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WASHINGTON—Vice President JD Vance hosted the first Task Force to Eliminate Fraud roundtable on Friday in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) alongside top cabinet officials, underscoring the whole-of-government approach the task force is taking to root out waste, fraud, and abuse.

The Senate voted to approve longtime federal prosecutor Colin McDonald to a newly created Justice Department role focused on combating fraud in government programs.

A California woman was sentenced Tuesday to roughly three years in prison for her involvement in a $14 million Medicare fraud scheme.

A man from Azerbaijan is accused of involvement in massive healthcare fraud in California, the news coming amid other such instances in the Golden State.

The FBI busted a theft ring in California including several foreign nationals that stole the identities of elderly Americans to take out fraudulent loans in their names.

President Donald Trump has created a national task force to target criminal and migrant fraud in taxpayer spending programs.

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations holds a hearing on combatting Medicare and Medicaid fraud on Tuesday, March 17.

President Donald Trump on Monday established the Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and tapped Vice President JD Vance as its chairman.

President Donald Trump signs an executive order establishing an anti-fraud task force to be led by Vice President JD Vance on Monday, March 16.

Author Wynton Hall argues in his new book Code Red: The Left, the Right, China, and the Race to Control AI, publishing tomorrow, that AI can bolster human efforts to spot mass theft of government funds like the infamous Minnesota fraud scheme, saving taxpayers millions of dollars.

A Palestinian migrant with 2 wives has been sentenced in Chicago to 10 years in prison for a $14 million fraudulent PPP loan scheme.

Three brothers from India have been convicted for massive malpractice, racketeering, and Medicaid fraud, as well as immigration fraud.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CBS Evening News,” CBS National Correspondent Adam Yamaguchi reported on hospice fraud and said there is “an industry ripe for fraud, especially in California” that is “costing hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars.” He also stated

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr discussed fraud in the federal Lifeline subsidy program during a Breitbart News policy discussion Tuesday, citing a report from the FCC’s inspector general that found more than 94,000 dead people signed up for benefits in California.

The FBI and state police agencies are cracking down on gangs of Indian nationals who sell fake gold bars to trusting American seniors.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison were aware of claims of widespread fraud in the state’s federally funded welfare programs for years but acted only to retaliate against whistleblowers instead of addressing the problem.

The Department of Justice has charged two Venezuelan nationals in the U.S. illegally over an ATM “jackpotting” theft scheme resulting in millions in losses.

A coalition of conservative state financial officers who report they have already uncovered and stopped billions in taxpayer waste is pledging to join with Vice President JD Vance to root out fraud nationwide.

An effort to root out corruption, waste, fraud, and abuse in Democrat-led California’s government has reportedly uncovered that almost $1 billion was taken from a solar panel program and given to Democrat causes.

House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-TX) said Thursday that congressional Republicans should build on President Donald Trump’s newly announced campaign against government fraud by advancing additional reforms in an upcoming budget reconciliation package, citing federal estimates that hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars are lost each year to fraud and improper payments.

Cuban migrants are ripping off American taxpayers via Medicare fraud and then fleeing back to Cuba with the cash, a top administration official told Fox News.

Vice President JD Vance, who tapped by President Donald Trump to combat fraud nationwide, on Wednesday said that the country’s social safety net would disappear unless we take combatting fraud more seriously.

President Donald Trump slammed the alleged fraud linked to the Somali community in Minnesota during his State of the Union address on Tuesday, garnering loud pushback from Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN).

President Donald Trump used his State of the Union address on February 24, 2026, to formally launch what he called a war on fraud, placing Vice President JD Vance in charge of the effort.

A federal grand jury has indicted a U.S. Air Force pharmacist and his spouse of allegedly stealing $3 million from the Department of War to fund a luxurious lifestyle.

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Wednesday proposed reforms to the agency’s program that helps low-income Americans afford phone and internet services amidst reports of abuse of the program, especially in states such as California.

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox Business Network’s “The Bottom Line,” Labor Department Inspector General Anthony D’Esposito discussed COVID-era unemployment fraud and stated that when “when you take down guardrails and when you have no accountability and when you don’t allow

An official government watchdog has located nearly $1 billion in COVID-era unemployment benefits that are in danger of falling into the hands of fraudsters.

Josh Hawley is calling for the indictment of Keith Ellison over accusations that he accepted campaign contributions from Somali fraudsters.

The Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee holds a hearing on child care program fraud on Thursday, February 12.

Deepfake fraud has evolved into an industrial-scale operation, with AI tools now making it possible for virtually anyone to create sophisticated scams targeting individuals and organizations worldwide, according to a new analysis from AI experts.

The House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday issued subpoenas to the chief executives of eight major health insurance companies over rampant fraud that pervades the enhanced Obamacare tax credit.

The U.S. Small Business Administration has suspended more than 111,000 California borrowers and will seek to recoup $8.6 billion in suspected fraudulent aid linked to the Covid pandemic.

During an interview aired on Friday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Katie Pavlich Tonight,” Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said that one crucial way to help combat illegal immigrants having commercial driver’s licenses is to cross-reference Social Security numbers. She also stated that

The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights holds a hearing on rampant fraud among the Somali community in Minnesota on Wednesday, February 4.

Rep. Brandon Gill (R-TX) introduced legislation on Tuesday that would set a 25-year moratorium on immigration from Somalia, citing a failure to assimilate in the United States as well as the rampant abuse of federal benefits programs and fraud.