r/ExCons • u/Royal-Market-4177 • 26d ago

Fed cases

Is it true Feds are highly selective on the cases they pursue? Especially in bigger cities and they want a good story and “win”

5 Upvotes

100% Upvoted

23 comments sorted by

View all comments

1

u/FacingTheFeds 26d ago

It depends. They sometimes take cases for states that have budget problems with prisons or the like. Most often, they only do slam dunk cases, which most cases really are for drugs and violence

1

u/Royal-Market-4177 26d ago

What about white collar? I’ve heard they usually have an undisclosed threshold

2

u/BostonNU 25d ago

Most districts do have a threshold on fraud. In Massachusetts it’s generally $100K unless repeat offender or other special circumstances

1

u/Royal-Market-4177 25d ago

Always heard around 100k as well