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Press Page
Year |
Date |
Subject |
Other Formats |
2008 |
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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]
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[PDF - 64 KB] |
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July 11, 2008 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Daniel M. McDermott is Appointed United States Trustee for Ohio, Michigan |
[PDF - 56 KB] |
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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] |
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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] |
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February 1, 2008 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard F. Clippard is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Tennessee and Kentucky |
[PDF - 56 KB] |
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February 1, 2008 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Ilene J. Lashinsky is Reappointed as U.S. Trustee for Arizona |
[PDF - 55 KB] |
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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] |
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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] |
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January 11, 2008 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Richard A. Wieland is Appointed United States Trustee
for Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico |
[PDF - 57 KB] |
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2007 |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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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] |
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August 3, 2007 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces R. Michael Bolen is Reappointed as United States Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi |
[PDF - 28 KB] |
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June 6, 2007 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana G. Adams Appointed United States Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont |
[PDF - 31 KB] |
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2006 |
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October 19, 2006 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces the Audits of Bankruptcy Papers by Independent Public Accountants to Start in October |
[PDF - 21 KB] |
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October 18, 2006 |
Operation Truth or Consequences
Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Across the Country;
U.S. Trustees Announce Bankruptcy Fraud Hotline |
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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] |
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August 3, 2006 |
United States Trustee Program Announces Peter C. Anderson Appointed U.S. Trustee for Central District of California |
[PDF - 20 KB] |
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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] |
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July 10, 2006 |
United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Richard W. Simmons |
[PDF - 21 KB] |
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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] |
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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] |
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April 11, 2006 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Diana Adams Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont |
[PDF - 20 KB] |
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March 27, 2006 |
United States Trustee Program Mourns Death of United States Trustee Mary E. May |
[PDF - 20 KB] |
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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] |
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March 23, 2006 |
U.S. Trustee Program Announces Josh Hochberg Appointed as Examiner in Refco, Inc. Bankruptcy Cases |
[PDF - 20 KB] |
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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] |
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2005 |
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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] |
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October
5, 2005 |
U.S. Trustee
Program Announces Enforcement Guidelines for Bankruptcy Debtors
Affected by Natural Disasters |
[PDF
- 29 KB] |
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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] |
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July
25, 2005 |
U.S. Trustee
Program is Accepting Applications for Budget and Credit Counseling
Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses |
[PDF
- 15 KB] |
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June
30, 2005 |
U.S. Trustee
Program Begins Approval Process for Budget and Credit Counseling
Agencies, Financial Management Instructional Courses |
[PDF
- 53 KB] |
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April
27, 2005 |
Lawrence
Friedman to Resign as Director of Executive Office For U.S.
Trustees |
[PDF
- 8 KB] |
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2004 |
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December
22, 2004 |
Sara
Kistler Appointed Acting US Trustee in Northern and Eastern
California, Nevada |
[PDF
- 8 KB] |
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December
22, 2004 |
Kelly
Beaudin Stapleton Appointed U.S. Trustee For Delaware, Pennsylvania,
New Jersey |
[PDF
- 9 KB] |
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October
28, 2004 |
'Operation
Silver Screen' Targets Bankruptcy Fraud Throughout The United
States |
[PDF
- 32 KB] |
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September
20, 2004 |
Federal
Bankruptcy Officials Teach Money Management Basics To West Bloomfield
Students |
[PDF
- 9 KB] |
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July
19, 2004 |
Richard
E. Byrne Appointed as Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for
United States Trustee Program |
[PDF
- 9 KB] |
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April
14, 2004 |
Phoebe Morse
Appointed U.S. Trustee for Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine,
Rhode Island |
[PDF
- 26 KB] |
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March
31, 2004 |
Charles
McVay Appointed U.S. Trustee for Colorado, Utah, Wyoming |
[PDF
- 9 KB] |
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January
9, 2004 |
Ilene Lashinsky
To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Northwest For Interim Period |
[PDF
- 109 KB] |
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2003 |
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December
4, 2003 |
Sandy Klein
is Appointed Regional Criminal Coordinator for United States
Trustee Program |
[PDF
- 17 KB] |
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November
18, 2003 |
Steven J.
Katzman To Serve As U.S. Trustee In Central District Of California
For Interim Period |
[PDF
- 36 KB] |
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October
31, 2003 |
Deirdre A.
Martini Appointed U.S. Trustee for New York, Connecticut, Vermont |
[PDF
- 17 KB] |
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August
11, 2003 |
Felicia S.
Turner Appointed U.S. Trustee for Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico,
Virgin Islands |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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July
31, 2003 |
Two U.S. Trustee
Program Employees Are Honored at Department of Justice's Annual
Awards Ceremony |
[PDF
- 72 KB] |
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June
27, 2003 |
Peter Ainsworth
Appointed As Chief of Criminal Enforcement Unit for United States
Trustee Program |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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May
29, 2003 |
Charles E.
'Sketch' Rendlen III Appointed U.S. Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska,
Arkansas |
[PDF
- 73 KB] |
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May
19, 2003 |
Steven J.
Katzman Appointed U.S. Trustee for Southern California, Hawaii,
Guam, Northern Mariana Islands |
[PDF
- 74 KB] |
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March
14, 2003 |
Roberta DeAngelis
Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee in Delaware, Pennsylvania, and
New Jersey |
[PDF
- 72 KB] |
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January
6, 2003 |
Richard F.
Clippard Appointed U.S. Trustee for Tennessee, Kentucky |
[PDF
- 73 KB] |
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January
6, 2003 |
Diane E.
Tebelius Appointed U.S. Trustee for Washington, Oregon, Montana,
Idaho, Alaska |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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2002 |
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December
13, 2002 |
Habbo G.
Fokkena Serving As U.S. Trustee In Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming
For Interim Period |
[PDF
- 1 KB] |
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November 13, 2002 |
Ilene J.
Lashinsky Appointed U.S. Trustee For Arizona |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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September 19, 2002 |
Mary E.
May Appointed U.S. Trustee For Kansas, Oklahoma, and New Mexico |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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August 22, 2002 |
Civil
Enforcement Coordinators Appointed For U.S. Trustee Program |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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August 7, 2002 |
Dick Thornburgh
Selected As Examiner In Worldcom Inc. Bankruptcy Cases |
[PDF
- 75 KB] |
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August 6, 2002 |
Saul Eisen
is Appointed U.S. Trustee for Ohio, Michigan |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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July 24, 2002 |
Joseph A.
Guzinski Appointed General Counsel At Executive Office for U.S.
Trustees |
[PDF
- 73 KB] |
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June 28, 2002 |
William
T. Neary To Serve as U.S. Trustee in Region 17 for Interim Period |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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June 20, 2002 |
Elizabeth
Amorosi Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee for Arizona |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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May 22, 2002 |
U.S.
Trustee Selects Neal Batson As Examiner In Enron Corp. Bankruptcy
Case |
[PDF
- 17 KB] |
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May 20, 2002 |
R.
Michael Bolen Appointed U.S. Trustee for Louisiana, Mississippi |
[PDF
- 00 KB] |
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May 17, 2002 |
Nancy
J. Gargula Appointed U.S. Trustee for Indiana, Central and Southern
Illinois |
[PDF
- 79 KB] |
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April 24, 2002 |
Maureen
Tighe Serving as U.S. Trustee In Region 15 for Interim Period |
[PDF
- 16 KB] |
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April 22, 2002 |
EOUST Director
Lawrence Friedman Appoints Martha Davis as Deputy Director |
[PDF
- 78 KB] |
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April 22, 2002 |
Habbo
G. Fokkena Appointed U.S. Trustee for Iowa, Minnesota, North
Dakota, South Dakota |
[PDF
- 79 KB] |
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February 28, 2002 |
Lawrence
A. Friedman Selected as Director of Executive Office For U.S.
Trustees |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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January 3, 2002 |
Mark H.
Weber Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For for Region 18 (Washington,
Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Alaska) |
[PDF
- 16 KB] |
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January 3, 2002 |
Personal
Bankruptcy Filers Will Be Required To Show Proof of I.D., Based
On Results of Pilot Study |
[PDF
- 21 KB] |
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2001 |
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October 30, 2001 |
U.S. Trustee
Program Launches Bankruptcy Civil Enforcement Initiative |
[PDF
- 23 KB] |
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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] |
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October 5, 2001 |
Donald F.
Walton Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee In Delaware, Pennsylvania,
and New Jersey (Region 3) |
[PDF
- 20 KB] |
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September 27, 2001 |
U.S. Trustee
Program's Report Tracks Asset Distributions In Chapter 7 Cases
Closed From 1994 Through 2000 |
[PDF
- 20 KB] |
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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] |
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April 11, 2001 |
Kevin P.
Dempsey Appointed Acting U.S. Trustee For Indiana, Central and
Southern Illinois (Region 10) |
[PDF
- 18 KB] |
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January 29, 2001 |
Personal
Bankruptcy Filers Must Show Proof of Identification |
[PDF
- 79 KB] |
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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] |
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2000 |
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July 26, 2000 |
Justice,
Treasury, Office of Management And Budget Seek Public Comment
For Study On Financial Privacy And Bankruptcy |
[PDF
- 52 KB] |
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July 11, 2000 |
Joel Pelofsky
Reappointed United States Trustee for Missouri, Nebraska, Arkansas |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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June 22, 2000 |
EOUST Director
Kevyn Orr Appoints Martha Davis As Acting Deputy Director, Joseph
Guzinski As Acting General Counsel |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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April 10, 2000 |
Howard Tallman
Appointed As U.S. Trustee for Region 19 (Colorado, Utah &
Wyoming) |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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April 3, 2000 |
Brenda Moody
Whinery Assumes Duties of U.S. Trustee for Region 15 (Southern
California, Hawaii, & Territories) |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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March 27, 2000 |
Kevyn D.
Orr Is Appointed Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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February 22, 2000 |
Ellen
B. Vergos Reappointed As U.S. Trustee For Kentucky And Tennessee
(Region 8) |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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February 22, 2000 |
New
Mexico Man Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud In Connection With Chapter
7 Bankruptcy Case |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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February 18, 2000 |
L.A. Landlord
Convicted On Three Counts Of Bankruptcy Fraud |
[PDF
- 14 KB] |
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February 14, 2000 |
Bankruptcy
Petition Preparer Fined $48,000 For Violation In 96 Bankruptcy
Cases |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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February 10, 2000 |
Kevyn
Orr Appointed Acting Director Of Executive Office For U.S. Trustees,
Nominated For Position As Director |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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January 4, 2000 |
Jerry Patchan,
Director of Executive Office for U.S. Trustees, Announces Feb.
11 Retirement |
[PDF
- 13 KB] |
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1999 |
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October 7, 1999 |
Hawaii Defendant
Pleads Guilty To Two Counts of Bankruptcy Fraud |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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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] |
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September 23, 1999 |
Attorney General
Janet Reno Reappoints Richard Simmons As United States Trustee
For Southern and Western Texas (Region 7) |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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July 12, 1999 |
Attorney General
Janet Reno Reappoints Two United States Trustees in Regions
4 and 17 |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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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] |
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April 20, 1999 |
Bankruptcy
Petition Preparer Sentenced to Six Months in Prison for Criminal
Contempt of Court |
[PDF
- 59 KB] |
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February 22, 1999 |
Bankruptcy
Creditor in Arizona Pleads No-Contest to Two Counts of Fraud |
[PDF
- 73 KB] |
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February 12, 1999 |
New Orleans
Attorney Receives 33-month Sentence for Fraud Counts Including
Bankruptcy Fraud |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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February 09, 1999 |
U.S. Trustee
Program's National Bankruptcy Institute Opens in Columbia, South
Carolina |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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1998 |
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November 16, 1998 |
Stephen I.
Goldring Selected to Head National Bankruptcy Training Institute
in Columbia, South Carolina |
[PDF
- 11 KB] |
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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] |
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July 14, 1998 |
Ohio Man Receives
Four-Month Prison Sentence for False Use of Social Security
Number |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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June 26, 1998 |
Attorney Sentenced
for Bankruptcy Fraud for Concealing Assets in his Bankruptcy
Case |
[PDF
- 10 KB] |
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June 9, 1998 |
Bankruptcy
Petition Preparer Arraigned on Charges of Criminal Contempt |
[PDF
- 11 KB] |
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May 28, 1998 |
New Mediation
Process Available to Resolve Budget Disputes Between United
States Trustees and Chapter 13 Trustees |
[PDF
- 12 KB] |
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May 27, 1998 |
Attorney General
Appoints United States Trustee to Oversee Bankruptcy Cases in
Northern Illinois and Wisconsin (Region 11) |
[PDF
- 11 KB] |
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April 2, 1998 |
Bankruptcy
Fraud, Bank Fraud, Result In 21-Month Prison Sentence |
[PDF
- 11 KB] |
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March 6, 1998 |
Debtor, Attorneys,
Receive Prison Terms for Concealing $2.3 Million in Bankruptcy
Estate Assets |
[PDF
- 147 KB] |
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March 6, 1998 |
Chapter 7
Debtor Sentenced for Concealing $50,348 in Funds From Divorce
Settlement |
[PDF
- 48 KB] |
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March 3, 1998 |
Attorney General
Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In
Central California (Region 16) |
[PDF
- 38 KB] |
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February 17, 1998 |
Retailer Federated
Department Stores Inc. To Pay $14.64 Million for Improper Debt
Collection Practices |
[PDF
- 19 KB] |
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February 9, 1998 |
Chapter 11
Bankruptcy Case Confirmation Rate Doubled Between 1980 and 1995,
Data Show |
[PDF
- 17 KB] |
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January 5, 1998 |
Attorney General
Appoints United States Trustee To Oversee Bankruptcy Cases In
Arizona (Region 14) |
[PDF
- 265 KB] |
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