Official Corruption Convictions for June 2025
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during June 2025 the government reported 21 new official corruption convictions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is down 12.5 percent over the previous month.
The comparisons of the number of defendants convicted for official corruption-related 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).
When monthly 2025 convictions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of convictions was down (-17.3%). Convictions over the past year are still much higher than they were five years ago. Overall, the data show that convictions of this type are up 33.3 percent from levels reported in 2020.
Figure 1. Monthly Trends in Official Corruption Convictions
The increase from the levels five years ago in official corruption convictions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of official corruption convictions of this type recorded on a month-to-month basis. Where a prosecution was initially filed in U.S. Magistrate Court and then transferred to the U.S. District Court, the magistrate filing date was used since this provides an earlier indicator of actual trends. The superimposed line on the bars plots the six-month moving average so that natural fluctuations are smoothed out. The one and five-year rates of change in Table 1 and in the sections that follow are all based upon this six-month moving average. To view trends year-by-year rather than month-by-month, see TRAC's annual report series for a broader picture.
Within the broad category of official corruption, cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types.
Case types within official corruption are
Federal Corruption - Procurement
Federal Corruption - Program
Federal Corruption - Law Enforcement
Federal Corruption - Other
State Corruption
Local Corruption
Other Public Corruption
The largest number of convictions of these matters in June 2025 was for "Corruption(Govt Off)-Local", accounting for 38.1 percent of convictions. Convictions were also filed for "Corruption(Govt Off)-Fed Other" (28.6%), "Corruption(Govt Off)-Fed Program" (9.5%), "Corruption(Govt Off)-Other" (9.5%), "Corruption(Govt Off)-State" (9.5%), "Corruption(Govt Off)-Fed Law Enforcement" (4.8%). See Figure 2.
The lead investigative agency for official corruption convictions in June 2025 was FBI accounting for 38 percent of convictions. Other agencies with substantial numbers of official corruption convictions were: USAO (19% ), Postal (10%), DHS (5%). See Figure 3.
Official Corruption Convictions in U.S. Magistrate Courts
Top Ranked Lead Charges
In June 2025, no defendants in official corruption cases for these matters were convicted in U.S. Magistrate Courts. These courts handle less serious misdemeanor cases, including what are called "petty offenses." In addition, complaints are sometimes filed in the magistrate courts before an indictment or information is entered. In these cases, the matter starts in the magistrate courts and later moves to the district court where subsequent proceedings take place.
Official Corruption Convictions in U.S. District Courts
In June 2025, 21 defendants in new cases for these matters were charged in the U.S. District Courts. In addition during June there were an additional 0 defendants whose cases moved from the magistrate courts to the U.S. district courts after an indictment or information was filed. The sections which follow cover both sets of cases and therefore cover all matters filed in district court during June.
Top Ranked Lead Charges
Table 2 shows the top lead charges recorded in the convictions of official corruption matters filed in U.S. District Court during June 2025.
Lead Charge Count Rank 18 USC 666 - Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds 4 1 More 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television 4 1 More 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US 3 3 More 18 USC 1791 - Providing or possessing contraband in prison 2 4 More 21 USC 846 - Attempt and conspiracy 2 4 More 16 USC 666 - Authorization of appropriations 1 6 More 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records 1 6 More 18 USC 1030 - Fraud and related activity - computers 1 6 More 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud 1 6 More 18 USC 1709 - Theft of mail matter by officer or employee 1 6 More 18 USC 1920 - False statement - Fed employee's compensation 1 6 More Table 2. Top Charges for Convictions
"Theft or bribery in programs receiving Fed funds" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 666) and "Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343) were the most frequent recorded lead charges.
Ranked 3rd was "Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 371.
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
In June 2025 the Justice Department's case-by-case records show that the government obtained 7.5 official corruption convictions for every ten million people in the United States.
Understandably, there is great variation in the number of official corruption convictions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
The districts registering the largest number of convictions of this type last month are shown in Table 3.
The Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) — with 5 convictions — was the most active during June 2025.
The Southern District of New York (Manhattan) ranked 2nd.
District of New Jersey is now ranking 3rd.
Top Ranked District Judges
At any one time, there are about 680 federal District Court judges working in the United States. The judges recorded with the largest number of new official corruption crime cases resulting in convictions of this type during June 2025 are shown in Table 4.
Judge Count Rank Seybert, Joanna N. Y., E 2 1 More Carter, Andrew L., Jr. N. Y., S 2 1 More Selna, James V. Cal, C 1 3 More Nunley, Troy Lynne Cal, E 1 3 More Williams, Kathleen Mary Fla, S 1 3 More Jones, Steve CarMichael Ga, N 1 3 More Gallagher, Stephanie A. Maryland 1 3 More Jonker, Robert James Mich, W 1 3 More Sippel, Rodney W. Mo, E 1 3 More Matsumoto, Kiyo A. N. Y., E 1 3 More Hoyt, Kenneth M. Texas, S 1 3 More Table 4. Top Ten Judges
All 11 of the "top ten" judges were in districts which were in the top ten with the largest number of official corruption convictions. (Because of ties, there were a total of 11 judges in the "top ten" rankings.)
Judges Joanna Seybert in the Eastern District of New York (Brooklyn) and Andrew L. Carter, Jr. in the Southern District of New York (Manhattan) ranked 1st with 2 convicted in official corruption convictions.
Judges James V. Selna in the Central District of California (Los Angeles), Troy Lynne Nunley in the Eastern District of California (Sacramento), Kathleen Mary Williams in the Southern District of Florida (Miami), Steve CarMichael Jones in the Northern District of Georgia (Atlanta), Stephanie A. Gallagher in the District of Maryland, Robert James Jonker in the Western District of Michigan (Grand Rapids), Rodney W. Sippel in the Eastern District of Missouri (St. Louis), Kiyo A. Matsumoto in the Eastern D ranked 3rd with 1 convicted in official corruption convictions.
Report Generated: July 29, 2025
