U.S. Attorney’s Office Collects Nearly $200 Million in Criminal and Civil Actions in Fiscal Year 2025

MIAMI - U.S. Attorney Jason A. Reding Quiñones announced today that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Florida collected $188,113,543 in criminal and civil debts in fiscal year 2025.

Of that amount, $173,471,304.33 was recovered through criminal restitution collections, and $14,642,238.67 was collected in civil actions to enforce debts owed to the U.S. These recoveries reflect the Office's continued commitment to securing restitution for crime victims and enforcing financial judgments imposed by federal courts.

"Nearly $200 million recovered means real accountability and real results," said U.S. Attorney Reding Quiñones. "Those funds represent restitution returned to victims and debts collected from people who broke the law. Court orders matter, and in the Southern District of Florida, we enforce them. If you steal or defraud, we will put you in prison and we will come after the money."

U.S. Attorney's Offices are responsible for enforcing and collecting restitution judgments owed to victims of certain federal crimes who have suffered financial loss or physical injury, as well as civil and criminal debts owed to the U.S. While restitution is paid directly to crime victims, criminal fines and assessments are deposited into the Department of Justice's Crime Victims Fund, which supports federal and state victim compensation and assistance programs. The Office's collection efforts are carried out through the Financial Litigation Program (FLP).

Significant recoveries in fiscal year 2025 include the following cases:

• Issa Asad and Q Link Wireless LLC were convicted of conspiring to defraud the U.S. and committing offenses against the U.S. The defendants were ordered to pay $111,395,396.25 in restitution. To date, the FLP has recovered $108,024,452.04.

• Israel Guardarrama was convicted of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and wire fraud and was ordered to pay $1,722,080.27 in restitution. The FLP has recovered $1.4 million by litigating and resolving a civil criminal restitution judgment lien foreclosure action against the defendant's homestead and rental properties.

• Michael Scott Segal was convicted of mail fraud and wire fraud and was ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $912,570.50. The FLP recovered $409,438.75 of that amount in fiscal year 2025 to fully satisfy the judgment.

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