US Attorney in DC Looks to White Collar Pivot After Jan. 6 Cases

The US attorney’s office in Washington, which has been buried in Jan. 6 insurrection cases, sees an opening to prioritize bolder white-collar enforcement, according to current and former Justice Department officials.

US Attorney Matthew Graves, a former acting chief of DC’s fraud section and Big Law corporate defense attorney, is expected to put more emphasis on combating economic misconduct such as crypto fraud, federal contracting schemes, and sanctions evasion, the officials say.

“Jan. 6 prosecutions have really taken all the office resources, to put it lightly, but now if there’s light at the end of the tunnel on those matters, ...