Certainly in some cases I have personally witnessed examples where restitution was asked for. But as you mentioned earlier, quite often it is the case that there simply isn't anything to obtain from the accused. Either the money has been consumed or passed on somewhere up the chain in the organization or hidden in an offshore bank account somewhere, never to be found again. Unfortunately, the victims themselves are left with problems, and the problem of being able to hire their own legal representation, if necessary, to try to pursue it civilly.
There have been a few cases. I will use a credit card example. Often the credit card company itself is the victim per se. Therefore, they are usually the first to receive any recouped funds, if there happen to be any. I've had a few cases where we did manage to recover some money, but the credit card companies reclaimed that first.