Federal prosecutors are actively pursuing $823,681.18 in restitution payments from former Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, launching a new effort to track down potential assets that could satisfy his outstanding debt to taxpayers.
Kilpatrick was convicted of 24 federal felonies, including racketeering, mail fraud, wire fraud, extortion, and perjury, in what became Detroit’s largest corruption scandal.
While he was released from prison in 2021 after serving seven years of his 28-year sentence, thanks to a commutation by President Donald Trump, his convictions and financial obligations remain intact…