The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District of Kentucky reported collections totaling over $35.5 million during Fiscal Year 2025, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner. The office gathered $4,309,149.70 from criminal cases and $31,208,840.42 from civil cases.
In addition to these amounts, the office collaborated with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and Department of Justice components to secure another $6,012,405.23 in joint efforts. Of this sum, $57,235.63 came from criminal actions and $5,995,169.60 from 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.”
Among the notable recoveries were payments of $800,000 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 also recovered more than $16 million related to False Claims Act violations and collected $9.5 million for unpaid taxes in a bankruptcy case; over $1 million was collected through state foreclosure actions involving federal liens.
The office worked with partner agencies last fiscal year to collect an additional $1,148,244 through asset forfeiture actions as well. Assets deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used both for restoring funds to crime victims and supporting law enforcement purposes.
U.S Attorneys’ Offices together with department litigating divisions enforce and collect debts owed on both civil and criminal matters for the United States as well as criminal debts owed directly to federal crime victims under law requiring restitution when physical injury or financial loss has occurred due to certain federal crimes; while restitution is directed toward victims themselves, fines and felony assessments go into the Crime Victims Fund which supports compensation programs at both federal and state levels.
