4. DISTRESS WARRANTS. Regulatory tools used to force the return of the taxpayers' money, from an official or agent of the Government, if wrongfully obtained from the public fisc or Treasury Department by fraud or misconduct specifically including "any official receiving public money before it is paid to the Treasury" and failing to pay the money to the U.S. Treasury as prescribed by law.

PURPOSE: To force the exposure of documented conspiracy evidence and information through a plea bargain with the first defendant that agrees to document and testify after winning the "race-to-the-courthouse" to plead guilty.

31 USC §§ 3302(b), 3501, and 3502. Diversion of Public Fisc Assets.

Title 31, Subtitle III, Chapter 33, Subchapter I, Money And Finance, Financial Management, Depositing, Keeping, And Paying Money Deposits And Depositaries.

Custodians of money:
"...an official or agent of the Government receiving money for the Government from any source shall deposit the money in the Treasury..." 31 U.S.C. § 3302(b)
"...An official or agent not complying with subsection (b) of this section may be removed from office..." 31 U.S.C. § 3302(b)

Title 31, Subtitle III, Chapter 35, Subchapter IV, Money And Finance - Financial Management Accounting and Collection

Distress warrants:
"...When an official receiving public money before it is paid to the Treasury... does not... pay the money as prescribed by law, the Comptroller General shall make the account for the official and certify to the Secretary of the Treasury the amount due the Government..." 31 USC § 3541(a)
"...The Secretary shall issue a distress warrant against the official stating the amount due from the official and any amount paid. The warrant shall be directed to the marshal of the district in which the official resides..." 31 USC § 3541(b)

Carrying out distress warrants:
"...A marshal... shall seize the personal property of the official and sell the property... If the property does not satisfy the amount due under the warrant, the official may be sent to prison..." 31 U.S.C. § 3542(a)
"...The amount due... is a lien on the real property of the official..." 31 U.S.C. § 3542(b)(1)
"...If the personal property of the official is not enough to satisfy a distress warrant, the marshal shall sell real property of the official... A buyer of the real property has valid title against all persons claiming under the official..." 31 U.S.C. § 3542(b)(2)

Alternate Civil Actions To Recover Public Fisc Money:

31 U.S.C. § 3545. - Civil action to recover money. The Attorney General shall bring a civil action to recover an amount due to the United States Government on settlement of the account of a person accountable for public money when the person neglects or refuses to pay the amount to the Treasury. Any commission of that person and interest of 6 percent a year from the time the money is received by the person until repaid to the Treasury shall be added to the amount due on the account. The commission is forfeited when judgment is obtained.