Press Release
U.S. Attorney's Office Collects $6,485,417.91 In Civil And Criminal Actions In Fiscal Year 2024
For Immediate Release
U.S. Attorney's Office, District of Nevada
LAS VEGAS – Acting U.S. Attorney Sue Fahami announced today that the District of Nevada collected $6,485,417.91 in criminal and civil actions in Fiscal Year 2024. Of this amount, $3,556,959.50 was collected in criminal actions and $2,928,458.41 was collected in civil actions.
Additionally, the District of Nevada worked with other U.S. Attorney’s Offices and components of the Department of Justice to collect an additional $228,340.11 in cases pursued jointly by these offices. Of this amount, $97,396.11 was collected in criminal actions and $130,944.00 was collected in civil actions.
In June 2024, the District of Nevada recovered $2.1 million as part of the settlement from El Aero Services, LLC concerning the Sheep Creek Fire in 2018. The Sheep Creek Fire ignited on August 18, 2018, after a helicopter crashed in the Sheep Creek Range, north of Battle Mountain, Nevada. Following an extensive investigation, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) determined that El Aero Services, LLC was responsible for the fire, which required significant suppression efforts. The settlement covered the fire response, suppression and remediation costs incurred by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s BLM combatting the fire.
“Thanks to the diligent efforts of Assistant U.S. Attorneys and professional staff in the District of Nevada’s Financial Litigation Unit and the Asset Recovery Unit, we have ensured the court-ordered restitutions and fines are fully recovered for victims of crime and taxpayers,” said Acting U.S. Attorney Fahami. “Our office does not stop – and will not stop – working with our law enforcement partners to recover civil and criminal debts owed.”
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.
Additionally, the District of Nevada working with partner agencies and divisions, collected $5,438,595 in asset forfeiture actions in FY 2024. 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.
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Updated January 30, 2025
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