RALEIGH, N.C. – U.S. Attorney Michael Easley announced today that the Eastern District of North Carolina collected $16,323,043.41 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $12,196,251.65 was collected in criminal actions and $4,126,791.76 was collected in civil actions.
“We are committed to using every tool available to aggressively collect restitution for victims, criminal fines, and recover taxpayer dollars lost to fraud and owed to government agencies,” said Mr. Easley. “We are proud of the men and women in our office who have worked so hard to ensure justice through their collection efforts. They are to be congratulated for their tremendously successful efforts.”
Some significant collections included: In August 2022, the Eastern District of North Carolina collected over $360,000 from Yousef Kaid. Although not the District’s largest monthly collection total, it was the result of significant enforcement action, netted a substantial sum for the victims of Kaid’s crimes, and epitomizes the office’s dogged pursuit of criminal monetary penalties. https://www.justice.gov/usao-ednc/pr/nine-arrested-conspiracy-traffic-contraband-cigarettes
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