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U.S. Attorney's Offices by Pandemic-Fraud Announcements

Which offices announced the most pandemic-fraud press releases, counted from 3,093 Justice Department releases between March 2020 and October 2026. USAO - Massachusetts leads all 93 offices with 182 releases, followed by USAO - Florida, Middle (142) and USAO - Florida, Southern (136); the top 25 offices are named on 1,829 releases (59.1 percent).

Release window 17 March 2020 to 2 October 2026Universe 3,093 releases · 93 U.S. Attorney’s OfficesSource DOJ pandemic-fraud press index

No. 1 USAO - Massachusetts (2020-04-16 to 2026-09-17)
182
Releases naming at least one top-25 office (59.1%)
1,829
Releases naming one office (24 name two or more)
2,976
Releases naming no U.S. Attorney’s Office (not ranked)
93

Which U.S. Attorney’s Offices announced the most releases

Unlike the single-district ranking, this list splits each release’s component tags and credits every U.S. Attorney’s Office named on the announcement.

The 25 U.S. Attorney’s Offices with the most announcements

Press releases in the DOJ pandemic-fraud index (17 March 2020 to 2 October 2026) naming each office.

  1. 1USAO - Massachusetts2020-04-16 to 2026-09-17182
  2. 2USAO - Florida, Middle2020-03-30 to 2026-09-14142
  3. 3USAO - Florida, Southern2020-04-08 to 2026-09-21136
  4. Two different counts: this list credits every U.S. Attorney’s Office named on a release; the district list counts the one district recorded for the case. USAO - Florida, Southern has 136 releases here (#3) and 113 on the district list (#4); USAO - Massachusetts has 182 here and 178 there.
  5. 4USAO - New Jersey2020-03-21 to 2026-10-02130
  6. 5USAO - California, Central2020-03-20 to 2026-09-25120
  7. 6USAO - Maryland2020-08-27 to 2026-08-19100
  8. 7USAO - Louisiana, Eastern2020-03-23 to 2026-09-1484
  9. 8USAO - Virginia, Eastern2020-04-02 to 2026-09-3081
  10. 9USAO - Georgia, Northern2020-03-24 to 2026-09-0375
  11. 10USAO - New York, Western2020-03-22 to 2026-09-2471
  12. 11USAO - New York, Southern2020-05-21 to 2026-08-2559
  13. 12USAO - West Virginia, Southern2020-03-21 to 2026-09-1659
  14. 13USAO - New York, Eastern2020-03-20 to 2026-06-1054
  15. 14USAO - Missouri, Western2020-03-23 to 2026-09-1753
  16. 15USAO - North Carolina, Eastern2020-03-20 to 2026-08-2453
  17. 16USAO - Michigan, Eastern2020-03-23 to 2026-09-3051
  18. 17USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle2020-03-24 to 2026-09-2451
  19. 18USAO - North Carolina, Western2020-03-23 to 2026-09-2250
  20. 19USAO - California, Eastern2020-04-02 to 2026-06-2348
  21. 20USAO - Colorado2021-06-04 to 2026-05-2647
  22. 21USAO - Illinois, Northern2020-03-20 to 2026-09-1447
  23. 22USAO - Nevada2020-03-18 to 2026-07-1547
  24. 23USAO - Texas, Southern2020-03-24 to 2026-09-1845
  25. 24USAO - Washington, Western2020-03-18 to 2026-09-1445
  26. 25USAO - Georgia, Southern2020-04-07 to 2026-09-1044

Companion list: Federal Districts by Pandemic-Fraud Cases Announced.

The top 25 U.S. Attorney’s Offices are named on 1,829 of the 3,093 releases (59.1%)

2,976 releases name one U.S. Attorney’s Office, 24 name two or more, and 93 name none (such as Criminal Division-only releases).

  • 1,829Releases naming at least one top-25 U.S. Attorney’s Office (59.1%)
  • 1,171Releases naming only the other 68 U.S. Attorney’s Offices
  • 93Releases naming no U.S. Attorney’s Office (not ranked)

Announcement spans from first to most recent release

Earliest (open circle) to most recent (filled circle) pandemic-fraud release for the top 16 offices (including Colorado at #16, first release 2021-06-04).

  1. 1. Massachusetts
  2. 2. Florida, Middle
  3. 3. Florida, Southern
  4. 4. New Jersey
  5. 5. California, Central
  6. 6. Maryland
  7. 7. Louisiana, Eastern
  8. 8. Virginia, Eastern
  9. 9. Georgia, Northern
  10. 10. New York, Western
  11. 11. New York, Southern
  12. 12. West Virginia, Southern
  13. 13. New York, Eastern
  14. 14. Missouri, Western
  15. 15. North Carolina, Eastern
  16. 16. Michigan, Eastern
2020202220242026

Window: 17 March 2020 to 2 October 2026 across 3,093 releases in doj-pandemic-fraud-press-index.csv.

  1. 1

    USAO - Massachusetts

    182Press releases announced · 1st of 93 offices
    First release
    2020-04-16
    Most recent
    2026-09-17

    Most pandemic-fraud releases of any U.S. Attorney’s Office (182 announcements, including multi-office releases).

    Source: DOJ press index

  2. 2

    USAO - Florida, Middle

    142Press releases announced · 2nd of 93 offices
    First release
    2020-03-30
    Most recent
    2026-09-14

    Combined with USAO - Florida, Southern (136, #3), the two offices carry 278 release credits between them.

    Source: DOJ press index

  3. 3

    USAO - Florida, Southern

    136Press releases announced · 3rd of 93 offices
    First release
    2020-04-08
    Most recent
    2026-09-21

    Ranks 3rd by announcing-office tags (136 releases) ahead of USAO - New Jersey (130, #4).

    Source: DOJ press index

The 25 offices with the most releases

Sortable by release count, first announcement date, or most recent announcement date.

Showing 25 of 93 U.S. Attorney’s Offices (named on 1,829 of 3,093 releases)

Releases 17 March 2020 – 2 October 2026

U.S. Attorney's Offices by Pandemic-Fraud Announcements
#Announcing officeSource
1USAO - Massachusetts1822020-04-162026-09-17DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
2USAO - Florida, Middle1422020-03-302026-09-14DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
3USAO - Florida, Southern1362020-04-082026-09-21DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
4USAO - New Jersey1302020-03-212026-10-02DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
5USAO - California, Central1202020-03-202026-09-25DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
6USAO - Maryland1002020-08-272026-08-19DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
7USAO - Louisiana, Eastern842020-03-232026-09-14DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
8USAO - Virginia, Eastern812020-04-022026-09-30DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
9USAO - Georgia, Northern752020-03-242026-09-03DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
10USAO - New York, Western712020-03-222026-09-24DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
11USAO - New York, Southern592020-05-212026-08-25DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
12USAO - West Virginia, Southern592020-03-212026-09-16DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
13USAO - New York, Eastern542020-03-202026-06-10DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
14USAO - Missouri, Western532020-03-232026-09-17DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
15USAO - North Carolina, Eastern532020-03-202026-08-24DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
16USAO - Michigan, Eastern512020-03-232026-09-30DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
17USAO - Pennsylvania, Middle512020-03-242026-09-24DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
18USAO - North Carolina, Western502020-03-232026-09-22DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
19USAO - California, Eastern482020-04-022026-06-23DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
20USAO - Colorado472021-06-042026-05-26DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
21USAO - Illinois, Northern472020-03-202026-09-14DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
22USAO - Nevada472020-03-182026-07-15DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
23USAO - Texas, Southern452020-03-242026-09-18DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
24USAO - Washington, Western452020-03-182026-09-14DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)
25USAO - Georgia, Southern442020-04-072026-09-10DOJ press index (to 2 Oct 2026)

How this list is built

Method & definitions

Unit ranked
the announcing office.
Metric
count of pandemic-fraud press releases.
Universe
3,093 releases across 93 U.S. Attorney's Offices; the 25 below are named on 1,829 of the releases, 59.1 percent.
Vintage
releases from 17 March 2020 to 2 October 2026.

The archive indexes Justice Department press releases about pandemic relief fraud and records the announcing office on each one. The index records that office as a tag string, and one release can carry several tags: a second district, a Justice Department division, an investigating agency. The index has 369 different tag strings; split into their components they resolve to 121 components, 93 of them U.S. Attorney's Offices. This list splits each string, keeps the U.S. Attorney's Office components, and credits a release to every office it names. 2,976 releases name one office, 24 name two or more, and 93 name none and are not ranked. The date columns are the earliest and latest release in the index for that office.

This list counts a release under every U.S. Attorney's Office that announced it, joint and national releases included; the districts list counts each release once, under the district recorded for the case, so the counts on the two lists differ.

What this measures, and what it does not

This counts announcements, not cases, defendants or convictions. A single prosecution can generate several releases — charge, plea, sentence — and one release can cover several defendants. An office with an active press operation will rank above an office that charges as many cases and says less.

The count is of releases in the index. A release the index missed is not counted, and a case an office never announced is invisible to it. A few releases come only from other Justice Department components, such as the Criminal Division, and name no U.S. Attorney's Office; they are not ranked.

Sources

  1. Archive data page: DOJ pandemic-fraud press index
  2. Archive data page: DOJ press releases, 2020–2026
  3. Built from the published download of the press index linked above (sha256 01ff6f75b4ea8edc…)
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