The alternative, criminal forfeiture, requires a criminal trial and a conviction.

Moreover, criminal forfeiture reaches only a defendant's own property.

Each of these federal offenses are felonies that carry substantial penalties - in some cases, up to 30 years imprisonment, fines and criminal forfeiture.

- Provided a mechanism for civil and criminal forfeiture of property used in or derived from section 1030 violations.

The government is seeking criminal forfeiture of property of at least $1 billion from all the defendants.

These expenses are for the payment of awards for information or assistance leading to a civil or criminal forfeiture.

There is no requirement that the information provided have any relationship to a civil or criminal forfeiture under federal law.

These things are civil proceedings, not criminal forfeitures.

White Collar Defense (financial crimes, including fraud, money laundering, criminal forfeitures)

It is the largest criminal forfeiture ever obtained by the Government.