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| alma_mater = [[Hope College]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Valparaiso University School of Law|Valparaiso University]] ([[Juris Doctor|JD]])
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'''Craig S. Morford''' (born February 10, 1959{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}) is an American attorney and former acting [[United States Deputy Attorney General]].
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Craig Morford grew up in [[Schenectady, New York]] graduated in 1981 with an [[Economics]] degree from [[Hope College
== 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
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 web |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
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>{{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's report concluded that prosecutors had improperly withheld evidence – e-mails, photographs, witness statements and other material – that cast doubt on the government's case. In a rare admission of error, the Justice Department asked a judge to dismiss charges against two convicted defendants.<ref>{{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, pleaded 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>{{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
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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