SYRACUSE, NEW YORK – U.S. Attorney Carla B. Freedman announced today that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of New York (NDNY) collected $33,885,629.97 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of this amount, $3,205,538.53 was collected in criminal actions and $30,680,091.44 was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, NDNY worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $199,895.85 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $42,147.15 was collected in criminal actions and $157,748.70 was collected in civil actions.
“The Northern District of New York is fully committed to the critical work of collecting money to make crime victims whole, forfeiting property used to commit crimes, and recovering money for the Federal Treasury. My office will continue to use all of its resources to make sure people and companies are held financially accountable when they commit crimes and violate the False Claims Act,” said United States Attorney Carla B. Freedman.
Notable collections and recoveries in Fiscal Year 2022 include:
In April, NDNY collected $199,942.57 in restitution from Martin Kimber. Kimber was sentenced to 168 months in prison for using mercury, a toxic chemical, and tampering with consumer products at the Albany Medical Center in Albany, New York. Kimber admitted that on four separate occasions in 2011 and 2012, he spread mercury, a potentially fatal neurotoxin,...
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