Prosecutions for 2025
Lead Charge: 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television
Number Year-to-date 1,041 Percent Change from previous year -3.7 Percent Change from 5 years ago 46.9 Percent Change from 10 years ago 46.9 Percent Change from 20 years ago 113
Table 1: Criminal ProsecutionsThe latest available data from the Justice Department show that during the first nine months of FY 2025 the government reported 1,041 new prosecutions for these matters. Those cases had a lead charge of "18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television". If this activity continues at the same pace, the annual total of prosecutions will be 1,388 for this fiscal year. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this estimate is down 3.7% over the past fiscal year when the number of prosecutions totaled 1,442.
The comparisons of the number of defendants charged with offenses are based on case-by-case information obtained by TRAC under the Freedom of Information Act from the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (see Table 1).
Compared to five years ago when there were 945, the estimate of FY 2025 prosecutions of this type is up 46.9 percent. Prosecutions over the past year are higher than they were ten years ago. Overall, the data show that prosecutions of this type are up 46.9 percent from the level of 945 reported in 2015 and up 113 percent from the level of 652 reported in 2005.
The long term trend in prosecutions for these matters going back to FY 2005 is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of prosecutions of this type recorded each fiscal year. Projected figures for the current fiscal year are shown. Each presidential administration is distinguished by the color of the bars. To view trends month-by-month rather than year-by-year, see TRAC's monthly report series for the latest data.
Leading Program Areas
Cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types. The single largest number of prosecutions of these matters through June 2025 was for "White Collar Crime", accounting for 87.5 percent of prosecutions.
The second largest number of matters were Prosecutions filed under the program area of "Official Corruption " (3.9%) .
Leading Investigative Agencies
The lead investigative agency for prosecutions through June 2025 was "Justice - Federal Bureau of Investigation" accounting for 48.7 percent of prosecutions referred.
As shown in Figure 3, additional agencies with substantial numbers of referrals were: Homeland Security - Secret Service (formerly Treasury) (7.5%), "Homeland Security - Other" (5.4%), "Treasury - Internal Revenue Service" (4.9%), "Postal Service" (3.8%). The "Other" category in Figure 3 is comprised of a diverse group of agencies. The agencies with substantial numbers of within the "Other" category were: Labor" (3.7%), "Homeland Security - Immigration an" (3.6%), "Justice - Other" (2.7%), "Treasury - Other" (2.3%).
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
During FY 2024 the Justice Department said the government obtained 4.3 prosecutions for every one million people in the United States. If pace during the first nine months of FY 2025 continues at the same rate, prosecutions for one million people in the United States this year will be 4.1 . Understandably, there is great variation in the per capita number of prosecutions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts
Judicial District Percapita Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago 10yrs ago 20yrs ago R. I. 26 21 1 12 4 87 38 More Okla, N 20 17 2 22 3 13 15 More Miss, N 18 15 3 28 87 75 78 More Mo, E 18 40 4 1 24 31 11 More Tenn, W 17 20 5 59 56 29 1 More Ala, M 16 14 6 4 43 5 40 More Ga, M 13 20 7 17 46 83 56 More Virg, W 13 21 8 7 80 48 37 More Delaware 12 9 9 87 54 73 78 More La, E 11 14 10 3 15 12 78 More
Table 2: Top 10 districts (per one million people)
The District of Rhode Island—with 25.55 prosecutions as compared with 4.1 prosecutions per one million people in the United States—was the most active through June 2025.
The Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa) ranked 2nd.
The Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford) now ranks 3rd.
Recent entries to the top 10 list were Rhode Island, Middle District of Georgia (Macon), Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa), Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford), Western District of Tennessee (Memphis) and Delaware, now ranked 1st, 7th, 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 9th. These districts ranked 12th, 17th, 22nd, 28th, 59th and 87th one year ago and 4th, 46th, 3rd, 87th, 56th and 54th five years ago.
Compared to 10 years ago, Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans), Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa), Western District of Tennessee (Memphis), Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis), Western District of Virginia (Roanoke), Delaware, Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford), Middle District of Georgia (Macon) and Rhode Island now ranked in the top 10 did not appear in the top ten.
And compared to 20 years ago, Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis), Northern District of Oklahoma (Tulsa), Western District of Virginia (Roanoke), Rhode Island, Middle District of Alabama (Montgomery), Middle District of Georgia (Macon), Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford), Delaware and Eastern District of Louisiana (New Orleans) were not sufficiently active to then make the top 10.
The federal judicial district which showed the greatest projected growth in the rate of prosecutions compared to one year ago—1099 percent—was Delaware. Compared to five years ago, the district with the largest projected growth—1296 percent—was Western District of Virginia (Roanoke) .
In the last year, the judicial District Court recording the largest projected drop in the rate of prosecutions—19.2 percent—was Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis).
Report Generated: September 29, 2025
