U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Northern West Virginia issued the following announcement on Feb. 1.
U.S. Attorney Bill Powell announced that the Northern District of West Virginia collected $52,693,826.90 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2020. Of this amount, $443,308.84 was collected in criminal actions and $52,250,518.10 was collected in civil actions.
“Protection of the public involves more than prosecuting criminal defendants. Criminal forfeitures, civil collections, and civil judgements are very important, but often difficult, tasks. I commend my staff on the resolve to ensure that the public treasury saw this significant benefit,” said Powell.
The Justice Department collected more than $15.9 billion in civil and criminal actions in fiscal year (FY) 2020 ending Sept. 30, 2020. The $15,988,516,670 in collections in FY 2020 represents more than five times the approximately $3.2 billion appropriated budget for the 94 U.S. Attorneys’ offices and the main litigating divisions of the Justice Department combined in that same period. The total includes all monies collected as a result of Justice Department-led enforcement actions and negotiated civil settlements. It includes more than $13.5 billion in payments made directly to the Justice Department, and more than $2.4 billion in indirect payments made to other federal agencies, states and other designated recipients.
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