White-Collar Crime a. Performance Plan and Report for Outcomes To track its performance, the White-Collar Crime (WCC) program uses performance measures that concentrate on priority programs such as Mortgage Fraud, as well as traditional accomplishment data such as convictions and pre-trial diversions and the level of recoveries, restitutions, and fines generated by the WCC program. Number of Criminal Enterprises Engaging in White-Collar Crimes Performance Measure: Dismantled. 160 FY 2010 Target: 236 FY 2010 Actual: The FBI established the FY 2012 target based on past performance, the Discussion: increased activity of WCC enterprises, particularly in Healthcare Fraud and Mortgage Fraud, as well as the increase in resources in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Securities, corporate and mortgage fraud investigations are frequently long term and resource intensive. Resources received in FY 2009 and FY 2010 are expected to result in numerous referrals and pre-trial diversions, and subsequent dismantlements, in FY 2012. Further, accomplishments in WCC can reach peaks at times when long term cases initiated in prior years come to conclusion. 250 FY 2011 Target: 275 FY 2012 Target: Percentage of Major Mortgage Fraud Investigations to all Pending Efficiency Measure: 69% FY 2010 Target: 71% FY 2010 Actual: The FBI continues to aim for maintaining 70 percent of pending Discussion: investigations as major cases. The nature of the mortgage fraud threat and recent trends indicate that high loss schemes, schemes involving industry insiders and the sophisticated criminal enterprises will persist into FY 2012. The FBI also notes that the need still exists to investigate cases that have a strong community impact and which are likely to grow into major cases as more information is discovered. The long term objective FBI’s is to lower the incidence of mortgage fraud through detection, deterrence, and investigation so that the FBI can concentrate on neutralizing current and emerging financial threats, as well as financial industry fraud schemes which target our Nation’s financial institutions. 70% FY 2011 Target: 70% FY 2012 Target: b. Strategies to Accomplish Outcomes
White-Collar Crime a. Performance Plan and Report for Outcomes To track its performance, the White-Collar Crime (WCC) program uses performance measures that concentrate on priority programs such as Mortgage Fraud, as well as traditional accomplishment data such as convictions and pre-trial diversions and the level of recoveries, restitutions, and fines generated by the WCC program. Performance Measure: Number of Criminal Enterprises Engaging in White-Collar Crimes Dismantled. FY 2010 Target: 160 FY 2010 Actual: 236 Discussion: The FBI established the FY 2012 target based on past performance, the increased activity of WCC enterprises, particularly in Healthcare Fraud and Mortgage Fraud, as well as the increase in resources in FY 2011 and FY 2012. Securities, corporate and mortgage fraud investigations are frequently long term and resource intensive. Resources received in FY 2009 and FY 2010 are expected to result in numerous referrals and pre-trial diversions, and subsequent dismantlements, in FY 2012. Further, accomplishments in WCC can reach peaks at times when long term cases initiated in prior years come to conclusion. FY 2011 Target: 250 FY 2012 Target: 275 Efficiency Measure: Percentage of Major Mortgage Fraud Investigations to all Pending FY 2010 Target: 69% FY 2010 Actual: 71% Discussion: The FBI continues to aim for maintaining 70 percent of pending investigations as major cases. The nature of the mortgage fraud threat and recent trends indicate that high loss schemes, schemes involving industry insiders and the sophisticated criminal enterprises will persist into FY 2012. The FBI also notes that the need still exists to investigate cases that have a strong community impact and which are likely to grow into major cases as more information is discovered. The FBI’s long term objective is to lower the incidence of mortgage fraud through detection, deterrence, and investigation so that the FBI can concentrate on neutralizing current and emerging financial threats, as well as financial industry fraud schemes which target our Nation’s financial institutions. FY 2011 Target: 70% FY 2012 Target: 70% b. Strategies to Accomplish Outcomes
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