What role does the United States Trustee play in the Hancock Fabrics cases?
The United States Trustee is a public official whose general responsibility is to ensure that the public interest is being properly served in the administration of bankruptcy cases. The United States Trustee has extensive duties, including monitoring chapter 11 plans, ensuring that debtors are properly filing fees, schedules, and reports, watching for debtor abuse and other illicit behavior, and assisting the U.S. Attorney in prosecuting crimes committed in the course of a bankruptcy case.
