50 U.S.C. § 215 : US Code - Section 215: Institution of confiscation proceedings

Search 50 U.S.C. § 215 : US Code - Section 215: Institution of confiscation proceedings

The Attorney General, or the United States attorney for any
judicial district in which such property may at the time be, may
institute the proceedings of condemnation, and in such case they
shall be wholly for the benefit of the United States; or any person
may file an information with such attorney, in which case the
proceedings shall be for the use of such informer and the United
States in equal parts.