White Collar Crime Convictions for March 2026
The latest available data from the Justice Department show that during March 2026 the government reported 415 new white collar crime convictions. According to the case-by-case information analyzed by the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse (TRAC), this number is up 32.2 percent over the previous month.
The comparisons of the number of defendants convicted for white collar crime-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 2026 convictions of this type are compared with those of the same period in the previous year, the number of convictions was only slightly up (0.1%). 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 29.5 percent from levels reported in 2021.
The increase from the levels five years ago in white collar crime convictions for these matters is shown more clearly in Figure 1. The vertical bars in Figure 1 represent the number of white collar crime 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.
Figure 1. Monthly Trends in White Collar Crime Convictions
Within the broad category of white collar crime, cases were classified by prosecutors into more specific types.
Case types within white collar crime are
• Federal Procurement Fraud • Federal Program Fraud • Tax Fraud • Arson for Profit • Other Insurance Fraud • Financial Institution Fraud • Bankruptcy Fraud • Advance Fee Schemes • Other Fraud Against Businesses • Consumer Fraud • Securities Fraud • Commodities Fraud • Other Investment Fraud • Antitrust Violations - Other • Computer Fraud • Health Care Fraud • Fraud Against Insurance Providers • Intellectual Property Violations • Insider Fraud Against Insurance Providers • MEWA (Multiple Employer Welfare Arrangements) Fraud/MET • Antitrust Violations - Airlines • Antitrust Violations - Banking • Antitrust Violations - Defense Procurement • Antitrust Violations - Extraterritorial Application Of • Antitrust Violations - Finance Markets, Other than Banking • Telemarketing Fraud • Corporate Fraud • Identity Theft • Aggravated Identity Theft • Other White Collar Crime/Fraud The largest number of convictions of these matters in March 2026 was for "Fraud-Other", accounting for 23.9 percent of convictions. Convictions were also filed for "Fraud-Federal Program" (13%), "Fraud-Health Care" (11.3%), "Fraud-Financial Institution" (10.6%), "Fraud-Tax" (8.9%), "Fraud-Identity Theft-Aggravated" (8.2%), "Fraud-Computer" (4.8%), "Fraud-Other Business" (4.8%), "Fraud-Identity Theft-Other" (2.4%), "Fraud-Other Investment" (2.4%), "Fraud-Securities" (2.2%). See Figure 2.
The lead investigative agency for white collar crime convictions in March 2026 was FBI accounting for 38 percent of convictions. Other agencies with substantial numbers of white collar crime convictions were: IRS (13% ), DHS (11%), Postal (7%), SecServ (7%). See Figure 3.
White Collar Crime Convictions in U.S. Magistrate Courts
Top Ranked Lead Charges
In March 2026, no defendants in white collar crime 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.
White Collar Crime Convictions in U.S. District Courts
In March 2026, 414 defendants in new cases for these matters were charged in the U.S. District Courts. In addition during March 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 March.
Top Ranked Lead Charges
Table 2 shows the top lead charges recorded in the convictions of white collar crime matters filed in U.S. District Court during March 2026.
Lead Charge Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago 18 USC 1343 - Fraud by wire, radio, or television 124 1 1 1 More 18 USC 1349 - Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy 48 2 2 3 More 18 USC 1344 - Bank Fraud 30 3 3 2 More 18 USC 1347 - Health Care Fraud 23 4 6 4 More 18 USC 371 - Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud US 18 5 7 7 More 18 USC 1028 - Fraud and related activity - id documents 13 6 9 11 More 26 USC 7201 - Attempt to evade or defeat tax 13 6 10 10 More 18 USC 1028A - Aggravated Identity Theft 12 8 13 8 More 26 USC 7206 - Fraud and False statements 11 9 8 11 More 18 USC 641 - Public money, property or records 10 10 4 5 More 18 USC 1341 - Mail Fraud - Frauds and swindles 10 10 5 9 More Table 2. Top Charges for Convictions
"Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343) was the most frequent recorded lead charge. "Fraud by wire, radio, or television" (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343) was ranked 1 a year ago, while it was ranked 1 five years ago.
Ranked 2nd in frequency was the lead charge "Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1349. "Mail Fraud - Attempt and Conspiracy" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1349 was ranked 2 a year ago, while it was ranked 3 five years ago.
Ranked 3rd was "Bank Fraud" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1344. "Bank Fraud" under Title 18 U.S.C Section 1344 was ranked 3 a year ago, while it was ranked 2 five years ago.
Among these top ten lead charges, the one showing the greatest increase in convictions — up 36.4 percent — compared to one year ago was Title 18 U.S.C Section 1028 that involves " Fraud and related activity - id documents ". Compared to five years ago, the largest increase — 113 percent — was registered for convictions under " Fraud by wire, radio, or television " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1343 ).
Again among the top ten lead charges, the one showing the sharpest decline in convictions compared to one year ago — down 31.7 percent — was " Public money, property or records " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 641 ). Compared to five years ago, the most significant decline in convictions — 18.3 percent — was for convictions where the lead charge was " Aggravated Identity Theft " (Title 18 U.S.C Section 1028 ).
Top Ranked Judicial Districts
In March 2026 the Justice Department's case-by-case records show that the government obtained 146.1 white collar crime convictions for every ten million people in the United States.
Understandably, there is great variation in the per capita number of white collar crime convictions in each of the nation's ninety-four federal judicial districts.
The districts registering the largest number of convictions per capita for these matters last month are shown in Table 3. Districts must have at least 5 white collar crime convictions to receive a ranking.
Judicial District Percapita Count Rank 1yr ago 5yrs ago D. C. 1,025 6 1 84 49 More La, M 835 6 2 84 57 More Ala, S 684 5 3 66 68 More Ga, S 644 9 4 59 5 More Virg, W 596 11 5 38 18 More Miss, N 549 5 6 59 74 More Mich, E 440 24 7 10 40 More Mo, E 369 9 8 6 14 More N Car, W 341 10 9 29 49 More Mo, W 326 9 10 38 36 More Table 3. Top 10 Districts (per ten million people)
The District of Washington, D.C. (Washington) — with 1025 convictions as compared with 146.1 convictions per ten million population in the United States — was the most active during March 2026.
The Middle District of Louisiana (Baton Rouge) ranked 2nd.
Southern District of Alabama (Mobile) is now ranking 3rd.
Recent entrants to the top 10 list were Western District of North Carolina (Asheville), now ranked 9th , and Western District of Virginia (Roanoke) at 5th In the same order, these districts ranked 29th and 38th one year ago and 49th and 18th five years ago.
The federal judicial district which showed the greatest growth in the rate of white collar crime convictions compared to one year ago — 225 percent — was Washington, D.C. (Washington). Compared to five years ago, the district with the largest growth — 250 percent — was Eastern District of Michigan (Detroit).
In the last year, the judicial District Court recording the largest drop in the rate of white collar crime convictions — 27.3 percent — was Northern District of Mississippi (Oxford). But over the past five years, Southern District of Georgia (Savannah) showed the largest drop — 53.8 percent.
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 white collar crime crime cases resulting in convictions of this type during March 2026 are shown in Table 4.
Judge Count Rank Moon, Norman K. Virg, W 7 1 More Flanagan, Louise W. N Car, E 6 2 More Brinkema, Leonie M. Virg, E 5 3 More Kronstadt, John Arnold Cal, C 4 4 More Mehta, Amit Priyavadan D. C. 4 4 More Hall, James Randal Ga, S 4 4 More Baker, R. Stan Ga, S 4 4 More Lawson, David M. Mich, E 4 4 More Levy, Judith Ellen Mich, E 4 4 More Brown, Debra Marie Miss, N 4 4 More Lasnik, Robert S. Wash, W 4 4 More Table 4. Top Ten Judges
A total of 7 out of the "top ten" judges were in districts which were in the top ten with the largest number of white collar crime convictions per capita, while the remaining 4 judges were from other districts. (Because of ties, there were a total of 11 judges in the "top ten" rankings.)
Judge Norman K. Moon in the Western District of Virginia (Roanoke) ranked 1st with 7 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Judge Louise W. Flanagan in the Eastern District of North Carolina (Raleigh) ranked 2nd with 6 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Judge Leonie M. Brinkema in the Eastern District of Virginia (Alexandria) ranked 3rd with 5 convicted in white collar crime convictions.
Report Generated: May 21, 2026
