Crime

United States Attorney's Office in V.I. Collects $246,498 in Civil and Criminal Actions in 2022

United States Attorney Delia L. Smith announced Thursday that the District of the Virgin Islands collected $246,498 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2022. Of that amount, $244,898 was collected in criminal actions and $1,600 was collected in civil actions. Additionally, the District of the Virgin Islands worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $73,600.00 in civil cases pursued jointly by those offices. “The primary incentive for most federal crimes is money,” stated U.S. Attorney Smith. “By aggressively recovering illegal proceeds from criminals, the Justice Department fights to ensure, in a very literal sense, that crime does not pay. Even more importantly, we work tirelessly to recover money from defendants to make the victim of their crimes whole again.” According to the release, the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, along with the Justice Department’s litigating divisions, are responsible for enforcing and...