"An overarching affordable housing strategy is also necessary to resolve the crisis in housing for men who use violence, a current gap in our system, which often sees them returning to victims, or re-partnering".
Mr. Shargel has said that Mr. Dreier felt "profound remorse," accepted full responsibility for his crimes and had been cooperating in the attempt to untangle his scheme and track down assets that might be returned to victims.
With WannaCry, he notes that only an "inconsequential" amount of keys were returned to victims.
Our job was to find property involved in criminal activity, or other proceeds from crime, and return it to victims or turn it over to the government.
"This new policy will ensure that these authorities can continue to be used to take the profit out of crime and return assets to victims, while safeguarding civil liberties," said Holder.
The judges also try to focus on the most equitable way to return money to victims, not necessarily the potential fallout for one investor or another.
For the final visit, the officers "snuck out of the precinct while they were on meal" to return to the victim's apartment, Coleen Balbert, an assistant district attorney, said in court.
We aren't acting recklessly, or operating in the gray areas, but rather bringing cases involving real frauds and misconduct and returning funds to victims.
Most people would assume that this is business as usual, that the government routinely seizes the assets of criminals and returns them to victims.
