U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects $5,963,150.24 in Civil and Criminal Actions in Fiscal Year 2022

United States Attorney Steven Russell announced today that the District of Nebraska collected $5,963,150.24 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $4,934,420.69 was collected in criminal actions and $1,028,729.55 was collected in civil actions. 

Additionally, the District of Nebraska worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $556,512.84 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $1,912.00 was collected in criminal actions and $554,600.00 was collected in civil actions.         

In United States of America v. Gilbert G. Lundstrom, the District of Nebraska recovered $2,324,505.93 in garnished funds that were due and payable to Lundstrom. With this garnishment, the restitution owed was paid in full.  Also, an Omaha-based Food Processing Company was ordered to pay a $550,000 civil penalty and later in 2022 received a $200,000 criminal penalty.

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 Nebraska working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $3,033,892 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2022. Forfeited assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.