United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 2004-03-05 monographic deposited born digital 35 p. GA 1.13:GAO-04-338 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338 P0b002ee1803732aa f:d04338 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338 GAO-04-338 Collection procedures Crimes or offenses Criminals Debt collection Fines (penalties) Restitution Strategic planning Policies and procedures Treasury Offset Program Other Written Product A09406

In July 2001, GAO reported that outstanding criminal debt, as reported in Department of Justice (Justice) statistical reports, had increased from about $6 billion as of September 30, 1995, to more than $13 billion as of September 30, 1999. Although some of the key factors that contributed to this increase were beyond Justice's control, GAO concluded--after accounting for such factors--that Justice's criminal debt collection processes were inadequate. Accordingly, in the 2001 report, GAO made 14 recommendations to Justice to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of its criminal debt collection processes. To follow up on the 2001 report, GAO was asked to (1) provide information on the amount and growth of criminal debt for fiscal years 2000 through 2002, (2) examine the extent to which Justice has acted on GAO's previous recommendations, and (3) review Justice's collection efforts for selected criminal debt cases related to white-collar financial fraud. This report addresses the first two objectives; GAO will report separately on its ongoing work to address the third. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338/html/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338/pdf/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338.pdf GAO-04-338 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-GAO-04-338 Other Written Product GAO-04-338; Criminal Debt: Actions Still Needed to Address Deficiencies in Justice's Collection Processes; Collection procedures Crimes or offenses Criminals Debt collection Fines (penalties) Restitution Strategic planning Policies and procedures Treasury Offset Program Title 18 Section 3613 18 U.S.C. 3613 Title 31 Section 720 31 U.S.C. 720 Volume 107 Page 1153 107 Stat. 1153 Volume 116 Page 1758 116 Stat. 1758 Public Law 107-273