Criminal Division
Financial Crimes Unit
The Financial Crimes Unit participates in the investigation and prosecution of financial crimes of all types, including financial institution crime, health care fraud, bankruptcy fraud, bank fraud, computer fraud, institutional insurance fraud, large scale mail and wire fraud, criminal tax violations, and large "boiler room" fraud operations, among others. Such complex financial crimes typically involve equally complex transactions, requiring long-term investigations which are man-hour and resource intensive. Moreover, members of this unit regularly work with many federal investigative agencies, including the FBI, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Postal Service, SEC, IRS, and others.
Due to the priority level of white collar or financial crime within the United States Department of Justice, and the particularly vulnerable nature of many of its victims, the Financial Crimes Unit is on the cutting edge of a number of important investigative and prosecutive initiatives, under the direction of U.S. Attorney Jim Letten. Several recent initiatives have held particular priority, especially the Bankruptcy Fraud Task Force, the Bank Fraud Task Force, and the Health Care Fraud Task Force.