§0.70. General functions. — Inbound Citations

(b) The Assistant Attorney General in charge of the National Fraud Enforcement Division and his Deputy Assistant Attorneys General are each authorized to exercise or perform the functions or duties conferred upon the Attorney General by section 3503 of title 18, United States Code, to certify that the legal proceeding, in which a motion to take testimony by deposition is made, is against a person who is believed to have participated in an organized criminal activity, where the subject matter of the case or proceeding in which the motion is sought is within the cognizance of the National Fraud Enforcement Division pursuant to § 0.70, or is not within the cognizance of the Civil Rights Division.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.

(b) Cases involving criminal frauds except cases involving tax frauds and cases involving fraud with respect to health plans assigned to the National Fraud Enforcement Division by § 0.70(b) and (e), and cases assigned to the Antitrust Division by § 0.40(a) involving conspiracy to defraud the United States by violation of the antitrust laws.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.

(b) Cases involving criminal frauds except cases involving tax frauds and cases involving fraud with respect to health plans assigned to the National Fraud Enforcement Division by § 0.70(b) and (e), and cases assigned to the Antitrust Division by § 0.40(a) involving conspiracy to defraud the United States by violation of the antitrust laws.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.

(i) Actions to seek injunctions against fraud under 18 U.S.C. 1345, obtain restitution, seize or forfeit property, recover forfeitures or damages, enforce compliance with final judgments, to recover penalties, and impose penalties, including actions for the imposition of penalties for conspiring to defraud the United States, when related to proceedings identified in paragraphs (a) through (f) of this section.