News and Notices

In 2024, the United States Trustee Program appointed 35 private trustees to serve in cases under chapters 7, 12, and 13 in regions throughout the country.
 

January 17, 2025

The U.S. Trustee Program has revamped its Section 341 Meeting of Creditors webpage and released a series of videos to help consumer debtors and their attorneys navigate the section 341 meeting of creditors, a required step in every bankruptcy case.

January 15, 2025

The USTP is warning consumer debtors of a scam operator calling itself the “Bankruptcy Fraud Watchdog Group,” which sends letters falsely accusing debtors of failing to disclose assets in their bankruptcy cases and threatening “legal consequences” such as criminal prosecution unless debtors pay a “one-time amnesty fine.” 

November 13, 2024

On November 5, 2024, the Department of Justice's U.S. Trustee Program (USTP) notified the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (AOUSC) that trustees will receive additional compensation for cases filed under chapter 7 or converted to chapter 7 in the 2024 fiscal year ending September 30 (FY 2024). These payments are pursuant to the Bankruptcy Administration Improvement Act of 2020 (BAIA). Among other things, BAIA authorized the first increase since 1994 in chapter 7 trustee compensation up to an additional $60 per eligible case to be funded by excess quarterly fees the USTP collects in chapter 11 cases.

November 5, 2024