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'''Craig S. Morford''' (born February 10, 1959{{factcitation needed|date=March 2014}}) is an American attorney and former acting [[United States Deputy Attorney General]].
 
== PersonalEarly life and education ==
Craig Morford grew up in [[Schenectady, New York]] graduated in 1981 with an [[Economics]] degree from [[Hope College, a small liberal arts school in Holland, Michigan]]. He was a member of the Cosmopolitan Fraternity. He graduated from [[Valparaiso University School of Law]] in Indiana in 1984.<ref name="pdextra">{{cite web|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/pdextra/2007/07/lead_attorney_found_strength_i.html|title = Lead attorney found strength in his beliefs|date = 18 July 2007}}</ref>
 
== Career ==
Morford spent most of his career as a federal prosecutor pursuing public-corruption and organized crime cases in [[Cleveland, Ohio]].
 
As an [[Internal Revenue Service]] attorney, he helped win a civil tax evasion judgment in 1987 against [[James A. Traficant]], elected to Congress in 1984, for failing to pay taxes on $163,000 received from mob figures. Traficant had been acquitted on related criminal charges. <ref name="pdextra"/>
 
After joining the Justice Department's Organized Crime Strike Force in Cleveland, Morford helped convict the nation's largest pornography distributor, [[Reuben Sturman]], on tax evasion charges in 1990. <ref>{{Cite nameweb |url=>http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Porn-King-Reuben-Sturman-Escapes-From-Desert-Prison-Camp/id-4dbd6cea4ff79dc95cde68da6d813d25l |title=Porn 'King' Reuben Sturman Escapes from Desert Prison Camp |access-date=2014-03-20 |archive-date=2014-03-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140320210137/http://www.apnewsarchive.com/1992/Porn-King-Reuben-Sturman-Escapes-From-Desert-Prison-Camp/id-4dbd6cea4ff79dc95cde68da6d813d25l |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
From 1996- to 2002, Morford prosecuted more than 70 cases resulting in the convictions of elected officials, law enforcement officers and mob figures in northern Ohio. Those convicted included three county judges, Mahoning County Prosecutor James A. Philomena, Mahoning County Sheriff Philip Chance, and Youngstown mob boss Lenine “Lennie”"Lennie" Strollo, along with 28 associates.<ref name="pdextra"/>
 
In 2002, Morford was lead prosecutor in the second criminal case against Traficant, then in his ninth term as a Democratic Congress member from Youngstown, Ohio. Traficant was convicted on charges of bribery, racketeering and tax evasion and sentenced to eight years in prison.<ref>http{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/02/AR2009090201497.html |title=Former Congressman James Traficant Is Released After 7 Years in Prison |first=Mary |last=Jordan |date=September 3, 2009 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=2022-07-02}}</ref>
 
In 2004, Morford led a court-ordered Justice Department review of allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in a major terrorism case that followed the attacks of September 11, 2001. Morford’sMorford's report concluded that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence – e-mails, photographs, witness statements and other material – that cast doubt on the government’sgovernment's case. In a rare admission of error, the Justice Department asked a judge to dismiss charges against two convicted defendants.<ref>http{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/03/national/03terror.html|title=Judge Reverses Convictions in Detroit 'Terrorism' Case|newspaper=The New York Times|date=3 September 2004|last1=Hakim|first1=Danny}}</ref>
 
In 2006, Morford led a task force that prosecuted Toledo coin dealer Tom Noe, a Republican fundraiser convicted of stealing from a rare-coin fund that he managed for the [[Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation]]. Then-Ohio Gov. [[Bob Taft]], a Republican, pledpleaded guilty in a separate state case to misdemeanor ethics charges for accepting gifts from Noe.<ref name="blog.cleveland.com">{{cite web|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2008/03/craig_morford_exfederal_prosec.html|title=Craig Morford, ex-federal prosecutor, takes Cardinal Health job|date=20 March 2008}}</ref>
 
Morford served briefly as U.S. Attorney in [[Detroit]] and [[Nashville]]. He was named acting Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 position in the Justice Department, in July 2007, and mentioned as a possible nominee for Attorney General.<ref>http{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/28/AR2007082800104.html |title=Sharp Questions Await Gonzales Successor |first=Lara Jakes |last=Jordan |date=August 28, 2007 |agency=[[Associated Press]] |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |accessdate=2022-07-02}}</ref>
 
While acting Deputy Attorney General, Morford wrote what's referred to as the "Morford Memo" establishing new guidelines for how federal prosecutors select and use compliance monitors in corporate crime settlements.<ref>http://www.justice.gov/dag/morford-useofmonitorsmemo-03072008.pdf</ref> The department had come under fire when then-U.S. Attorney [[Chris Christie]] required a company to name former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] to a lucrative monitoring contract.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/washington/10justice.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0</ref>▼
 
In May, 2008, Morford joined [[Cardinal Health]], a large healthcare services company in Dublin, Ohio, and is currently Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, overseeing legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs.<ref>http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122605</ref>▼
 
▲While acting Deputy Attorney General, Morford wrote what's is referred to as the "Morford Memo" establishing new guidelines for how federal prosecutors select and use compliance monitors in [[corporate crime]] settlements.<ref>httphttps://www.justice.gov/dag/morford-useofmonitorsmemo-03072008.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref> The department had comepreviously underbeen firecriticized when then-U.S. Attorney [[Chris Christie]] required a company to name former Attorney General [[John Ashcroft]] to a lucrative monitoring contract.<ref>http{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/10/washington/10justice.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0|title = Ashcroft Deal Brings Scrutiny in Justice Dept|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 10 January 2008|last1 = Shenon|first1 = Philip}}</ref>
 
▲In May, 2008, Morford joined [[Cardinal Health]], a large healthcare services company in Dublin, Ohio, and is currently Chief Legal and Compliance Officer, overseeing legal, compliance, regulatory and government affairs.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cardinalhealth.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=20295&item=122605|title = Cardinal Health Names Former Acting Deputy U.S. Attorney General Craig S. Morford to Chief Compliance Officer Post}}</ref>
 
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==External links==
* http://fl1.findlaw.com/news.findlaw.com/hdocs/docs/terrorism/uskoubriti82802ind.pdf '''''US v. KARIM KOUBRITI, et al.''''', August 28, 2002.
*{{C-SPAN|1025317}}
 
 
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