 2003Steven J. Katzman Appointed U.S. Trustee for Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands[PDF - 74 KB]
 March 14, 2003Roberta DeAngelis Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey[PDF - 72 KB]
 January 6, 2003Richard F. Clippard Appointed U.S. Trustee for Tennessee, Kentucky[PDF - 73 KB] 
 January 6, 2003Diane E. Tebelius Appointed U.S. Trustee for Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska[PDF - 18 KB] 
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2002
 December 13, 2002Habbo G. Fokkena Serving As U.S. Trustee In Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming For Interim Period[PDF - 1 KB]
 November 13, 2002Ilene J. Lashinsky Appointed U.S. Trustee For Arizona[PDF - 18 KB] 
 September 19, 2002Mary E. May Appointed U.S. Trustee For Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico[PDF - 18 KB]
 August 22, 2002Civil Enforcement Coordinators Appointed For U.S. Trustee Program[PDF - 18 KB] 
 August 7, 2002Dick Thornburgh Selected As Examiner In Worldcom Inc. Bankruptcy Cases[PDF - 75 KB] 
 August 6, 2002Saul Eisen is Appointed U.S. Trustee for Ohio, Michigan[PDF - 18 KB]
 July 24, 2002Joseph A. Guzinski Appointed General Counsel At Executive Office for U.S. Trustees[PDF - 73 KB]
 June 28, 2002William T. Neary To Serve as U.S. Trustee in Region 17 for Interim Period[PDF - 13 KB]
 June 20, 2002Elizabeth Amorosi Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Arizona[PDF - 13 KB]
 May 22, 2002U.S. Trustee Selects Neal Batson As Examiner In Enron Corp. Bankruptcy Case[PDF - 17 KB]
 May 20, 2002R. Michael Bolen Appointed U.S. Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi[PDF - 00 KB] 
 May 17, 2002Nancy J. Gargula Appointed U.S. Trustee for Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois[PDF - 79 KB]
 April 24, 2002Maureen Tighe Serving as U.S. Trustee In Region 15 for Interim Period[PDF - 16 KB]
 April 22, 2002EOUST Director Lawrence Friedman Appoints Martha Davis as Deputy Director[PDF - 78 KB]
 April 22, 2002Habbo G. Fokkena Appointed U.S. Trustee for Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota[PDF - 79 KB]
 February 28, 2002Lawrence A. Friedman Selected as Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees[PDF - 13 KB] 
 January 3, 2002Mark H. Weber Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For for Region 18 (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska)[PDF - 16 KB] 
 January 3, 2002Personal Bankruptcy Filers Will Be Required To Show Proof of I.D., Based On Results of Pilot Study[PDF - 21 KB]
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2001
 October 30, 2001U.S. Trustee Program Launches Bankruptcy Civil Enforcement Initiative[PDF - 23 KB] 
 October 5, 2001Bankruptcy Court Approves Settlement Between U.S. Trustee and Jay Alix & Associates On Fees and Employment In Chapter 11 Cases[PDF - 20 KB]
 October 5, 2001Donald F. Walton Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee In Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey (Region 3)[PDF - 20 KB]
 September 27, 2001U.S. Trustee Program's Report Tracks Asset Distributions In Chapter 7 Cases Closed From 1994 Through 2000[PDF - 20 KB]
 September 7, 2001Ira Bodenstein To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Michigan And Ohio (Region 9) For Interim Period; Donald M. Robiner To Resign Post[PDF - 18 KB]
 April 11, 2001Kevin P. Dempsey Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois (Region 10)[PDF - 18 KB] 
 January 29, 2001Personal Bankruptcy Filers Must Show Proof of Identification[PDF - 79 KB]
 January 22, 2001Kevyn D. Orr Resigns As Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustee; Martha Davis To Serve As Acting Director[PDF - 79 KB]
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2000
 July 26, 2000Justice, Treasury, Office of Management And Budget Seek Public Comment For Study On Financial Privacy And Bankruptcy[PDF - 52 KB]
 July 11, 2000Joel Pelofsky Reappointed United States Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas[PDF - 12 KB] 
 June 22, 2000EOUST Director Kevyn Orr Appoints Martha Davis As Acting Deputy Director, Joseph Guzinski As Acting General Counsel[PDF - 13 KB] 
 April 10, 2000Howard Tallman Appointed As U.S. Trustee for Region 19 (Colorado, Utah & Wyoming)[PDF - 12 KB]
 April 3, 2000Brenda Moody Whinery Assumes Duties of U.S. Trustee for Region 15 (Southern California, Hawaii, & Territories)[PDF - 12 KB]
 March 27, 2000Kevyn D. Orr Is Appointed Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees[PDF - 12 KB]
 February 22, 2000Ellen B. Vergos Reappointed As U.S. Trustee For Kentucky And Tennessee (Region 8)[PDF - 12 KB]
 February 22, 2000New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud In Connection With Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case[PDF - 12 KB]
 February 18, 2000L.A. Landlord Convicted On Three Counts Of Bankruptcy Fraud[PDF - 14 KB]
 February 14, 2000Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Fined $48,000 For Violation In 96 Bankruptcy Cases[PDF - 13 KB]
 February 10, 2000Kevyn Orr Appointed Acting Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees, Nominated For Position As Director[PDF - 12 KB] 
 January 4, 2000Jerry Patchan, Director of Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Announces Feb. 11 Retirement[PDF - 13 KB]
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1999
 October 7, 1999Hawaii Defendant Pleads Guilty To Two Counts of Bankruptcy Fraud[PDF - 10 KB]
 October 6, 1999Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Barbara G. Stuart As United States Trustee For Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (Region 12)[PDF - 10 KB]
 September 23, 1999Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Richard Simmons As United States Trustee For Southern and Western Texas (Region 7)[PDF - 10 KB]
 July 12, 1999Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Two United States Trustees in Regions 4 and 17[PDF - 12 KB]
 June 7, 1999Indictment Charges 54 Counts of Fraud in Oregon "Phantom Cow" Investment Scheme -- Grand Jury Alleges Investors Lost $100,000,000[PDF - 103 KB] 
 April 20, 1999Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Criminal Contempt of Court[PDF - 59 KB]
 February 22, 1999Bankruptcy Creditor in Arizona Pleads No-Contest to Two Counts of Fraud[PDF - 73 KB]
 February 12, 1999New Orleans Attorney Receives 33-month Sentence for Fraud Counts Including Bankruptcy Fraud[PDF - 10 KB]
 February 09, 1999U.S. Trustee Program's National Bankruptcy Institute Opens in Columbia, South Carolina[PDF - 10 KB]
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1998
 November 16, 1998Stephen I. Goldring Selected to Head National Bankruptcy Training Institute in Columbia, South Carolina[PDF - 11 KB]
 August 21, 1998Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison, Ordered to Pay $58,012 in Restitution, for Bankruptcy Fraud and Bank Fraud[PDF - 11 KB]  
 July 14, 1998Ohio Man Receives Four-Month Prison Sentence for False Use of Social Security Number[PDF - 10 KB] 
 June 26, 1998Attorney Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud for Concealing Assets in his Bankruptcy Case[PDF - 10 KB]
 June 9, 1998Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Arraigned on Charges of Criminal Contempt[PDF - 11 KB]  
 May 28, 1998New Mediation Process Available to Resolve Budget Disputes Between United States Trustees and Chapter 13 Trustees[PDF - 12 KB] 
 May 27, 1998Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee to Oversee Bankruptcy Cases in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin (Region 11)[PDF - 11 KB] 
 April 2, 1998Bankruptcy Fraud, Bank Fraud, Result In 21-Month Prison Sentence[PDF - 11 KB]
 March 6, 1998Debtor, Attorneys, Receive Prison Terms for Concealing $2.3 Million in Bankruptcy Estate Assets[PDF - 147 KB] 
 March 6, 1998Chapter 7 Debtor Sentenced for Concealing $50,348 in Funds From Divorce Settlement[PDF - 48 KB] 
 March 3, 1998Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In Central California (Region 16)[PDF - 38 KB]
 February 17, 1998Retailer Federated Department Stores Inc. To Pay $14.64 Million for Improper Debt Collection Practices[PDF - 19 KB] 
 February 9, 1998Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Confirmation Rate Doubled Between 1980 and 1995, Data Show[PDF - 17 KB] 
 January 5, 1998Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In Arizona (Region 14)[PDF - 265 KB]