 Several days later, the U.S. government withdrew its motion to find Belfort in default of his payments, after his lawyers argued that he had only been responsible for paying 50% of his salary to restitution up until 2009, and not since.The restitution he paid during his parole period (since departing from prison) amounted to $382,910 in 2007, $148,799 in 2008, and $170,000 in 2009.Following this period, Belfort began negotiating a restitution payment plan with the U.S. government.