Resources for Court Clerks and Law Enforcement Agencies

The FDIC, as Receiver, is successor to the failed institution and has statutory duty to pursue each viable claim of the institution against those who may have caused losses or those who insured the institution against losses. Restitution orders are awarded by the courts as part of the sentencing of defendants, to repay financial institutions for criminal acts that caused losses to the financial institutions. The FDIC works with the U.S. Department of Justice to collect amounts due from federal criminal restitution orders, with state probation offices or in its own capacity to collect on state criminal restitution orders.

Resources for court clerks, prosecutors, investigators, and probation officers

FDIC - DOJ Memorandums of Understanding

• Memorandum of Understanding Governing FIRREA Forfeiture Cases
• Memorandum of Understanding Regarding Criminal Restitution for Failed Financial Institutions When the FDIC is Appointed Receiver
• Senior Interagency Group Policy Statement Regarding National Policy on collection and Reporting Procedures for restitution Payable To Financial Institution regulatory Agencies

For more information regarding financial crimes, criminal restitution orders, or asset forfeitures involving a failed bank as the victim of bank fraud, please contact RestitutionsUnit@FDIC.gov, or 1-877-ASK-FDIC.

FDIC Restitution Payments
P.O. Box 971774
Dallas, TX 75397-1774

Payments should be accompanied by the name of the defendant, the name of the failed bank, and FIN of the failed bank. The FIN may be found in the Alphabetical List of Failed Banks accessible on the Bank Failures and Assistance Data page.

• Subpoenas, Testimony, and Service of Process - 12 C.F.R. § 309.6 & 309.7 (www.ecfr.gov)
• Listing of Agents for Service of Process by Region
• Find Institutions by Name & Location - Find Current and Historical Information on Failed and Open Banks

Instructions for requesting confirmation that an institution was FDIC-insured on the date of an offense

Dallas Victim - Asset Restitution Coverage

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