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The U.S. Trustee Program's Efforts to Prevent Bankruptcy Fraud and Abuse

Report No. 03-17
March 2003
Office of the Inspector General


APPENDIX 9

OIG ANALYSIS OF
MISSING AND INCONSISTENT DATA


Data Element Deficiencies
Office
  • For 5,196 cases, the office that made the criminal referral was not identified.
Referral Number
  • For 3,486 cases, a referral number was not used.
Referral Date
  • For 524 cases, the referral date was not identified.
Referred By
  • For 2,985 cases, the source of the referral was not identified.

  • There were 77 different descriptions use to identify the source of the referral such as narrative descriptions, acronyms, and abbreviations.
Bankruptcy Number
  • For 1,542 cases, the bankruptcy number was identified.
Debtor Name
  • For 1,168 cases, the debtor name was not identified.
Chapter
  • For 1,839 cases, the type of chapter filed by the debtor was not identified.
Allegations
  • For 358 cases, the type of allegation was not identified.

  • To identify the type of allegation, there were 2,005 different descriptions such as narrative descriptions, acronyms, abbreviations and multiple allegations included in the same data field.
Loss
  • For 5,472 cases, the loss was not identified.
Subject Name
  • For 1,172 cases, the subject of the criminal referral was not identified.
Subject Code
  • For 3,465 cases, the subject code was not identified.

  • There were 119 different subject codes used because of the inconsistent use of acronyms and abbreviations.
AUSA Assigned
  • For 6,148 cases, AUSA assigned to the cases were not identified.
Date Declined
  • For 15 cases, the date the criminal referral was declined was not identified.
Current Status
  • For 872 cases, the current status was not identified.

  • There were 432 different descriptions used to provide the current status. This occurred because of the inconsistent use narrative descriptions, acronyms, and abbreviations.
Date Indictment
  • For 18 cases, the date of the indictment date was identified.
Indictment Code
  • For 321 cases, the indictment code was not identified.

  • There were 238 different indictment codes used to describe type of indictment. This occurred primarily because of the inconsistent use criminal code citations, narrative descriptions, and the number of offenses.
Date of Conviction
  • For 15 cases, the conviction date was not identified.
Conviction Code
  • For 276 cases, the conviction code was not identified.
  • There were 305 different conviction codes. This occurred primarily because of the inconsistent use criminal code citations, narrative descriptions, and the number of offenses.
Statute of Limitations
  • For 7,554 cases, the date for the statute of limitations was not identified.