The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Missouri collected over $16 million in civil and criminal actions during Fiscal Year 2025, according to an announcement by U.S. Attorney Thomas C. Albus. Of this total, approximately $14 million came from criminal cases and nearly $2 million from civil actions.
In addition to these collections, the office worked with other U.S. Attorney’s offices and components of the Department of Justice on joint cases that resulted in an additional $76.3 million being collected nationwide. The majority of these joint collections—over $76 million—were from civil actions.
U.S. Attorney Albus highlighted the office’s focus on recovering funds related to healthcare fraud: “Last year, we recovered more than one million dollars for Medicare and Medicaid in one case alone, and millions of dollars more that were fraudulently obtained by faking disabilities,” said Albus. “Those contemplating fraud in the Eastern District of Missouri should know that the U.S. Attorney’s office will aggressively pursue the recovery of ill-gotten gains and do our best, even years later, to recover assets due to victims.”
Among notable cases was a recovery of more than $1.3 million from Michael McCormac, a former mail order pharmacy owner who pleaded guilty to violating the Anti-Kickback Statute by paying kickbacks for prescription generation schemes targeting expensive medications. The office also continued efforts in a disability fraud case involving two Jefferson County chiropractors and multiple patients; about $2.9 million was collected last year in those matters.
The U.S. Attorneys’ Offices are tasked with enforcing and collecting debts owed to both federal crime victims and the United States government itself as part of their mandate under federal law.
Asset forfeiture actions accounted for an additional $5.4 million collected by the Eastern District’s office during FY 2025, along with securing forfeiture orders for 334 firearms involved in criminal offenses. Funds deposited into the Department of Justice Assets Forfeiture Fund are used both to restore money to crime victims and support various law enforcement initiatives.
Criminal fines and felony assessments collected contribute to the Crime Victims Fund, which helps finance victim compensation programs at both state and federal levels.
