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2008
  October 2, 2008

U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nationwide Settlement with Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. Regarding Monies Improperly Collected in Bankruptcy Cases

  • Complaint of the United States Trustee Phoebe Morse for a Permanent Injunction and Other Equitable Relief [PDF - 1.75 MB] 
  • Joint Motion for Entry of the Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [PDF - 18 KB] 
  • Stipulated Final Judgment and Order [PDF - 83 KB] 
 [PDF - 64 KB]   
  July 11, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Daniel M. McDermott is Appointed United States Trustee for Ohio, Michigan [PDF - 56 KB]   
  May 2, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Roberta A. DeAngelis is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania [PDF - 28 KB]   
  February 26, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Tiffany L. Carroll is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands [PDF - 58 KB]   
  February 1, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard F. Clippard is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Tennessee and Kentucky [PDF - 56 KB]   
  February 1, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Ilene J. Lashinsky is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Arizona [PDF - 55 KB]   
  February 1, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Robert D. Miller Jr. is Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, and Alaska [PDF - 55 KB]   
  February 1, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Donald F. Walton is Appointed United States Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF - 58 KB]   
  January 11, 2008 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard A. Wieland is Appointed United States Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico [PDF - 57 KB]   
2007
  September 20, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Habbo G. Fokkena to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Michigan and Ohio for Interim Period [PDF - 29 KB]   
  August 31, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Donald F. Walton is Appointed as Acting U.S. Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands [PDF - 53 KB]   
  August 31, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard Wieland is Appointed as Acting U.S. Trustee for Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico [PDF - 53 KB]   
  August 20, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Mark A. Redmiles is Appointed as Deputy Director of the Executive Office for U.S. Trustees [PDF - 28 KB]   
  August 3, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces William T. Neary is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Northern and Eastern Texas [PDF - 20 KB]   
  August 3, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces W. Clarkson McDow, Jr., is Reappointed as United States Trustee for South Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and District of Columbia [PDF - 21 KB]   
  August 3, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nancy J. Gargula is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois [PDF - 21 KB]   
  August 3, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Habbo G. Fokkena is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, and North Dakota [PDF - 21 KB]   
  August 3, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces R. Michael Bolen is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi [PDF - 28 KB]   
  June 6, 2007 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana G. Adams Appointed United States Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont [PDF - 31 KB]   
2006
  October 19, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces the Audits of Bankruptcy Papers by Independent Public Accountants to Start in October [PDF - 21 KB]   
  October 18, 2006 Operation Truth or Consequences Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Across the Country; U.S. Trustees Announce Bankruptcy Fraud Hotline    
  September 21, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Extends Waiver of Credit Counseling and Debtor Education Requirements In Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina [PDF - 20 KB]   
  August 3, 2006 United States Trustee Program Announces Peter C. Anderson Appointed U.S. Trustee for Central District of California [PDF - 20 KB]   
  July 17, 2006 United States Trustee Program Announces Charles F. McVay to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Southern and Western Texas for Interim Period [PDF - 17 KB]   
  July 10, 2006 United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Richard W. Simmons [PDF - 21 KB]   
  May 23, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Nancy J. Gargula To Serve as U.S. Trustee in Missouri, Nebraska, and Arkansas for Interim Period [PDF - 21 KB]   
  April 12, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Felicia S. Turner to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico for Interim Period [PDF - 20 KB]   
  April 11, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana Adams Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont [PDF - 20 KB]   
  March 27, 2006 United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Mary E. May [PDF - 20 KB]   
  March 27, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Stipulated Agreement Reducing Stephen Forbes Cooper LLC’s Success Fee Request in Enron Corp. Bankruptcy Case [PDF - 21 KB]   
  March 23, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Josh Hochberg Appointed as Examiner in Refco, Inc. Bankruptcy Cases [PDF - 20 KB]   
  January 20, 2006 U.S. Trustee Program Announces William T. Neary to Serve as U.S. Trustee in Wisconsin and Northern Illinois for Interim Period [PDF - 27 KB]   
2005
  October 7, 2005 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Approval of Debtor Education Course Providers for Bankruptcy Filers and Waiver of Debtor Education Requirement in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina [PDF - 27 KB]   
  October 5, 2005 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Enforcement Guidelines for Bankruptcy Debtors Affected by Natural Disasters [PDF - 29 KB]  
  October 4, 2005 U.S. Trustee Program Announces Approval of Credit Counseling Agencies for Bankruptcy Filers and Waiver of Credit Counseling Requirement in Areas Affected by Hurricane Katrina [PDF - 27 KB]   
  July 25, 2005 U.S. Trustee Program is Accepting Applications for Budget and Credit Counseling Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses [PDF - 15 KB]   
  June 30, 2005 U.S. Trustee Program Begins Approval Process for Budget and Credit Counseling Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses [PDF - 53 KB]   
  April 27, 2005 Lawrence Friedman to Resign as Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees [PDF - 8 KB]  
2004
  December 22, 2004 Sara Kistler Appointed Acting US Trustee in Northern and Eastern California, Nevada [PDF - 8 KB]  
  December 22, 2004 Kelly Beaudin Stapleton Appointed U.S. Trustee For Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey [PDF - 9 KB]   
  October 28, 2004 'Operation Silver Screen' Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Throughout The United States [PDF - 32 KB]  
  September 20, 2004 Federal Bankruptcy Officials Teach Money Management Basics To West Bloomfield Students [PDF - 9 KB]  
  July 19, 2004 Richard E. Byrne Appointed as Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for United States Trustee Program [PDF - 9 KB]  
  April 14, 2004 Phoebe Morse Appointed U.S. Trustee for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, Rhode Island [PDF - 26 KB]   
  March 31, 2004 Charles McVay Appointed U.S. Trustee for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming [PDF - 9 KB]   
  January 9, 2004 Ilene Lashinsky To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Northwest For Interim Period [PDF - 109 KB]   
2003
  December 4, 2003 Sandy Klein is Appointed Regional Criminal Coordinator for United States Trustee Program [PDF - 17 KB]   
  November 18, 2003 Steven J. Katzman To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Central District Of California For Interim Period [PDF - 36 KB]  
  October 31, 2003 Deirdre A. Martini Appointed U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont [PDF - 17 KB]  
  August 11, 2003 Felicia S. Turner Appointed U.S. Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands [PDF - 18 KB]  
  July 31, 2003 Two U.S. Trustee Program Employees Are Honored at Department of Justice's Annual Awards Ceremony [PDF - 72 KB]  
  June 27, 2003 Peter Ainsworth Appointed As Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for United States Trustee Program [PDF - 18 KB]  
  May 29, 2003 Charles E. 'Sketch' Rendlen III Appointed U.S. Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas [PDF - 73 KB]  
  May 19, 2003 Steven J. Katzman Appointed U.S. Trustee for Southern California, Hawaii, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands [PDF - 74 KB]  
  March 14, 2003 Roberta DeAngelis Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey [PDF - 72 KB]  
  January 6, 2003 Richard F. Clippard Appointed U.S. Trustee for Tennessee, Kentucky [PDF - 73 KB]   
  January 6, 2003 Diane E. Tebelius Appointed U.S. Trustee for Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska [PDF - 18 KB]   
2002
  December 13, 2002 Habbo G. Fokkena Serving As U.S. Trustee In Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming For Interim Period [PDF - 1 KB]  
  November 13, 2002 Ilene J. Lashinsky Appointed U.S. Trustee For Arizona [PDF - 18 KB]   
  September 19, 2002 Mary E. May Appointed U.S. Trustee For Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico [PDF - 18 KB]  
  August 22, 2002 Civil Enforcement Coordinators Appointed For U.S. Trustee Program [PDF - 18 KB]   
  August 7, 2002 Dick Thornburgh Selected As Examiner In Worldcom Inc. Bankruptcy Cases [PDF - 75 KB]   
  August 6, 2002 Saul Eisen is Appointed U.S. Trustee for Ohio, Michigan [PDF - 18 KB]  
  July 24, 2002 Joseph A. Guzinski Appointed General Counsel At Executive Office for U.S. Trustees [PDF - 73 KB]  
  June 28, 2002 William T. Neary To Serve as U.S. Trustee in Region 17 for Interim Period [PDF - 13 KB]  
  June 20, 2002 Elizabeth Amorosi Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Arizona [PDF - 13 KB]  
  May 22, 2002 U.S. Trustee Selects Neal Batson As Examiner In Enron Corp. Bankruptcy Case [PDF - 17 KB]  
  May 20, 2002 R. Michael Bolen Appointed U.S. Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi [PDF - 00 KB]   
  May 17, 2002 Nancy J. Gargula Appointed U.S. Trustee for Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois [PDF - 79 KB]  
  April 24, 2002 Maureen Tighe Serving as U.S. Trustee In Region 15 for Interim Period [PDF - 16 KB]  
  April 22, 2002 EOUST Director Lawrence Friedman Appoints Martha Davis as Deputy Director [PDF - 78 KB]  
  April 22, 2002

Habbo G. Fokkena Appointed U.S. Trustee for Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota

[PDF - 79 KB]  
  February 28, 2002 Lawrence A. Friedman Selected as Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees [PDF - 13 KB]   
  January 3, 2002 Mark H. Weber Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For for Region 18 (Washington, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska) [PDF - 16 KB]   
  January 3, 2002 Personal Bankruptcy Filers Will Be Required To Show Proof of I.D., Based On Results of Pilot Study [PDF - 21 KB]  
2001
  October 30, 2001 U.S. Trustee Program Launches Bankruptcy Civil Enforcement Initiative [PDF - 23 KB]   
  October 5, 2001 Bankruptcy Court Approves Settlement Between U.S. Trustee and Jay Alix & Associates On Fees and Employment In Chapter 11 Cases [PDF - 20 KB]  
  October 5, 2001 Donald F. Walton Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee In Delaware, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey (Region 3) [PDF - 20 KB]  
  September 27, 2001 U.S. Trustee Program's Report Tracks Asset Distributions In Chapter 7 Cases Closed From 1994 Through 2000  [PDF - 20 KB]  
  September 7, 2001 Ira Bodenstein To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Michigan And Ohio (Region 9) For Interim Period; Donald M. Robiner To Resign Post [PDF - 18 KB]  
  April 11, 2001 Kevin P. Dempsey Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For Indiana, Central and Southern Illinois (Region 10) [PDF - 18 KB]   
  January 29, 2001 Personal Bankruptcy Filers Must Show Proof of Identification [PDF - 79 KB]  
  January 22, 2001 Kevyn D. Orr Resigns As Director of Executive Office For U.S. Trustee; Martha Davis To Serve As Acting Director  [PDF - 79 KB]  
2000
  July 26, 2000 Justice, Treasury, Office of Management And Budget Seek Public Comment For Study On Financial Privacy And Bankruptcy [PDF - 52 KB]  
  July 11, 2000 Joel Pelofsky Reappointed United States Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas [PDF - 12 KB]   
  June 22, 2000 EOUST Director Kevyn Orr Appoints Martha Davis As Acting Deputy Director, Joseph Guzinski As Acting General Counsel [PDF - 13 KB]   
  April 10, 2000 Howard Tallman Appointed As U.S. Trustee for Region 19 (Colorado, Utah & Wyoming) [PDF - 12 KB]  
  April 3, 2000 Brenda Moody Whinery Assumes Duties of U.S. Trustee for Region 15 (Southern California, Hawaii, & Territories) [PDF - 12 KB]  
  March 27, 2000 Kevyn D. Orr Is Appointed Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees [PDF - 12 KB]  
  February 22, 2000 Ellen B. Vergos Reappointed As U.S. Trustee For Kentucky And Tennessee (Region 8) [PDF - 12 KB]  
  February 22, 2000 New Mexico Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud In Connection With Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Case [PDF - 12 KB]  
  February 18, 2000 L.A. Landlord Convicted On Three Counts Of Bankruptcy Fraud [PDF - 14 KB]  
  February 14, 2000 Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Fined $48,000 For Violation In 96 Bankruptcy Cases [PDF - 13 KB]  
  February 10, 2000 Kevyn Orr Appointed Acting Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees, Nominated For Position As Director [PDF - 12 KB]   
  January 4, 2000 Jerry Patchan, Director of Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Announces Feb. 11 Retirement [PDF - 13 KB]  
1999
  October 7, 1999 Hawaii Defendant Pleads Guilty To Two Counts of Bankruptcy Fraud [PDF - 10 KB]  
  October 6, 1999 Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Barbara G. Stuart As United States Trustee For Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota (Region 12) [PDF - 10 KB]  
  September 23, 1999 Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Richard Simmons As United States Trustee For Southern and Western Texas (Region 7) [PDF - 10 KB]  
  July 12, 1999 Attorney General Janet Reno Reappoints Two United States Trustees in Regions 4 and 17 [PDF - 12 KB]  
  June 7, 1999 Indictment Charges 54 Counts of Fraud in Oregon "Phantom Cow" Investment Scheme -- Grand Jury Alleges Investors Lost $100,000,000 [PDF - 103 KB]   
  April 20, 1999 Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Criminal Contempt of Court [PDF - 59 KB]  
  February 22, 1999 Bankruptcy Creditor in Arizona Pleads No-Contest to Two Counts of Fraud [PDF - 73 KB]  
  February 12, 1999 New Orleans Attorney Receives 33-month Sentence for Fraud Counts Including Bankruptcy Fraud [PDF - 10 KB]  
  February 09, 1999 U.S. Trustee Program's National Bankruptcy Institute Opens in Columbia, South Carolina [PDF - 10 KB]  
1998
  November 16, 1998 Stephen I. Goldring Selected to Head National Bankruptcy Training Institute in Columbia, South Carolina [PDF - 11 KB]  
  August 21, 1998 Woman Sentenced to 24 Months in Prison, Ordered to Pay $58,012 in Restitution, for Bankruptcy Fraud and Bank Fraud [PDF - 11 KB]    
  July 14, 1998 Ohio Man Receives Four-Month Prison Sentence for False Use of Social Security Number [PDF - 10 KB]   
  June 26, 1998 Attorney Sentenced for Bankruptcy Fraud for Concealing Assets in his Bankruptcy Case [PDF - 10 KB]  
  June 9, 1998 Bankruptcy Petition Preparer Arraigned on Charges of Criminal Contempt [PDF - 11 KB]    
  May 28, 1998 New Mediation Process Available to Resolve Budget Disputes Between United States Trustees and Chapter 13 Trustees [PDF - 12 KB]   
  May 27, 1998 Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee to Oversee Bankruptcy Cases in Northern Illinois and Wisconsin (Region 11) [PDF - 11 KB]   
  April 2, 1998 Bankruptcy Fraud, Bank Fraud, Result In 21-Month Prison Sentence [PDF - 11 KB]  
  March 6, 1998 Debtor, Attorneys, Receive Prison Terms for Concealing $2.3 Million in Bankruptcy Estate Assets [PDF - 147 KB]   
  March 6, 1998 Chapter 7 Debtor Sentenced for Concealing $50,348 in Funds From Divorce Settlement [PDF - 48 KB]   
  March 3, 1998 Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In Central California (Region 16) [PDF - 38 KB]  
  February 17, 1998 Retailer Federated Department Stores Inc. To Pay $14.64 Million for Improper Debt Collection Practices [PDF - 19 KB]   
  February 9, 1998 Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Case Confirmation Rate Doubled Between 1980 and 1995, Data Show [PDF - 17 KB]   
  January 5, 1998 Attorney General Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In Arizona (Region 14) [PDF - 265 KB]  
         
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