| Financial crime is
a growing challenge to the criminal justice system, and a huge source of economic loss for
consumers, banks, small businesses, and the service sector of the economy generally.
In Fayette County, the most common forms of financial crime include employee theft,
"cold" checks (written on empty bank accounts), forged checks and
counterfeiting, and various forms of fraudulent theft. The primary concern for victims of financial crime is to
ensure that those who have stolen from them are ordered to pay restitution. Kentucky
law now provides that judges can keep convicts on probation or parole until they have all
of their restitution. The goal of our Financial Crimes Prosecutions is to convict
all perpetrators of serious financial crime and monitor their obligation to restore their
victims.
In order to prosecute crimes more
effeciently and effectively, our office is forming a partnership with the financial crime
and commercial theft investigators from the Lexington Division of Police. We will
meet regularly to discuss pending cases being prepared for the Grand Jury, as well as
crime prevention efforts. |
