White Collar Crime Convictions for June 2022
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during June 2022 the government reported 301 new white collar crime convictions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down 2.6 percent over the previous month.
White Collar Crime
This report summarizes the government's recent efforts when it comes to combating white collar crime — the number of such cases, the investigative agencies involved, the laws cited, the busiest federal districts and the busiest federal judges.
See more...The comparisons of the number of defendants convicted for white collar crime-related offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (see Table 1).
When monthly 2022 convictions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of convictions was up (34.6%). Convictions over the past year are still much lower than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that convictions of this type are down 25 percent from levels reported in 2017.
The decrease from the levels five years ago in white collar crime convictions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of white collar crime convictions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. The one and five-year rates of change in Table 1 and in the sections that follow are all based upon this six-month moving average. To view trends year-by-year rather than month-by-month, see TRAC's annual report series for a broader picture.
Figure 1. Monthly Trends in White Collar Crime Convictions
Within the broad category of white collar crime, cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types.
Case types within white collar crime are
• Federal Procurement Fraud • Federal Program Fraud • Tax Fraud • Arson for Profit • Other Insurance Fraud • Financial Institution Fraud • Bankruptcy Fraud • Advance Fee Schemes • Other Fraud Against Businesses • Consumer Fraud • Securities Fraud • Commodities Fraud • Other Investment Fraud • Antitrust Violations - Other • Computer Fraud • Health Care Fraud • Fraud Against Insurance Providers • Intellectual Property Violations • Insider Fraud Against Insurance Providers • MEWA (Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements) Fraud/MET • Antitrust Violations - Airlines • Antitrust Violations - Banking • Antitrust Violations - Defense Procurement • Antitrust Violations - Extraterritorial Application Of • Antitrust Violations - Finance Markets, Other than Banking • Telemarketing Fraud • Corporate Fraud • Identity Theft • Aggravated Identity Theft • Other White Collar Crime/Fraud The largest number of convictions of these matters in June 2022 was for "Fraud-Other", accounting for 21.6 percent of convictions. Convictions were also filed for "Fraud-Health Care" (12.3%), "Fraud-Tax" (11.6%), "Fraud-Federal Program" (11.3%), "Fraud-Identity Theft-Aggravated" (9.6%), "Fraud-Financial Institution" (8.6%), "Fraud-Other Business" (8%), "Fraud-Identity Theft-Other" (5.3%), "Fraud-Securities" (2.7%), "Fraud-Computer" (2.3%). See Figure 2.
The lead investigative agency for white collar crime convictions in June 2022 was FBI accounting for 45 percent of convictions. Other agencies with substantial numbers of white collar crime convictions were: IRS (13% ), Postal (11%), SecServ (7%), DHS (5%). See Figure 3.
White Collar Crime Convictions in U.S. Magistrate Courts
Top Ranked Lead Charges
In June 2022, no defendants in white collar crime cases for these matters were convicted in U.S. Magistrate Courts. These courts handle less serious misdemeanor cases, including what are called "petty offenses." In addition, complaints are sometimes filed in the magistrate courts before an indictment or information is entered. In these cases, the matter starts in the magistrate courts and later moves to the district court where subsequent proceedings take place.
White Collar Crime Convictions in U.S. District Courts
In June 2022, 301 defendants in new cases for these matters were charged in the U.S. District Courts. In addition during June there were an additional 0 defendants whose cases moved from the magistrate courts to the U.S. district courts after an indictment or information was filed. The sections which follow cover both sets of cases and therefore cover all matters filed in district court during June.
Top Ranked Lead Charges
Table 2 shows the top lead charges recorded in the convictions of white collar crime matters filed in U.S. District Court during June 2022.
Lead Charge Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television 70 1 1 1 More 18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft 22 2 12 12 More 18 USC 1349 - Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy 21 3 5 2 More 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud 20 4 2 3 More 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US 17 5 4 4 More 18 USC 1347 - Health Care Fraud 17 5 7 9 More 26 USC 7206 - Fraud and False statements 15 7 9 10 More 18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents 14 8 10 8 More 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records 13 9 3 4 More 18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles 13 9 8 6 More Table 2. Top Charges for Convictions
"Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343) was the most frequent recorded lead charge. "Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343) was ranked 1 a year ago, while it was ranked 1 five years ago.
Ranked 2nd in frequency was the lead charge "Aggravated Identity Theft" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1028.
Ranked 3rd was "Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1349. "Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1349 was ranked 5 a year ago, while it was ranked 2 five years ago.
Among these top ten lead charges, the one showing the greatest increase in convictions — up 86.8 percent — compared to one year ago was Title 18 U.S.C Section 1347 that involves " Health Care Fraud ". Compared to five years ago, the largest increase — 40.1 percent — was registered for convictions under " Fraud by wire, radio, or television " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343 ).
Again among the top ten lead charges, the one showing the sharpest decline in convictions compared to one year ago — down 200 percent — was " " ( ). Compared to five years ago, the most significant decline in convictions — 47.4 percent — was for convictions where the lead charge was " Fraud and related activity - id documents " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1028 ).
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
In June 2022 the Justice Department's case-by-case records show that the government obtained 110 white collar crime convictions for every ten million people in the United States.
Understandably, there is great variation in the number of white collar crime convictions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
The districts registering the largest number of convictions of this type last month are shown in Table 3.
The Southern District of Florida (Miami) — with 18 convictions — was the most active during June 2022.
The Eastern District of Tennessee (Knoxville) ranked 2nd.
Central District of California (Los Angeles) is now ranking 3rd.
Top Ranked District Judges
At any one time, there are about 680 federal District Court judges working in the United States. The judges recorded with the largest number of new white collar crime crime cases resulting in convictions of this type during June 2022 are shown in Table 4.
Judge Count Rank Greer, J. Ronnie Tenn, E 13 1 More Land, Clay D. Ga, M 7 2 More O'Neill, Lawrence Joseph Cal, E 4 3 More Battaglia, Anthony Joseph Cal, S 4 3 More Kleeh, Thomas Shawn W Virg, N 4 3 More Beaverstock, Jeffrey Uhlman Ala, S 3 6 More Birotte, Andre, Jr. Cal, C 3 6 More Drozd, Dale A. Cal, E 3 6 More Martinez, Jose E. Fla, S 3 6 More Bough, Stephen Rogers Mo, W 3 6 More Morris, Brian Matthew Montana 3 6 More Horan, Marilyn Jean Penn, W 3 6 More Jones, James Parker Virg, W 3 6 More Table 4. Top Ten Judges
A total of 7 out of the "top ten" judges were in districts which were in the top ten with the largest number of white collar crime convictions , while the remaining 6 judges were from other districts. (Because of ties, there were a total of 13 judges in the "top ten" rankings.)
Judge J. Ronnie Greer in the Eastern District of Tennessee (Knoxville) ranked 1st with 13 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Judge Clay D. Land in the Middle District of Georgia (Macon) ranked 2nd with 7 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Judges Lawrence Joseph O'Neill in the Eastern District of California (Sacramento), Anthony Joseph Battaglia in the Southern District of California (San Diego) and Thomas Shawn Kleeh in the Northern District of West Virginia (Wheeling) ranked 3rd with 4 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Report Generated: August 3, 2022
