Look up the U.S. Trustee Program’s 2009 Annual Report at www.justice.gov/ust/eo/public_affairs/annualreport/docs/ar2009.pdf.
1. How is a trustee defined (p. 1)?
2. What are the functions of the trustee program (p. 1)?
3. The program routinely hires bankruptcy analysts of what two certifications (p. 3)?
4. What initiative did the program launch in 2001 (p. 7)? For what purpose?
5. What specific actions can the program take under this initiative?
6. According to the report, with what other crimes is bankruptcy fraud often connected (p. 21)?
7. The trustee program refers criminal cases to the district attorney’s office. The report separates these referrals into six categories. List the categories and provide a one-sentence description of each type of scheme.
8. List the ten duties of a U.S. Trustee (p. 31)?