U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Over $35.5 Million in Fiscal Year 2025

Louisville, KY - U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky announced today that the United States Attorney's Office collected more than $35.5 million in Fiscal Year 2025. Of this amount, $4,309,149.70 was collected in criminal actions and $31,208.840.42 in civil actions.

Additionally, the Office worked with other U.S. Attorney's Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $6,012.405.23 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $57,235.63 was collected in criminal actions and $5,995,169.60 was collected in civil actions.

"These exceptional recoveries reflect our Office's unwavering commitment to victims of crime," said U.S. Attorney Bumgarner. "I am proud of our team's determination to deliver meaningful results in both criminal and civil proceedings. This Office will continue to aggressively pursue the collection of every dollar owed to crime victims, victims of fraud, and federal agencies."

Notable recoveries in the past fiscal year include $800,000 paid in United States v. Robert Hunt, Case No. 1:25-cr-10 and $340,000 in United States v. James Worthington, Case No. 3:24-cr-104. The Office recovered more than $16 million for violations of the False Claims Act and $9.5 million for unpaid taxes owed by a debtor in bankruptcy. The office also collected more than $1 million in state foreclosure actions involving federal liens.

In addition to the criminal and civil collections, last fiscal year the Office worked with partner agencies and divisions to collect $1,148,244 in asset forfeiture actions. Forfeited assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used to restore funds to crime victims and for a variety of law enforcement purposes.

The U.S. Attorneys' Offices, along with the department's litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and collecting civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. and criminal debts owed to federal crime victims. The law requires defendants to pay restitution to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered a physical injury or financial loss. While restitution is paid to the victim, criminal fines and felony assessments are paid to the department's Crime Victims Fund, which distributes the funds collected to federal and state victim compensation and victim assistance programs.