Tim Heaphy

Federal prosecutors in western Virginia say they had a good year collecting assets forfeitures, court judgments, and restitution — but there is no set annual goal. U.S. Attorney Tim Heaphy says his office collected $15.5 million in the most recent fiscal year, three times his offices’ entire budget. Heaphy says it is mostly the result of concentrating on cases with significant community impact. WFIR’s Evan Jones has more.

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