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GREENSBORO, NC – Acting United States Attorney Randall S. Galyon announced today that the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC) collected $11,766,028.87 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2024. Of this amount, $10,606,536.43 was collected in criminal actions and $1,159,492.44 was collected in civil actions. The MDNC also worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Department of Justice components to collect $550.00 in criminal cases pursued jointly by these offices.
“Collecting restitution and other criminal and civil debts is a vital part of our mission,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Galyon. “We will continue to prioritize collections in order to hold criminals accountable, collect debts owed to the government, and recover compensation for victims of crime.”
In January 2024, the Middle District of North Carolina recovered $611,845.17 in restitution after garnishing the defendant’s retirement accounts in the case of USA v. Mouzon, 1:22CR200. On October, 2022, the defendant pled guilty to one count of wire fraud and was ordered to pay a special assessment of $100, restitution of $2,038,285.66 and a fine of $5,000.00. To date, a total of $805,305.28 has been recovered for the victim, including $193,610.82 from disposal of administratively forfeited assets. A request is pending to allow proceeds from the disposal of judicially forfeited assets to be applied to restitution.
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. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the department’s Crime Victims Fund, which distributes the funds collected to federal and state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.
Additionally, the U.S. Attorney’s office in the MDNC, working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $1,549,150 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2024. Forfeited assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and Department of Treasury Seized Assets Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.
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