TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 9, 2023

Francis M. "Trey" Hamilton III, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Tennessee, announced last week that the office collected $21 million in criminal and civil actions in 2022. The office also announced that working with partner agencies, it collected $8.3 million in asset forfeiture actions. U.S. attorneys are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the United States. Under federal law, funds are deposited in the Justice Department’s Crime Victims Fund and then distributed to federal and state governments to pay restitution to crime victims. Forfeited assets are deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund and then used to compensate crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes. Chattanoogan.com has the story.