Leah B. Foley United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts | Department of Justice
United States Attorney Leah B. Foley announced on Mar. 10 that the District of Massachusetts entered into settlements exceeding $900 million and collected more than $70 million through civil and criminal actions during Fiscal Year 2025.
These results are significant as they reflect efforts to return funds to taxpayers, recover assets for victims, and hold individuals and companies accountable for wrongdoing. The announcement highlights major enforcement actions involving defense contracting, health care fraud, and asset recovery.
Foley said, “The U.S. Attorney’s Office had another a record year. Significant defense contracting and health care fraud settlements will return more than $900 million to the American taxpayers. We also collected more than $70 million in other civil and criminal actions and forfeited over $48 million in criminally derived property. This Office has continued to set the standard for securing and recovering assets for victims, holding wrongdoers accountable and protecting taxpayer dollars. We will continue to aggressively pursue enforcement and collection actions to advance those goals.”
In Fiscal Year 2025, the Affirmative Civil Enforcement Unit secured over $900 million in settlements with defendants such as Raytheon Company—who agreed to pay a combined total of $575 million to resolve both criminal ($147 million) and civil ($428 million) allegations related to government contract fraud—and Teva Pharmaceuticals, which paid $425 million for alleged violations involving kickbacks through co-pay assistance foundations.
The Asset Recovery Unit was responsible for collecting more than $30.6 million in restitution for victims along with fines, special assessments, and forfeitures totaling about $48.2 million—including approximately $22.5 million in cryptocurrency forfeiture—and recovered an additional $7.35 million from a Greenwich mansion linked to a fugitive.
The office also completed collection of full restitution awarded to victims of an Insys Therapeutics racketeering conspiracy; filed several civil forfeiture cases on behalf of fraud victims; obtained over $5 million traceable to a business email compromise scheme targeting a Massachusetts workers union; and initiated action against seized cryptocurrency belonging allegedly to Mohammad Abedini charged with supporting terrorism.
Restitution is required by law when federal crime victims suffer physical or financial harm; while fines support the Crime Victims Fund benefiting victim compensation programs at federal or state levels; forfeited assets are used both for victim restoration efforts as well as law enforcement purposes.
Assistant United States Attorneys Abraham R. George (Chief of Civil), Brian LaMacchia (Chief of Affirmative Civil Enforcement), and Carol Head (Chief of Asset Recovery) lead these initiatives within the District’s Civil Division.
