U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $9,093,573.60 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2025

GREENSBORO, NC – United States Attorney Dan Bishop announced today that the Middle District of North Carolina (MDNC) collected $9,093,573.60 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $5,692,558.56 was collected in criminal actions and $3,401,015.04 was collected in civil actions.

The MDNC also worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $1,846,408.74 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $3,107.92 was collected in criminal actions and $1,843,300.82 was collected in civil actions.

In a noteworthy case, the MDNC recovered a total of $1,023,234.24 from Indra Lee Johnson in FY 2025. On April 23, 2025, Johnson was sentenced after pleading guilty to one count of Willful Failure to Collect or Pay over Tax in the case of USA v. Johnson, 1:25CR25-1. Johnson was ordered to pay a special assessment of $100.00, restitution of $1,344,925.41, and a fine of $45,000.00. To date, a total of $1,354,876.00 has been collected in the case.

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 $3,258,817 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2025. 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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